good old brown times - where you stayed you?

... After years of shaving with a trimmer (he panasonic 1610) on 3-day beard-soon just had to change my shaving technique forth. smooth shaves now cause even a gepflegteres outside and also I was able to search for a new gadget to the men-do :)

The trimmer has therefore not been going strong - I cut myself with this professional unit remains even the hair.
precisely because of the very positive experience with Panasonic in terms of build quality and performance, I tended first back to a Panasonic device. Unfortunately, I was able to warm up from Design technical reasons for any of the currently offered Panasonic products.

Thus, the choice was made between Philips and Braun.

after hours of studying of test reports, the choice narrowed to brown because Philips equipment Although potentially promise a better shave, according to many reviews, this is at the expense of skin mildness. This I can confirm from my own experience in my youth. Philips equipment left nearly slick skin. this aalglätte goes however through abrasions and lacerations lost. the necessary application of aftershave after philishaverasuren is a untrügerisches admission for being masochist. First of all: it burns like hell brown Shave compared to.
visually Philips shavers were also never the hit (considered purely subjective).

now continue to make decisions: even if there were brown in recent years (decades) design technical changes, which I'm not necessarily for good. Gone are the days of solid produced, aluminum or steel coated devices with a stripped-down product design ala Flex integral 5550. This seems to be the last of these are discreet and high quality manufactured device category. to playful and plastic-heavy is the design of the last brown series.

I usually with equipment selection specifically pick from the top range, I looked at first with a critical eye the figments of Series 7. Although the performance may be coherent, if we are to believe Stiftung-Warentest-judge, this alone is not, however, count. design technically I come down with the attached battery indicator, the chubby-designed handle, practical retractable lanhaarschneider (the loud report when to firm pressure also like unintentionally collapses) and the completely unnecessary speed-dial buttons not clear.

I am in principle willing to pay for excellent equipment more but in the Series 7 I lack the emotion clearly.

took a look at the series 5 my judgment was initially equally sobering, because here no trace designed by clear and straightforward, could be seen in the choice of materials of high quality acting devices.

However, since the technique used is similar to that of the Series 7 (Ultrasonic nobody needs, 3d schwingkopf nor), and I did not want to spend money from a lack of conviction for the offered equipment of the Series 7, the choice fell on the cheapest device of the series. 5 added: this does for me is simply a bridge until with the manufacturers again a healthy dose of design awareness is established.

Now my impression about the device 530:
I can turn a blind eye to the workmanship with good to satisfactory assessment, considering that plastic bomber could be worse processed, as is the case with the 530. one actually remembers the "Made in Germany". This is mind until the series 5 of the case.
the device is good and grippy in the hand. my pedantic view remained, however, not go unnoticed that the conical ring around the power button not in one piece to the housing, but only plugged. This leads to strange creaking noises when clicking the on. the conical ring is easy to move back and forth and gives the impression that he could very easily fall out of the housing -> Fail!
the rubber sides are well intentioned and also certainly also a positive touch & feel, but from an ergonomic point of view, the grooves are completely unnecessary, and initially even slightly disturbing. the overall appearance seem to be too focused on marketing (striking and masculine-acting) and neglected too much the actual art of good industrial design, namely the reduction to the essential, which brown altdesigner Dieter Rams dominated all too well. Pity!
Another pedantic view of the back revealed that the extendable long hair trimmer in the retracted position is not centered in the housing disappeared, but gap on the left side more (much more!) than on the right. This can now also confidence in the decades unchecked credible quality seal "Made in Germany" disappear.
I was in my judgment as not production quality so critical, I did not know better. Panasonic offers precision manufacturing pure. more than "just" milimeter accurate!

Now to the actual: the shave:
so once something positive is mentioned: the 530 shaved very gently. no comparison to my Philishave experiences. added: direct skin contact with the shearing blades is by design virtually impossible by the very close-knit foil barrier. at Philishave can sometimes be difficult and dismembered in the slots of the circular cutting blade a skin wrinkles. very brown!
BUT: disappointment in the neck and under the chin. The result of the electric shaving technique not have been much worse for start times. I would even argue that they would not lose me to be just freshly shaved, if I let someone on the remaining stubble underline.
in tesberichten is rumored, the Series 7 - devices would address these problem areas better, in my circle of friends are but series - 7 user with equally negative experiences.
All other areas of the face are reasonably satisfactory. best works shaving in the upper lip area. no visible stubble remain.
with sophisticated shaving technique also works the jaw area reasonably well. go over it several times and strong tension of the skin, however, is mandatory.

following Technically why it gets brown not baked, like Panasonic in higher-quality models incorporate linear motors? at 530, the motor frequency will vary depending on the applied pressure and goes from time to time in such a way to their knees that make improper shaving can be explained almost back.
My Panasonic trimmer drives through densest hair like butter, shearing blade frequency constant!

another technique - or marketing detail: absolutely incomprehensible for me the castrated capacity display the battery.
a lamp for full, one for empty. who spends 40 EUR more, obtained with the model 570, the device technically identical, but with detailed battery indicator (5 levels). 3 LEDs for 40 EUR? Say, Whats wrong?

A word for cleaning up: Do not ask the models 550cc and 590cc (cc = with cleaning station) going to fall. these are technically (except for different numbers of LEDs and charger contacts on the back) absolutely identical to the 530. cleaning works perfectly under running water and really does not need to be carried out special cleaning fluid with (expensive-emerging). disinfecting effect of the cleaning station is nothing but marketing blah is not responsible. Acne I've got no! touching up during the day anyway continuously with unwashed, bacteria contaminated hands in the face.

Conclusion: I am happy to have not spent too much money for this Braun Series 5.
could be awarded six stars, then would the 530 for me to land right in the middle, ie at three stars.
since only five stars can be awarded and two out of five were not enough, I jump over my shadow and give the 530 three star.

I'm waiting for the next, better, more beautiful, more elaborate razors (not necessarily of brown).
for too long waiting time I go back to my tried and tested 3-day beard-Panasonic)