Panasonic ES8249S Arc IV Nanotech Vortex Review

Panasonic has gone to some extreme lengths to make sure you get a smooth shave the first time. It has four ‘Nanotech’ blades that vibrate at 13000 cycles per minute. This apparently makes it one of the world’s fastest shavers.

This is one of the few shavers that actually works just as well in a wet or dry scenario so you can take it into the shower with you and you don’t need to use a pre-shave gel if you want to shave dry. It works just fine as it is.

I found it to be really smooth and I would have no problem substituting this for a proper razor for even the most important business meeting. The shave was so close only I could tell I didn’t use a razor. I can’t see people getting ingrown hairs with this shaver at all. If you have persistent issues with cutting yourself with normal razors then you definitely want to try out the Panasonic ES8249S.

This is a very quiet shaver. How they managed to make it so quiet I don’t know but you can actually hear the hairs being shaved under the motor noise. I timed my shave with the built-in timer on the unit and true to the advertising it took me a little over 5 minutes to complete my shave from start to finish.

An interesting thing is that this shaver cleans itself very well. All you need to do is put it under running water while the blades oscillate at a very high rate and this pushes out all the hairs, shaving cream and skin particles.

The battery lasted over 5 days for me, which, for an electric razor, is outstanding and makes it really great for traveling too. The power unit also does automatic voltage conversion so most of countries are catered for with this charger. Pretty cool.

While this is a great shaver there were 2 issues I had with it: The first being that the base is pretty unattractive (this is a personal thing however). The other issue is the cleaning cartridges. These need to be replaced regularly and are not exactly cheap. All these great features make this less of an issue in the bigger picture.

It has 213 customer reviews on Amazon and an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. That says a lot and marks it as pretty much the best electric shaver out there. The Panasonic ES8249S is highly recommended, you can check out the latest price at Amazon here.

 

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