Remington F9 Ultimate Series Rechargable Foil Shaver, Electric Wet and Dry Razor with Travel Case - XF9000

Very good price over the cost of standard wet shaving. First time out a bit rough still, however, you need to grow out a wet shave beard, then use it as it should be used. Perfect finish and smother than a standard wet razor. The Remington F7 is approx £42, the cost comparison over a year:Remington F7 no extra cost.Standard wet razor blades £195.50 on current prices for a5 blade top brand.No contest. Remington wins and you get a smooth shave at no extra cost. Highly recommended, be patient and save quickly. Easy to charge, Very efficient shaving at cheaper cost and just as good as any wet shaver. But this one does both..best of both worlds.

Had a Remington F7800 for eight years until the battery packed up. This new F8 shaver works in a different way with its cutters. The F7800 had vertical cutters directly at right angles under the foil so the closeness of the shave was dictated by the thinness of the foil. Whereas with this F8 model the curved cutter blades are flattened, double edged and cut horizontally side to side under the foil. The result is the width of the foil plus the width of cutter blades, albeit probably microns, does not result in such a smooth shave as the older F7800 type shaver. The foils on the F8 are different too with a different mesh pattern.Its also more difficult to clean the cutters also because the sideways cutters cut the brush.The motor also seems slower compared with F7800 and so a longer shave time also.It cannot be charged directly but only via a mandatory folding stand, which is annoying as its another item to pack when travelling. All previous Remington's, the charge lead plugged directly into the shaver and the stand was optional.Despite all that its well built with clear display of shaving time left and hopefully I'll get used to taking longer to achieve a good shave. Hopefully this will last eight years as well and the cost of replacement cutters and foils don't require a mortgage. Have now purchased the F3 (£20) shaver and although same cutters it has the old style foil its far better shave. I have put the foils from my old F7800 into the new F8 (yes, they fit) and this is now much better.

Best electric shaver that I’ve had. Took me back to the 60s when I remember dad using a Remington.

A foil shaver works best for me so I have gone back to one having used rotary for years. Remington has quite a good name and this is a mid-range machine in the Remington portfolio. The shaver foils give a good close shave and pretty quickly hoovers up all the bristles. So far so good. However, the battery could last a bit longer I feel and when putting it on charge you need to double check that it is connected otherwise you could come back an hour later to find that it has just been sitting there without getting on with the job. The foil protection cover comes off far too easily. That is a design fault. The shaver comes with a cleaning brush but do not let the brush go anywhere near the foil. It will ruin it I promise you and the temptation is great because the bristles collect at the ends. To clean the cutting heads etc no doubt Remington will have a cleaning fluid costing a small fortune for a few milliliters but I knock out most of the debris and give the heads a couple of squirts of 99% isopropyl alcohol. You can buy a litre of the stuff on line for less than £10 and can use it for 101 other jobs such as giving a squeaky clean finish to your camera or phone, computer, CDs, torch lens, the windows of your house etc. I am told it is also good for cleaning delicate equipment such as electronics but I have not tried that.

I bought a Remington F7800 seven years ago for £40. I’ve replaced the foils once, and it’s been excellent. The only reason I bought this Remington F8 is because the pop-up trimmer on the F7800 has started to not engage and so doesn’t trim. So, I looked for Remingtons with similar features, surely it’d just be a matter of replacing like for like and it’d all work the same, right? Wrong!I looked though the various F series Remingtons, and nearly went with the F7. But the F7800 has a digital display that shows how many minutes are left on the battery, which I’d always found really handy, but the F7 doesn’t have this. I decided it was worth the extra £10 and spent £50 on the F8, which basically matches the F7800 in terms of features - waterproof, dual foils, pop-up trimmer, digital battery display.Now, everyone has different routines for shaving, for me I just do it once a week - my job doesn’t require a clean shave every day and my wife likes some stubble, so it suits me to just shave the week’s build up on the weekend. I’ve seen some reviews for different shavers that complain when a shaver can’t handle a full beard, which just seems unrealistic to me - I use the trimmer to trim everything down, and then clean shave with the foils. The F7800 handled this for 7 years no problem.The F8, however, was just AWFUL. The trimmer did its job fine, trimmed everything down to what should have been a manageable length for the foils. But when I tried to shave everything off, the foils just couldn’t manage it. I went over and over for ages, but it left several patches of hair that it just couldn’t clear no matter how hard or lightly I pressed. I thought it might just be a fluke on first use, waited another week, and tried again the following weekend, but nope - same issue. Patches all around my neck and jawline where the foils just did nothing. Eventually I had to dig out my old F7800 to finish the job (which it did with no trouble - so my face is not the problem here!).So that’s the reason for the 1 star review. The other features of the F8 are great, but if it can’t shave my face properly then it’s not fit for purpose, and I’ve since returned it for a full refund. I guess I’ll have to hunt for something else, as Remington clearly are not up to the standard they once were.