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How can you make the most of your legs? With smooth and silky skin, that’s how. Designed to bring you optimal results in just minutes, the Braun range of Silk-épil epilators gently removes hair at the root so that the skin stays silky smooth for weeks at a time, not just days.
Product Overview
Braun Silk-épil® Xelle 5180 Epilator
Nowhere does it say that you have to invest time and energy to realize perfection. Designed to bring you optimal results in just minutes, the Braun Silk-épil Xelle 5180 Epilator offers up to four weeks of smooth skin between epilations. Its unique head features 40 optimally positioned micro tweezers to remove more hair in every stroke, improving the efficiency of every epilation. The 5180 includes two active massage rollers along with the EfficiencyPro Cap and cooling glove to improve the comfort of your epilation. Finally, irresistibly smooth skin in just minutes.
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Product Highlights
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Gentler epilation The active massaging rollers gently stimulate the skin with micropulsations before and after hair is removed to minimize the pulling sensation. |
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| Removes even short hairs
Includes unique SoftLift tips that raise flattened and problem hairs and remove them, even those as short as 0.5 mm that wax cannot grab. |
| Cooling Glove
The cooling glove gently cools and soothes the skin to minimize any discomfort. |
| EfficiencyPro Cap
Attach the EfficiencyPro Cap to cover a larger area of skin, so you remove more hairs in one stroke. |
| Efficient hair removal
The epilation head comes with 40 tweezers and removes significantly more hair in a single stroke than other epilators. It combines the benefits of long-lasting, incredibly smooth skin with convenience and efficiency. |
| Reveals the finest hairs
SmartLight feature illuminates the area you are epilating so you can see and remove even the finest hairs. |
Comparison Table

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Legs, Body & Face 7681 |
Legs & Body 7181 |
Legs & Body 5280 |
Legs & Body 5180 |
Legs & Body 3170 |
Wet & Dry |
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Tweezer system | Close grip technology, 40 tweezers
| Close grip technology, 40 tweezers
| 40 tweezers | 40 tweezers | 40 tweezers |
Massage system | High frequency massage system
| High frequency massage system
| Dual massage system | Dual massage system | Massaging rollers |
Olay® Pre-epilation wipes | 
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| Number of accessories | 5
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What is Epilation?
Epilation is a more effective hair-removal method for women than shaving or waxing. Epilators gently remove hair at the root, rather than at the surface like shaving, and can remove much shorter hair than waxing so you don't have to wait until hair becomes visible to remove it.
The World of Braun
Since its inception in 1921, Braun has challenged the very conventions that define design. State-of-the-art technological innovations are wrapped in pure artistry, honoring both the passion and precision of the ultimate shaving experience. Our unique goal is to create those select products that make a difference in people's lives. Products that engage and excite, creating a "Braun moment" in their own unique way. For men, that effort begins by creating shavers and trimmers that enhance their best look. For women, we strive to engineer epilators and hair care products that pair performance and comfort. This is how Braun goes beyond design to become something more.
Braun. Designed to make a difference.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(84 customer reviews) 49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Compared to Epilady Discrette,
May 3, 2011 Noname - See all my reviews
This review is from: Braun SE 5180 Silk Epil 5 Epilator with Ice Glove, Green (Health and Beauty)
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I have been epilating for twenty years and have used a couple of types of epilators. My current one is an Epilady Discrette that has lasted about fifteen years and is still going strong.
Epilating has evolved since I began. The focus has shifted to encouraging the faint of heart. The biggest fear is pain, which Braun takes great care to alleviate. For experienced users, the added precautions are largely unnecessary.
PAIN
People have different tolerances to pain. I can honestly say learning to epilate hurt less than learning to pluck my eyebrows. It stung the first few times (especially the first time), but after that, I felt no pain. The ice glove is a nice touch, but it's probably not necessary and those who choose a different brand could just as easily just use an ice pack.
As for comfort, the dual massage system really does minimize the pulling sensation. I actually don't feel as much tugging with the Epil 5 as I do with my...Read more
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
First impression: Not as bad as I thought it would be,
May 4, 2011 Kat Yares (Clinton, AR USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Braun SE 5180 Silk Epil 5 Epilator with Ice Glove, Green (Health and Beauty)
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I used an Epilady years ago and swore I would never try another epilator again. Then I saw this. The appeal: I hate to shave - The fear: pain. But figured it couldn't hurt to give it a try, just maybe it wouldn't make my legs feel like they had been put in scalding water for hours.
I was surprised at how well it works. First used it on one leg without using the ice-glove - my skin tingled but it really wasn't painful. The tingling sensation, but no redness, went away after about an hour.
Used the glove on my other leg before using the epi and found it pretty much useless - all it did was make my leg cold. The ice-pack may be needed by those who have thicker or more dense leg hair, I do not know. Finished the leg without it.
The Braun epilator works well with my thin leg hair. I did not shave my legs after my order, so the hair was quite long. I'm very pleased with the product.
The Pros:
Simple and easy to use
Not as...Read more
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Okay, so I'm a wuss,
April 29, 2011 This review is from: Braun SE 5180 Silk Epil 5 Epilator with Ice Glove, Green (Health and Beauty)
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I had plans to do a long-term review: use the Braun Epilator on one leg, a regular razor on the other, plot hair growth over multiple weeks. There might have been bar graphs. But....
I've never used an epilator before. Going in I of course expected there to be some discomfort: you can't yank hair out of your legs without feeling something. Question is, how much discomfort, and would it be worth it for the convenience of not having to shave as frequently? I can't compare the experience of the Braun to other epilators, and it may well be better and less painful than any alternatives. But I gave up after half a leg because I decided that, no, the pain wasn't worth it after all.
I used the Epilator with the beginners' dual massage cap, which is supposedly easier for neophytes than the other cap. And I tried it out both with and without icing my leg first. Maybe I didn't do it long enough, but the icing didn't seem to make any difference. On less sensitive parts of my...Read more