Any alternatives to keep buying new electric shavers?

cepheus

I have a Remington R330 titanium series electric shaver. The heads on all electric razors only seem to stay sharp for a few months.

Here are a few alternative options wondered if anyone had tried any?

1) New heads http://www.berryelectrical.com/remington-sp-rt-shaving-heads-fits-r320-r330-217-p.asp
these are half as expensive as the razor, and more expensive as some cheaper units, so not sure if it is worth it.

2) Sharpening the heads by inserting a specialist grinder which you insert into the head (not sure if there is one for my shaver)

3) Using a general grinder (not sure how or if this will work)http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-ROTARY-SHAVER-RAZOR-BLADE-SHARPENER-/160642067315?pt=UK_Health_HairRemoval_RL&hash=item2567036b73

geordie1234

Did you try the grinder, as I am thinking of buying one now?

cepheus

I did, but didn't find they fitted so sent them back. However I managed to find a fine flat grinding stone instead.

To use it, I take the protective foils off, switch on the shaver, then simple push the cutters against the stone to sharpen them, this works better and is cheaper.

Brian99_2

Try fine diamond paste. It does work, for linear shavers anyway.

See here

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2769438

A.Penny.Saved

Philishave types seem to stay sharp for a very long time in my experience. I have never tried any other type but I did purchase one once and took it back.

Philishave blades last me quite a few years with hefty daily use. My current blades have long outlasted the warranty so far which I think might of been 3 years. It's much older than that, at least 5 years old and I have never replaced them but a warranty repair just inside the expiry to repair the moving heads which I dropped and broke.

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I've got a £30 phillishave and the blade has stayed sharp for years; I think it must be about 4 years now.

A.Penny.Saved

ringo_24601 wrote: »

I've got a £30 phillishave and the blade has stayed sharp for years; I think it must be about 4 years now.

Good to see that I wasn't just lucky with mine. However I do/did have another cheaper Philishave with fixed heads and the heads/motor/tadpole or something started binding and the shaver struggled to perform a shave. The blades were sharp but it will not work well enough.