A virtually painless hair removal for less sensitive areas that are the body and legs. More delicate when one attacks the face or underarms but hey it's very tolerable. The epilator's head glides over the skin smoothly without additional pressure and removes the finer hairs as promised. The Smartlight light can be handy, but most of the time we did not. The cruise control is pretty sensitive and passes rapidly from one speed to another. I have a soft spot for the highest speed that gives a feeling of greater efficiency. The unit comes with a gel pack to apply first on the area treated. We do it for the first 2/3 times the principle but is it really useful? Overall, the results are at the rendezvous: the skin is clear and smooth, that's the main thing.