You must be at least 5 times in a row to edit the surfaces to be shaved in several days beard hair be pulled rather than cut! ==> So ineffective! A Silkepil the face needs no! After one year of use now the shearing blade is torn while shaving! Considering that I shave only every 3 days of the useful life not begin to meet the requirements! My Philips has 5 years of problems endured ==> So Brown 5030s-5 is also prone! After a year, not a replacement, not repair = scrap! In principle is: Buy the ==> Trashing new and others! If the other models also are so good, then away from the company Brown !!