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First, let me say that my old beard trimmer recently died. It had served me (not necessarily well) for about 20 years! Yes, 20! It had an adjustable head that seemed to push the hair flat, or slowly get closer and closer to the blade as you used it, so I had always used a comb to lift the hair and the naked trimmer blade to cut. It was a non-rechargeable model that used 2 x AA batteries, and for about the last 2 years I had been getting fewer and fewer shaves from each set of batteries. At the point of it's total demise, I was getting one shave from a set of batteries - I guess the fact I had taken to lubricating it with olive oil hadn't helped, and it's age may have had something to do with the fact that the blades didn't exactly glide smoothly, which meant it drained a lot of power just to move the blades. But, it had been my first beard trimmer, and I was nervous to try another. Now that I was spending in two months (on batteries) what I would have spent on a new beard trimmer, it was time to take the search for its replacement seriously.
I knew what I wanted. I wanted a beard trimmer that would lift the hair from my face to ensure it was evenly cut, was rechargeable, had a distancing head that was locked in place, and was easy to clean and maintain. A quick search on Amazon showed I had about 12,000 choices... Hmmm...
After a lot of reading of reviews (both here and on other sites), I chose this Panasonic ER-GB40 beard trimmer.
It arrived quickly, took a couple minuted to unpack, and I proceeded to charge it for several hours. Finally, my first use moment was here! And (as pitiful as it may sound!) my life was changed! Oh... My... Goodness...! What a TOTAL revelation!
First, let me just say that I quickly learned that my old beard trimmer was not only blunt, but was ridiculously outdated! I hadn't even begun to consider that beard trimming technology would have come so far in the past two decades! It was immediately apparent that my hesitation to buy a new trimmer was not only completely unjustified, but had likely cost me LOADS of money (in batteries) and LOADS of time (irreplaceable).
The Panasonic ER-GB40 has an adjustable head that LOCKS where you dial it to - as soon as you 'click' it to the desired setting, you know you're going to end up with the length you wanted, and that's it won't be moving from that setting without your doing so deliberately!
The adjustable head has a 'clearing' above the blade, meaning it 'scoops' and lifts the hair away from your face for accurate cutting, rather than pushing the hair flat like certain other types.
It's rechargeable, so spending a ton of money on batteries every month is a thing of the past! And the base is well designed to have a small footprint and not take up half of a shelf.
The feel in the hand is different to what I was expecting, yet 'just right' once you become accustomed to it - clearly the designers knew a few things about bear trimmer ergonomics that would never have entered my tiny brain!
But the most fantastic thing about this beard trimmer is that you can just rinse it off under the tap! You can even use it in the shower! I want to kiss whoever finally designed such a wonderful beard trimmer! Forget beard trimmers that claim they vacuum the hairs - just trim in the shower and be done! No mess, no fuss! Pull off the adjustable head and the blades, give everything a quick rinse, shake it out and reassemble - it all takes a lot less time than having to fiddle around with a little brush to clean hair out!
The manufacturer suggests to oil before and after every use, but I believe that's overkill and I'll likely oil every second use, before I use it. What I do know is this - if the unit fails because I don't oil it enough, I'd have no hesitation to buy another in a heartbeat!
In short, this beard trimmer has turned out to be everything I had been looking for in a beard trimmer - and then some!
Buy one, now. Even if you believe your existing trimmer is perfectly fine. Especially if your existing trimmer is 20 years old! It really will be the best investment you've ever made. Unless you bought Google when it was less than $5 per share - then it might be the second best ;)
UPDATE: My original review was written in 2013. I still use this beard trimmer, and have to admit to hardly ever oiling it! Yet is has provided me with flawless use time after time - I love it! My 5-star rating still stands, and I would give it another 5 if I could! The ONLY thing that has caused me to raise an eyebrow in the past 3 years is that my wife dropped it on the floor while cleaning the shelf. The trimmer still works perfectly, but the 'nodules' (sp?!) that hold the guard in firmly broke. However, the head still sits just fine - while it can now be 'shaken' out of the main unit, it sits just fine while I am shaving. Again, to be completely fair, the trimmer was not designed to be dropped on the floor, so this isn't really a niggle at all - more like a tip of the hat to a design that continues to function perfectly despite us treating it like a rag-doll! If you're sitting on the fence, don't - buy one of these now!
| Units | 1 count |
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| Brand | Panasonic |
