This was taken as a replacement for my faulty Remington F720 and I'm certainly glad the F720 took an early bath and I opted for this instead. Having been a wet shaver for some years now, I was pessimistic about owning another electric as they're usually no comparison to a razor.
However, I'm glad to say this one is superb and appears everything the Remington wasn't. The semi-metal/plastic body feels very sturdy and of high quality with just the right shape and weight for prolonged holding in your hand. The shave is also surprsingly close though I'd recommend also using a shaving oil to help reduce rash, of which there seems to be remarkably little when using this.
Topping all this is the superb in my opinion clean and renew system. I must admit I love this and after spending a night cleaning and charging away in the extremely cool looking electric blue "liquid bath" the shaver looks and smells fantastically fresh in the morning. For once, it seems a shaver manufacturers bold claims about one of its products may well be justified.
I used to wet shave/electric shave about 50/50 throughout the week but since owning this, I've barely had a wet shave at all the Braun is so good to use. While I wouldn't have paid full price for this when it first came out at over £110, now it's widely available for just half its original price, I have no hesitation whatsoever recommending this product to others. If there is one gripe it's a very small one and merely that the plastic foil protector - a small but still quite significant part - doesn't seem particularly strong and being made of clear plastic, not only occasionally gets lost but could also easily break. However, that's a minor quibble and I still happily rank this as a five star product since it not only met my expectations but exceeded them, something that rarely happens in our modern age of overpriced, unreliable consumer items.