When traveling, the device switches itself on seemingly by itself. I activate the lock (a red lock lights on the display) and put the unit in the trunk, the next morning I'll get it out to me to cut the whiskers and there is no voltage on the battery, so nothing, the unit refuses to work and must be back recharged. Annoying if you have at home on a short trip, the charger can be. Otherwise, the battery life is namely quite be described as satisfactory. I can make no sense of it, and I have not heard that the tailor has begun in the trunk to hum or similar.
The plastic used is pretty cheap. After a few months of use is one of the plastic tabs that lets you fixed the distance head on the adjustable slide, broken. So you could adjust as you wanted, the sleigh is then the set distance is not adjusted. I ended up doing so resolved that I have glued the spacer on the carriage. For the contours I do not get it now, of course, from - that I use a razor while anyway, but it's just annoying and does not speak for the quality.
The cutting quality is mediocre. He cuts his hair probably better than no-name devices, at my hairdresser, however, I was allowed to try a Panasonic-Schneider and was worlds better. The blades are much cutting performance than the Philips, for my wiry hair probably represent quite an obstacle. I have often despite constant cutting process stand out ever single hair that I have to re-cut again. This is an annoyance. Also attracts and sometimes twinge it by the hair - well, it is indeed "beard trimmer" and not "Bart Treichler", but the Panasonic experience because my claims already raised. With declining battery power, the shaving head also loses continuously cutting performance. That there is in higher quality devices not.
Skin friendly, the machine is not well. From time to time I have a small pimple under the beard, the snatches the spacer when hovering definitely on, no matter how careful you proceed.
On the suction I can do without. Whether he is actually now sucking in 50% or 80% of the hair I do not care, as long as there are not 100% I have to anyway go through again sink and wash away the hair, for me it is not a true labor saving.
Conclusion for me: There's a good reason why all hairdressers swear by Panasonic. The price is twice as high, but you annoyed for less than these small defects that has the Philips. The Philips keeps still, but I'm with shaving just not really happy. The next will definitely be a Panasonic.
