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Best electric shavers for men to buy right now
Foil shavers suit straight-growing stubble and rotary shavers follow the jaw better on longer or curly growth, so pick the type first. Every shaver here works wet as well as dry, so you can shave with gel.
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Best overall
1. Philips Shaver Series 5000 S5466
Wet and dry · Rotary, 360° heads · 50 min from 1-hour charge · SmartClick precision
The shaver most men should buy: a rotary model whose heads turn 360 degrees to follow the jaw, used dry or wet with gel or foam. The listing quotes 50 minutes from a one-hour charge, a five-minute quick charge for one shave, and a click-on trimmer for moustache and sideburns. The battery display is a simple three-stage indicator rather than a minutes count.
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Best foil shaver
2. Panasonic ES-RF31
Wet and dry · Multi-directional pivot · Foil, 4 blades · Retractable
The pick for anyone who prefers a foil shaver. It has four blades behind a curved foil, a pivoting head, a retractable trimmer, and works wet with gel or oil or dry. The listing gives no battery runtime or charge time.
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Best premium
3. Philips i9000 Prestige
Wet and dry · Rotary · Up to 5 years · AI Pressure Guard lights
For a man who shaves daily and wants help doing it well. Philips' flagship reads how hard you press and shows it with lights, uses SkinIQ to adapt to your skin, and the listing says it copes with a seven-day beard. The warranty is quoted as up to five years, so check what the actual terms need from you before counting on it.
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Best for thick stubble
4. Panasonic ES-LV67
Multi-Flex 16D · 70,000 cuts per minute · 5 · Beard sensor
For dense or flat-lying growth: five blades, a linear motor the listing rates at 70,000 cross-cutting actions a minute, and a beard sensor that adjusts to stubble thickness. The head moves in 16 directions to keep pressure off the skin. It is the slowest seller of the shavers here and the listing does not state battery life.
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Best budget
5. Remington F4
Wet and dry · Foil · 3-day stubble styler · 50 min, 4-hour charge
A low-cost foil shaver for someone who also keeps short stubble some weeks: the 3-day stubble styler guard and pop-up trimmer handle that. It is waterproof for use in the shower and runs for 50 minutes. The four-hour charge is slow next to the one hour of the Philips Series 5000.
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