Philips Norelco Shaver 7700, Rechargeable Wet & Dry Electric Shaver with SenseIQ Technology, Quick Clean Pod, Charging Stand and Pop-up Trimmer, S7782/85 for Unisex Adult

Long, long ago I had an early version of the Norelco razor. It, too, had the three blades but was short and squat by comparison. Nevertheless, it was a good, functional razor. That lasted me decades. I remember the commercials. A guy would appear with the razor, can’t recall his name, and would say that he liked it so much he bought the Norelco company. It was a very effective and appealing ad. Must have been because I got mine as a Christmas present. I am glad that some version of the original razor still exists. Phillips has done a pretty good job at maintaining and improving the quality of the product. They have given it a longer handle and modernized the “floating” heads. My beard is somewhat heavy, or it would be heavy if I let it grow. It took a while – maybe a week to a week and a half – to become accustomed to the razor – where it would cut easily and thoroughly. Part of this, of course, was me becoming familiar with the operation of the razor. I have had it now for about three months. I started out with ‘wet’ shaves in which I used a shaving oil on my face and am now trying it as a “dry” shave. It does a good job both ways. I usually take my time and will take 5 to 6 minutes though once I have really taken my time at 13 minutes. Phillips Norelco recommends about three minutes to save your face. They also recommend that you go in circular patterns which I sometimes try but I sometimes ignore their advice on parts of my face that are more difficult to cut – jaw line, etc. Overall, a good shave. Occasionally, I will use the popup trimmer. The early versions of this razor also had this feature and it would be especially useful if I still had a mustache. Manual cleaning is a little harder than I recall as there are now three parts to each circular blade. There is a definite “screw to lock in” process when reassembling. Still not too difficult. It is easier to manual clean after a dry shave than after a wet shave as the oil has a tendency to make the cut whiskers stick together and to the razor. How often you clean it will depend on how often you use it combined with how heavy a stubble you are shaving. I clean it about once a week or so but then I sometimes don’t shave every day. In addition to manual cleaning, I have the 7000 with a cleaning pod. The cleaning pod is a small cylindrically shaped device which has a detachable top so that you can drop in a container of their cleaning fluid. Once the cleaning fluid is in you put the razor into the molded slot razor side down and it will cause the razor to turn on and off again as it cleans the cutting heads. It does a pretty good job and it has a pleasant, clean smell to it. However, after thinking about this for a while, I tried an experiment in which I placed the razor in a container with no more than 2 -3 millimeters of water so that only the razor heads were in the water, and I turned it on for about thirty seconds. This did a pretty good job at cleaning the razor but leaves stubble in the container you use. I would not recommend using more water as you do not want to drop the razor into the water. Did not realize this at the time I purchased it but this razor is high tech. You can get the Phillips Norelco app and pair the razor with your smart phone. This allows the app to monitor and time your shaves (refer to above). The app will also chide you when it thinks you are not doing a good job or take too long. Still learning how to use this. Overall, a good razor that does a good job at cutting stubble and they have made it high tech. I would buy it again and would recommend it to anybody.

I finally found a razor that does what it says. It really does shave as close as a blade but with more comfort. It is so easy to use and easy to clean. It is worth the money to get it right!

I used Norelco shavers for years, in 2019 made a switch to a Braun 9000 and after three years decided to switch back to Norelco. I am glad I did, it is a much closer shave than the Braun, the shaver is quieter yet powerful, and has lots of new features such as a minimalist charging station that doubles as a free-standing daily stand for the shaver, and a cleaning pod that is powered by the shaver. The result is that there are fewer power cords running to my bathroom counter. In fact, the shavers' battery is so good that I easily get two weeks of once-a-day 3-minute shaves with ample power remaining. so I use the minimalist charging stand as a daily stand only and plug the cord directly into the shaver every other Saturday to bring the charge to 100%. I could wait longer because after two weeks of shaving I still have about 50% of battery life left. It takes about an hour, maybe less for a full charge, then the cord gets put away out of sight for two weeks. it is easy to manually clean daily with warm water, So I use the cleaning pod every Saturday, it's self-powered and done in a few minutes, I think a pod of cleaner will last at least two months at this rate of use. As to the shave, in less than 3 minutes daily I get the closest shave I have ever gotten with an electric shaver. It's amazing. That said, I do not like the new design of the shaving head on the 7700. There is too much metal space between the edge of the head and the blades and too much open space between the 3individual shaving-blade pods. The result is that the shaver does not guide smoothly on your face while shaving and when shaving in an uneven area such as above the lip or along the jaw bone I experience far too much pinching for a quality shaver, something that never occurred with the old design shaving heads. If I could buy the old design head for this 7700 with the same cleaning and charging features as the new model I would do so, and the rating would be an overall 5 stars, not 4. Unfortunately, Norelco is not offering that option. The Bluetooth feature is OK, I'll use it for a while longer, but it's really more of a gimmick & opportunity for Norelco to send you advertising than a necessary tool for an adult to use while shaving. Update April 30, 2023 I continue to enjoy using this shaver. However, about 2 weeks ago I noticed the quality of the actual shave was deteriorating. It was taking longer and it was not close. this continued to progressively get worse until I asked if it could be that the blades were getting dull. I decided to order replacement blades, they came today. I installed them and indeed the shave is back to the same quality as the first day I used the shaver. That's good news. What is not good news is that the original blades lasted a little less than 7 months, not the year that Philips tells you that they will last. Once they started to dull it happened very fast, there was nothing gradual about the blade deterioration. Replacement blades, at Amazon are about $35, fast delivery and installation is easy and took about 4 to 5 minutes. My suggestion is that you watch for the replacement blade set to go on sale and buy a set even though you think you don't need them. It will keep the price down and you will always be ready to do a replacement. Update, Oct.11, 2023 After using the Bluetooth app for a year now I have decided to discard it. Once you get the hang of the circular motion etc. the app becomes little more than an advertising mechanism for Phillips and an unnecessary intrusion, in my opinion. Shaving is just fine without the extra whistles and bells the app offers.

Husband loves it. He had never had a good quality electric shaver before so I got him one for Christmas. Being in the military, he has to be clean shaven every day and he said his face feels better. It holds a charge for around 4 days and he loves that if he wakes up later, he can just shave on the drive in. Doesn’t need a mirror and doesn’t have to worry about cutting his face.

This device is easy to use, requires charging about once a month, doesn't irritate skin and the resulting shave is about as good as you are ever going to get. I do not use any sort of gel/foam but do keep the shaver head wet with warm water. I ignore the "smart" features that add nothing, in my opinion, to the execution or the outcome of the task.

Totally user friendly. Recharges without using a cord. Super close shave and easy to clean. I highly recommend this shaver!

I've been using my new Norelco shaver for several months at the time of this writing. I bought this 7800 series shaver as a replacement for my older 7500 series shaver which I have had for at least 8 years. The experience is a new one. The shape of this shavers head is totally different from my old shaver and took some getting used to at first because it felt rather clumsy. But this 7800 shaver gets the job done very well. I get a good, close, comfortable shave. The only tip I can give is be careful not to always lead off shaving with the same blade and you can tell if your doing this because more whiskers will appear beneath that blade that you've given preference to. That could cause that one blade to wear out first. But I do like my new shaver. I like to leave it standing up in it's charging stand but I take the cord a loose. I bought a ceramic tray especially for my shaver and it's cleaning pod. The cleaning pod differs greatly from the old tall motorized model that came with my old 7500 series shaver. That pod can still charge my old shaver but the motorized cleaning pod has gone bad and no longer cleans my shaver. The 7800 series pod is driven by the shaver itself and is much shorter. The shave fits onto a center stem with which it drives the cleaning pod. The 7800 features a pop up trimmer which I like better than the removable sideburns trimmer of the older 7500. The battery life is good but will go down fully if not charged when it needs it. The shaver seems durable like most Norelco shavers. I considered the shaver and cleaning pod to be a very good value and was worth what I paid.

For years, I've shunned electric shavers because I just couldn't find one that worked well with my particular facial hair and skin. The other models I've tried either couldn't cut consistently or would irritate the heck out of my skin (or both). Recently, though, I thought it was time to explore the world of electric shavers again and, after looking at reviews, settled on the Phillips Norelco 7800. The "Wet-Dry" aspect (they say you can use it with shave gel!) is really what sold me along with it being rechargeable (cords are dumb!). Sure, I thought this shaver was expensive but I hoped (convinced myself) that the price was a sign of "better quality." Now that I've had a chance to use it... Well, I'm not gonna say I'm DISAPPOINTED in this shaver but, yeah, there are DEFINITELY things that I don't like about it. First: for the price point, it SHOULD COME WITH A USB CHARGE BLOCK. Simple, right? it comes with a charging base and a USB cord, so COMMON SENSE WOULD DICTATE that it would come with that SIMPLE ITEM but It does NOT so be prepared to dig one out of a drawer or order one separately because, again, even though AT THIS PRICE POINT it's RIDICULOUSLY STUPID that this shaver doesn't come with a USB charge block... Welp, it's stupid because It doesn't come with a USB charge block. Dumb. With that said, this IS the first electric shaver I've owned in my lifetime that doesn't irritate my skin, so... small victory? To be fair, though, it doesn't exactly work wonders... This shaver takes a LONG time to get me a good, clean shave and... sure, it SAYS you can use it with shave gel but... be prepared to rinse it out multiple times per session. I'm talking like seven or eight times. Also, if you have really ANY facial hair to shave around, this shaver is awkward to handle. I still have to finish my shaves with a blade and I wish I didn't, especially for the price I paid for this thing (did I mention that it didn't even come with a USB charging block? How dumb is that?). Another tiny frustration is the dumb Bluetooth connectivity/App integration aspect. Sure, it'll tell you when you should order new blades, but it also requires you to set up an account and verify your email address and it's really not all that helpful. It'll tell you over and over that you're using the shaver wrong and if I'm being honest, I don't want to take orders from a household appliance, ok? Just shut up and shave my face. A nice aspect of the whole system is the cleaning stand/automatic cleaning cycles. Like, sure, be REAL CAREFUL not to tip the cleaning stand AT ALL after you fill it or it'll leak but... it's kinda nice that the shaver will "clean itself." After you put it in the thing and press the button. BUT YEAH, ALL BY ITSELF with... a lot of help. Overall, I don't know that I would recommend this shaver to anyone since it still doesn't seem to be an all-encompassing shaving solution (keep your old blade shavers handy), but at least I can use it without serious skin irritation, so that's a plus. BUT SERIOUSLY, NO USB CHARGE BLOCK? SO STUPID!