I was recommended to get an electric shaver again because I am undergoing a course of radiotherapy to my neck. I have finally looked up all the shavers I can get in Aus right now – am happy to get dry or wet/dry but can only find wet/dry! The Braun 9385cc uses the same design for the slide-out hair trimmer that we first saw with the new Series 5. I know that there are more important things in the world, but it’s also important to have some distraction from those. These new shavers were initially only available in several European countries and it wasn’t clear if or when they will be officially launched in the USA as well.

And even so, it is fiddly to use and a far cry from the ones on Panasonic shavers that are in my opinion a lot better. Just don’t use it right before shaving — the foils should be completely dry, so make sure you allow them enough time to dry. Also, certain models, including the 9385cc, will show a digit instead of the 5 bars when you only have around 9 minutes worth of charge remaining.

I’m actually quite pleased with the prestige s9000 (round head version) with the sh98 heads, gives quite a smooth shave with zero irritation and completely pain free. Once there are approximately 9 minutes worth of shaving time left, the display will show an actual digit (starting from 9, then 8 and so on).

The battery level indicator features the same 5-bar display, each representing 20% of the battery charge available. However, I still find it important, for the consumer, to know the differences between the colors and accessories (e. I currently have a Braun 7xxx which I like pretty well, but it’s always frustrated me how poorly the foil catches the hair as it shaves.And the Braun takes less time to shave, it feels nicer also gliding over my Chinny-chin-chin, I also do manual shaving after the electric shaving just to do some touch ups. Whenever you turn the 9385cc off, the display will first show the battery level for a few seconds, then a small shaving head icon will appear briefly and the number of bars will change, signifying the health status of the foil and blades this time.