Philips Norelco Shaver 1100 Series, Dry Electric Shaver, 27 Self-Sharpening ComfortCut Blades, 4D Floating Heads, P-Cap, Deep Black, Model S1016/90

Surprisingly light weight and quiet, but it works much better than my decades old shaver. I usually just empty the chamber for cut hair, but the instructions say that you can clean the shaving head with running water.

Very quiet motor and you can hear the blades cutting the hair. I prefer a corded razor over batteries. I only dry shave with it but you can wet shave if you want. Easy cleaning by just rinsing it under the water. My last Norelco was over 40-years old. It still works but the heads are completely worn out and 3rd party replacement heads were terrible. If this one lasts 40-years I'll be 113 years old!

I've been buying Philips Norelco Shavers for years now. This is at least my third or forth purchased over the years. I was looking at other brands this time and ended up buying another Philips Norelco. The biggest reasons were it uses a regular AC Power cord and extra blades for purchase are readily available. Other brands I was checking out all uses a USB connector and did not contain a regular AC plug. For me, I use my shaver in the bathroom in the morning. Who has a USB port in their bathroom? The fact it could plug into an AC outlet was huge. My older version of this shaver contained a trimmer, but this has been eliminated now with this latest model. Another difference is it does not contain a battery so it has to be plugged into an AC outlet to use it. But the most important aspect is, after using it for a couple of days, it gives the closest shave I think I have ever gotten in the past with an electric razor. Forget the knock off brands where you need a USB port and can't find replacement blades. I'm glad I went with this Philips Norelco.

Great product for shaving area just not very good for under the arm area.

Summary: Weighs nothing, terrible quality, loud, does not shave evenly or close and causes cuts that are worse than razer burn on the face. I have had 2 Norelco electric razers in my long life. The first was my fathers and he had it for 10 or 20 years before me. My second was before Phillips took over the company. Those razers were amazing. Heavy duty (Weighed at least half a pound), close shave, and lasted forever. The first thing I noticed when I opened it and picked up the box was thinking they sent an empty box. I was confused because I could see a plastic looking razer inside. It took 15 minutes to get the box open without ruining it. Some weird one piece Oragami folded nightmare. When I got the razer out, it weighed almost nothing. It was hard to believe there was a motor inside. I thought maybe it was a manufacturing glitch and it didn't get a motor. The box seemed to weigh more than the razer. I though "Well technology is much better these days, maybe it's just this lightweight. I attached the plug and clicked the button. I hear spinning, but it sounds like a high pitched rattle. Much louder than the ancient ones I had owned before which had a lovely quiet hum. I put it on my face and noticed that the floating heads moved like my old one, but less smoothly, and I started to shave. It felt uncomfortable, but I was not sure if it was snagging hairs or the floating heads were just sharp or something else. I kept going in the same area and it kept making noise like in the video of it cutting hairs. Much louder than the old ones. But I would keep going over the same area again and again and it was still making sounds like it was cutting. I ran my fingers over the area and the whole area had stubble, but patches of it were longer than others, so I tried going in different directions and it eventually evened out, but never got a close shave, just very short stubble. After 15 minutes I got sick of trying and figured it was good enough since I wasn't going anywhere today, but there were still patches of stubble. 15 minutes later, I started feeling burning on my chin and mustache area. I touched it gently and it seemed to burn more. I went to look in the mirror and it was bright red and little bumps with tiny dots of red that were the color of blood, but not blood drops. I looked with a magnifying mirror and saw microscopic cuts. I'm old, but I have good skin. This was not a bumpy area to start with. By the time I did the return online and packaged it back up in a return box, the redness had gone down a lot, but I took pictures and you can still see the damage and bumps. This is just not the same company and the razer is nothing like the quality they used to be. It feels like a cheap plastic toy and it definitely does not work very well. I simply do not understand how there are so many 5 star reviews. The whole point of an electric razer is to be quick (which it is not) and avoid razer burn. I dont get razer burn from my razer blade razer, but I certainly got a lot of it from this. The flat areas of my cheeks did not seem to get this, but they have patchy stubble, so it didn't actually shave evenly or close.

The shaver seems to do a good job, pretty close shave and not too noisy. But I failed to notice that it was a wired-only device, not wireless, and it did not include a built-in trimmer (I thought they all had that feature nowadays). So the product is fine and you get what you paid for, but make sure you just want the barebones version. It works fine but doesn't have the convenient feature that the more expensive models offer. My last shaver had it all, but for the same price as this one, but it was from China, and only lasted a couple of years. Hope this helps.

I remember the days when all electric shavers where plug-in, then they went to hybrid having a battery and working while also plugged in, then they went all battery. Plug-in ones, and the hybrid ones too, were the best. My experience has been that battery ones just don't measure up anymore. They just don't have the power and the younger people don't know. Anyway, I always get Norelco shavers, always thought they were the best. This one is not a disappointment. Stronger than my much more expensive 3600 series battery powered Norelco. Provides a nice shave. Other reviewers state it irritates the skin in the neck area, but I don't apply much pressure on the neck, so haven't had a problem. The only downside I've seen so far is the cord: the plug pops out of the shaver occasionally when using it, the plug fit isn't very tight. And a pop-up trimmer would have been nice feature to have too, but I didn't see any plug-in shaver with the trimmer (they used to have those).

This is a great shaver. Lower price point because it has a cord and is not wet/dry. Also lighter than the one with the battery. Game changer is that it has self sharpening blades.