Braun bodyCruzer Men's Body Groomer, Titanium

Comment: I put the bodycruZer through the a vigorous review process and was overall impressed with its performance:

* First, the bodycruZer uses Gillette Fusion blades, so you get top-of-the-line shaving and many of you the blades will be compatible with your everyday razor that you already use.
* With wet & dry shaving, the bodycruZer is very convenient.
* It's easy to use. Braun did a great job designing this product, and the device has a very natural feel.
* The bodycruZer has several comb attachments, so you can adjust it to your own grooming needs. For example, some guys just want to trim things up a bit, and there's an appropriate attachment for them. It has all the tools to help a guy take care of things in a way that will make his gal pal happy.
* It has cordless operation of up to 50 minutes per charge.

Comment: I purchased this razor/trimmer 2 weeks ago. It performs well. It performed a very smooth shave. BUT, I give credit to the Gillette Fusion blade not to the shaver. The buzzing handle does not seem to vibrate the blade as much as my Gillette AAA powered Mach 3 handle. I trimmed side burns with the trimmer and it worked fine.

Buy this machine as a trimmer only. For a shaver I would recommend the battery powered Gillette Fusion (~$12.99) You can probably find a medium sized trimmer for less than the ~$60 price of this machine.

This machine is a trimmer with a Gillette Fusion blade inertly attached to the end.

Comment: I have to say I'm surprised.

I thought this shaver/trimmer was going to suck when I first looked at it, mainly because of the combination of the removable and non-removable blade. And to be honest, I still don't quite understand the point of the removable blade, unless you are trying to get a very close shave (which I find you can pretty much get with the built-in trimmer). So that removable blade is not for me, and I'm not going to talk about it because I really have nothing to say other than it's the same as if you'd strapped it to one of those smaller vibrating razor sticks. But everything else is great.

As a disclaimer I need to say I'm not big on body hair maintenance and so a lot of the appeal for me here was getting something I can use on my face to shave very close without completely removing my facial hair. But, in the interest of providing a good review (and giving myself what was probably a much-needed body hair cut) I did the entire thing.

The first problem I ran into was with the attachments. A lot of the time the attachments, which trim to certain lengths, have some sort of indicator on them so you know what you're going to get. If you've ever gotten a hair cut where an electric razor has been involved you've probably been asked if you want a 2 or a 3, for example. So, with this, I was expecting at least that if not specific length measurements. Because I didn't have them, when I started off trimming my chest hair it ended up a bit shorter than I was expecting. It did a nice job, but now my chest looks and feels like the legs of Doris, my afternoon pre-school teacher who only shaved once a week (sitting on her lap was unpleasant when short shorts were involved). But once I figured out what each attachment did, things went smoothly. I was able to handle the remaining areas of my body with little to know difficulty. I've tried one of these things in the past (the Philips Bodygroom, which does label the attachments) and it took me MUCH longer. I was able to get through this whole laborious process of body hair trimming pretty quickly with the bodyCruzer. I'm just going to refer to it as the Braun from here on out, by the way, because that name is really dumb.

Anyway, if you don't mind going from your balls to your face, the BRAUN works very well as a facial hair trimmer. Thanks to the chest hair mistake, I already knew exactly which attachment would work best and was able to shave and shaved very quickly. I'm going to be using this thing for my face indefinitely. It's so much more versatile and easier to deal with than an actual razor--plus I don't have to shave my facial hair entirely. I like how it looks after growing back for a couple of days and I can just shave to that length with the Braun.

Overall my experience was good, save the mistakes I made. Next time, though, I'll do a much better job. In addition to working well you get a pretty cool holder/charger for the device as well as a few additional superfluous accessories. Overall it's a good choice. You may not use everything it comes with and make use of everything it's capable of, but you will get a good trim or shave or whatever hair manipulation that interests you most.

Comment: Better than most of these type products, the electric part followed by the razor was a great idea

Comment: This this is total junk and a rip off!!!

They simply put a razor on the back of a beard trimmer and call it something new and for what reason I have no idea because it doesn't work. It is too clumsy to use and can not keep the blades flush against the skin. Only thing it can do is shave with the razor part - but then why did I buy this garbage??? I could have just used my razor on my chest and trimmer under my arms.

Plainly put - this is a rip off and just a razor and trimmer mashed together. I don't know how other reviewed this and don't put that it doesn't work. Sending back today.