Review of Philips Norelco 8260 CC Men's Shaving System

I bought this shaver to replace my old Norelco shaver that I'd been using for many years, and that finally broke.This one was about double the price of that one, but I'm very disappointed to have to deal with the large "cleaning system" that came with the new shaver.The picture on Amazon shows the shaver in a cute little stand; the reality is that it comes with a huge cleaning stand that I have no room for.It seems the electric shaving folk want to get into the razor/razor blades game, by selling cleaning solution for the shavers.I'm not sure how important this is; my old one lasted very well with just a weekly "dry clean".It also seems environmentally unfriendly to be wasting some water every day, and throwing out a plastic bottle every month or so.

In addition to the cleaning stand being bulky, a terrible design decision is that you can't leave the shaver plugged into it, because it will harm battery life.Having something this big is bad enough, but having to unplug it all the time is ridiculous.

The packaging is the old horrible packaging, with unopenable plastic over everything, not the new Amazon environmentally friendly packaging.

On the other hand, the shaver works as well as the old one, and you can just ignore the cleaning stand if you want, since the recharger can plug directly into the shaver.I'd probably be perfectly happy with the shaver if it had come that way; the extra stuff just seems wasteful.

Product Description
The new Philips Norelco Speed-XL 8260CC features 50% more shaving surface for a fast close shave. The Jet Clean System automatically washes away debris and stubble. The Contour Following System follows the contours of the face catching each hair with one stroke. The Precision Cutting System features ultra thin heads with slots to shave long hairs and holes to shave the shortest stubble. Super Lift and Cut Technology ensures a close shave with a dual blade system designed to lift hairs to cut comfortably below skin level.

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