It looks to me that the Braun cleaning solution is the cause of this problem destroying the plastic. Also, when I look closely at the showing head icon, it looks like there is only one LED behind the icon, meaning that the 3 tiny lines can only be shown at the same time and not individually. It also seems to yield the best results when used more often, so when the hair is shorter as the problem of flat-lying hairs is not quite as bad. If you can’t get a Series 5 or you can bump your budget a bit, then the older Series 7 (pre-2020) is a really good shaver. Something that would truly assess the hygiene would probably be complicated and expensive to implement.

I just found your site while looking for some info on trouble-shooting an issue and thought I’d give it a shot. SyncroSonic™ technology with 40,000 cross-cutting actions per minute – This is a feature Braun has patented and an aspect of the shaver that is supposed to enable the shaver to adapt to the density of the hair being shaved to provide more power when required. All the Series 8 models use the same shaving head, so all of them are similar performance-wise to the older Series 5 models. The first thing I like to do is remove the cassette and gently tap the plastic frame on my sink to get rid of most of the hairs.By the way, with my experience, running water through the shaver for a thorough rinse just before putting it in the station has consistently resulted in the economical/light cleaning mode being selected for me.

The 7 costs less, the replacement cassette is usually cheaper, the razor is easier to use due to its smaller shaving head and in my opinion it’s almost the same with regard to closeness and comfort. The shaver will start charging immediately, signaled by flashing the corresponding battery level indicator.This was available with only a few of the current Series 9 generation, but it seems more prevalent with the 93xx models like the 9385cc/9390cc in this review. So it turns out I can’t ship the cc units into Australia due to import restrictions – must be the alcohol in the cleaner solution.

It could do the job well and it was a close shave eventually, but the issue was the movable head section that also locks just kept moving out of place. Overall, it’s what you’d expect from a typical Series 9, apart from maybe the hard leather travel case. And I haven’t timed it, but I couldn’t verify that there’s any difference between any of the modes – my general sense is that they run virtually the same if not the same length of time, although I might test some day. Although the shaving head seems to become warmer than on the series 7, it is still more comfortable. I’ve owned quite a few Series 9 shavers from all generations and mine have stood the test of time very well.That is true, rotary shavers still have an advantage in some very specific situations, but some of the current foil shavers like the Series 9 and Series 9 Pro have closed the gap. I can’t find all the specs for all of them to compare and am feeling very overwhelmed to get to this point.