Very comfortable shave, needs lockout for pivoting head
on March 14, 2013
Posted by: BFIII
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Nice, easy to hold, comfortable and quiet shave, and easy to clean using either wet or dry procedures. I wish this razor had some sort of lockout for the pivoting head feature. Sometimes you need to add a little extra pressure to get a close shave in some areas and the pivoting head prevents that. It would also make it much easier to trim the border areas between shaved and unshaved areas on the face/neck. The precision trimmer doesn't quite get the same closeness as the shaving razor head. The trimmer is also kind of small when trimming larger or longer border areas.
Pros: close comfortable quiet shave., 3 way pivoting head is great for neck and jaw area
Cons: trimmer is kind of small for longer/larger borders, could use a lockout for the pivoting feature
only thing i don't like is the side burn trimmer is pretty cheap and doesn't always cut my side burn hairs very well. i have to move the razor side to side to cut better.
Provides the best electric shave I've ever had. Easy and quick to get a full charge and once charged, lasts longer than other Norelco shavers I've had. The only drawback is the sideburns trimmer is too small and inconvenient to use.
I have been using Norelco electric razors, almost exclusively, for the better part of 40 years, and they are the best electric razors for men. I now have a Norelco 1255X, along with 3 older models, and I can find no real difference between this new, expensive Norelco and their older, less expensive razors. Same number of strokes to accomplish the same thing, and same after-shaving irritation. One noticeable difference is that the 1255X is a lot noisier than the older Norelcos- ESPECIALLY the trimmer. Do not know why. The old ones last forever, so I am hoping that this will be the last Norelco I have to buy.