People who can grow beards: any luck with electric shaver?

[Giggling Ghast]

I "shave" by pulling my beard hairs out with my bare hands. Hurts like hell, but it's nowhere near as bad as when I do some manscaping.

[Tvtyrant]

I "shave" by pulling my beard hairs out with my bare hands. Hurts like hell, but it's nowhere near as bad as when I do some manscaping.

I use a razor for that...

[137beth]

I tried a bunch of different electric razors over the years. Most of the ones I tried barely took off hair, and broke fairly quickly even though I was cleaning them using the provided instructions.

A couple years ago I bought a really expensive ($250) electric razor that had a lot of good reviews on Amazon. It worked for about a year before it stopped charging, and the company that made it wasn't selling replacement chargers. After that, I walked down the street and bought a $5 manual razor that takes off more hair than the $250 electric razor did before it broke.

Nowadays I shave in the shower. I've occasionally considered laser hair removal.

[factotum]

Wow, what the heck is your stubble made of? Adamantium? Even the cheapest electric I've ever owned didn't break after a year!

[shawnhcorey]

A couple years ago I bought a really expensive ($250) electric razor that had a lot of good reviews on Amazon. It worked for about a year before it stopped charging, and the company that made it wasn't selling replacement chargers. After that, I walked down the street and bought a $5 manual razor that takes off more hair than the $250 electric razor did before it broke.

It's not the recharger that needs replacing; it's the battery. Usually a battery lasts 2-3 years. It seems strange since the life of a rechargeable battery depends on the number of times it is recharged, not on how often it is used. You can usually find replacement batteries online.

[factotum]

It seems strange since the life of a rechargeable battery depends on the number of
times it is recharged, not on how often it is used. You can usually find replacement batteries online.

It also depends on the charge state of the battery. If you leave it plugged into the charger at all times, so the battery is always at 100% charge, that's actually not good for it either--they tend to like being around 70% charge. This is why mobile phone batteries tend to last longer than laptop ones--the actual battery is identical, but the usage of it is very different.

[paddyfool]

Being in a relationship with a girl with sensitive skin I've had to switch to actually having a beard (the choice being that or shaving multiple times a day). Which has proven really convenient for me - once you're through the itchy stage it's warm, comfortable, and only needs trimming about once a week to keep it neat.

[shawnhcorey]

It also depends on the charge state of the battery. If you leave it plugged into the charger at all times, so the battery is always at 100% charge, that's actually not good for it either--they tend to like being around 70% charge. This is why mobile phone batteries tend to last longer than laptop ones--the actual battery is identical, but the usage of it is very different.

Depends on the battery. NiCd, NiMH, and lithium batteries all have different characteristics. NiCd are being used less and less. NiMH are common in razors because they are a lot cheaper than lithium. Comparing razors to phones or laptops doesn't make much sense since razors typically have NiMH and phones and laptops have lithium.

[Keltest]

Being in a relationship with a girl with sensitive skin I've had to switch to actually having a beard (the choice being that or shaving multiple times a day). Which has proven really convenient for me - once you're through the itchy stage it's warm, comfortable, and only needs trimming about once a week to keep it neat.

The only down side ive discovered is that it needs to be washed pretty thoroughly or its going to spew out some random bit of dandruff or food or something that got caught in it and I didn't notice.

This may be less of a problem for people who don't have extremely curly beards.