Braun 3000 Series InterFace/Interface Excel Replacement Pack

 (32 customer reviews)

The blurb says replace the foil every 18 months but I've had to replace it twice in less than a year due to tearing of the foil. I have two extra cutting blocks now. They should at least sell each of these parts seperately.

This razor has been pretty crappy to me. I got it as a Christmas gift about 1 1/2 years ago. After about 1 year, the foil got a tear in it, so I paid $26 and got the replacement pack (turns out Braun doesn't sell just the foil anymore). About 6 months after I bought the replcement, the foil got another tear in it. Now it nicks me every time I use it. It does a nice job, but it is crap for $30, spend a little extra and get a better razor.

The manufacturers of electric shavers appear to be taking pages out of the playbook used by makers of printers, which are often priced cheaper than the print cartridges themselves. Once they've got you as a customer, they figure the red ink will soon be the customer's, not theirs. Purchasing another screen (my 3rd or 4th in two years) for a shaver that cost me only 20% more than the flimsy foil itself strikes me as exhorbitant if not exploitive. (The least Braun could do is make the foil available as a separate item rather than bundling it with the cutter assembly.) I'd try a Norelco or Remington, but I think they're all manufactured in China for the same U.S. company (Gillette?). I may bloody my face for a few more days before throwing in the towel--or trying a Panasonic.