The PF7500 provides a much better shave than its triple foil cousins. The cutting head has two "foils" that work well for very short stubble and a "cutter" in the center which gets the longer whiskers. Battery life is good and I can usually go 1-2 weeks between charges. I preferred the bar-graph indicator on some of the earlier Remington shavers which showed the remaining battery but the PF7500 has a green LED that lights when the battery needs charging. The shaver can actually get enough of a charge in about 5 minutes to get a single shave when you forget to charge it but will not run with a dead battery just by plugging it in with the cord. You have to wait. Some older models could run when just plugged in, but not this one. Overall, it gives a nice shave and is much more effective for my use than the foil only shavers or the rotary heads of other brands. Read more
I had another Remington foil shaver but the replacement blades were getting hard to find and expensive. They also were of substandard quality and arrived dull on arrival. I chucked the entire shaver. After reading reviews, I gave this one a try and boy, am I glad I did. It gives a comfortable shave, holds a charge, and cleans very easily. You just rinse it off and let it dry before using again. The shave is close enough for me but I'm certain not as close as a blade shave. But I'm semi-retired and do not need a close shave anymore. I just want to be presentable. I was skeptical at first because it was selling for quite a bit less than my old one. But it is NOT cheap and it is built well. The only issue I have is with the trimmer. It's a bit brutal in tender places and doesn't do as good of a job on sideburns, etc. I mean, it works, but pinches a little here and there. My old one was better in that respect, but not worth keeping around just for that feature. Norelco, as usual, gives a joke-of-a-shave and I had to send one of those back. Who has time to go over and over an area only to find that it's never a close enough shave no matter how many times you do it? Best of all, replacement blades are readily available at a great price. However, until I need one, buy it, and use it, I cannot report on the quality of the replacement units. But if they are anywhere near the originals on this shaver, I'll be happy. Read more
tl;dr review: - plastic holding foils is thin/fragile, it will likely break if you drop the razor - motor is underpowered and takes a long time to shave the chin if your beard grows thick and strong - battery life is quite good, you can get 5-6 shaves out of it easily. Haven't run the battery down yet more than that to know when it quits. - shave is pretty darn good if you're patient Full review: On the first day, I hated this thing. My old razor had finally given up the ghost after 10+ years while on vacation so I got this one. Where my old razor was gripped by the sides, this one's grip points are front/back (dorsal/ventral). The sides where I was holding it (stupidly from habit) are slick, so I dropped it on the first use onto a thin rug on a hardwood floor. Every removable piece flew off and the removable plastic piece that holds the foils broke in three places (the piece you pull off the razor to clean it after shaving). The plastic is VERY thin and quite fragile to break in three places when dropped on a rug- not concrete or stone or something. Some superglue and 24 hours returned it to strong as new (not saying a lot apparently). I've been worried about it breaking while tapping it clean so I'm pretty gentle with it. Motor has sufficient power to shave most of my face/neck, but if your chin stubble is dense and strong like mine, this thing kinda struggles with it. You have to keep moving it and it'll take a tiny bit at a time. With some patience though it'll eventually get through it. Overall the end result is a good shave, and I imagine someone with softer/finer beard hair wouldn't have any issue with motor power. Another positive is the battery life is quite good. I've gotten 5-6 shaves out of it a couple times before remembering to charge it and saw no degradation in performance, so no idea how long it can really go. But I travel fairly regularly so it's nice to know when traveling for less than a week that I don't need to bother packing the charger (small as it is). It also has a very small plastic piece that works as a stand/cover. It's nice because you can leave it on the sink without it taking up a ton of space. The only downside is if you pack it in a bag as a cover to protect the foil- it'll probably fall off because the "feet" stick out. In the end, though I started off hating this thing because I felt like it broke too easily on the first day, I'd say it's worth the money and not a bad buy if you want to get a good shave and not spend several to many times the money to do it. Just be careful not to drop it (hold it right for starters) and be prepared to take a while on your chin if your beard is strong/dense. Read more
