Panasonic ES8043SC Pro-Curve Pivot Action Linear Wet/Dry Shaver, Silver
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Product Reviews of Panasonic ES8043SC Pro-Curve Pivot Action Linear Wet/Dry Shaver, Silver
Product Review: Amazing!
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply amazing! it's been years since i used an electric shaver because of the skin irritation factor but i'm very happy i tried this one. It's used every day for the face and every other for the head and lasts an entire week on one charge. Not sure about other models but i think it's great!Product Review: An aggressive beast that needs frequent cleaning
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently shifted from 20 years of using norelco rotary razors to this foil shaver. It gives a much closer shave...so close that I've gotten a few nicks from it. However, it's not fast. Since it seems to work much like a conventional razor, you do have to draw it slowly accross your skin. It does take fewer passes than my old norelco, but overall it seems like a slower but closer shave. It cleans-up easily, but you have to empty the cuttings and clean the head every other or every third day. A bit more involved to get really clean but so far I like it.Product Review: Bald Head Shavers
Summary: 1 Stars
If you shave your head don't waste your time or money with this shaver. It does not give you a close shave and cuts other parts of your head unevenly. Had to go back over spots multiple times.Product Review: Battery Life is Too Short!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I hope people are smart enough to read the bad reviews more than the good ones. I like how quiet this shaver is, and it does shave as close as an electric can, BUT!... you can't take just the shaver on even a short three day trip without it running out of battery power. The charger is HUGE so it's a real pain to bring it along. So as much as I like the shaver I am sending it back and keeping my ugly and noisier old Braun that can keep going for over a week on one charge.Product Review: Been shaving with a blade, this is first electric
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm like a lot of you, I've been shaving with a blade since day one but thought I'd try an electric shaver to touch up as needed, who knows, maybe even a replacement for my Mach 3 blades.
I'd call my beard fairly heavy but it seems a lot of you have it worse. I've always shaved AFTER showering when my beard is ready. I've seen buddies just grab their shaving creme, lather up and start sawing away. Dude, why not after your shower? I've got friends who shave IN the shower (they've told me this, I have no first hand knowledge!). If I don't shave every day and a half I look like a barbarian, a full beard in two weeks.
So, after much studying these types of forums I got me a Panasonic ES8043. I don't know what the "SC" means in the description of this shaver on this thread because mine isn't designated as such. Funny, they say, "give it a 30 day tryout so your face can get used to it." And their return policy is within the first 30 days! Go figure. Anyhoo...
I've had this for about two weeks. And as others have said about any electric shaver, there's no way in heck it can give me a shave as close as my Mach 3, just no way. Those who have always used an electric and claim this I can only guess just don't know what a blade-close shave can be. But...
It does do what I bought it for, that is--to tone down my barbarianness as needed. But after three or four shaves I notice the hairs it invariably misses are still growing wildly (mostly on my neck) and look to be seeking an ingrown kind of experience. So...three electric, one blade (and, yes, the blade shave is as close as a blade). I've found that if I wet my face maybe 5 minutes before I launch the Panasonic it really helps, because just electric on bone-dry doesn't work nearly as well. And I'm never going to lather up before hand because that's specifically what I'm trying to avoid, more as a time saver than anything else.
Who knows, maybe I won't grow my winter beard this season if this combination of shaving techniques keeps the cutting of my face to a minimum. It'll be cold without the beard, but change is good, right?
I gave it three stars because the final product was just as I'd expected. If it was truly a replacement for my Mach 3 blades I'd give it 5 stars.