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The last time I used an electric razor, it was my very first time shaving. I remember the shave feeling uncomfortable, looking uneven, and thinking the whole process took too long. My biggest question, until recently, was why sacrifice a close shave for the idea that you won’t cut yourself? (I would still cut myself!) But here’s the thing: I was looking at electric razors wrong this whole time. They shouldn’t replace your manual razor, but instead, be the perfect add-on to your grooming package. That is, if you find the right one.
That’s where the Philips Norelco OneBlade comes in. Think of it less as a shaver—it’s not—and think of it more as a trimmer. First of all, it doesn’t have that three-head design that many electric razors have—I’m not really sure how they expect that to work on a human face in the first place. Instead, it’s modeled closely after a regular razor, but instead of razor blades inside the cartridge, is a stainless-steel blade that can cut at 200-times per second. The reality is, this doesn’t give you a close-to-the-face shave, and that’s alright, it never pretends to. Instead, it is designed to give you a perfectly even stubble across your face.