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And speaking of grip, there’s a generous surface of the same rubber-like material on the back of the shaver and it extends to the sides as well. Since your budget is limited, you shouldn’t completely rule out the Series 3 ProSkin, even though it’s not as capable on a 3-day beard as the Series 8 or the old Series 7. Just make sure your beard is reasonably short, so ideally you’d want to use them daily or up to every 3 days. The Panasonic Arc 5 isn’t great at this — it works extremely well and gives a very close shave when the stubble is short, doesn’t have a lot of different grains and stands relatively upright.
There are a few factors that most likely led (cumulatively) to a rather underwhelming shaving experience.
The Series 8 is now the best mid-range Braun shaver and the closest performance-wise to the old Series 7. The Series 9 has an extra cutter for a total of four, making it more capable when shaving longer, wiry, cross-directional hairs. The problem I have with this product is its claim that you should swap the replacement head after 18 months.
On the back we’ll find the typical Braun slide-out hair trimmer and two metal studs that charge the shaver when placed in the cleaning station. But there’s a silver lining to that: the 8370cc (and all the other models in the series) are fitted with high-capacity Li-ion batteries that will provide 60 minutes of shaving time on a single charge. Getting back to the Series 8, the answer is yes, a Series 8 Solo shaver like the 8330s or a newer 8417s will work with a compatible station purchased later on. Battery life on all Braun shavers was already very good, so the Series 8 should perform even better in that regard.Considering the differences between a Series 9 and 7 (as face shavers), I think a Series 7 will also be good enough. So the new series 8 is the defacto replacement for the older series 7 unless you accept the new downgraded versions as advertised. My son is 17, and has very sensitive skin – currently using an S3 that is pretty awful for razor burn.
With the Series 8, Braun uses its trademark OptiFoil design for the foil screens, meaning the perforations have this irregular form instead of the more common round shape.
I was thinking of upgrading from my Series 5, which I’ve used for a number of years, to the Series 7, but then saw the Series 8 (the Series 9 is way to expensive). If your Series 8 is not a cc model, I’m pretty certain it will not work with a cleaning station purchased separately. The reason the trimmer will not close is because too many small hairs have gotten stuffed behind the trimmer plate. However, I think the cassettes for the old Series 7 (like the 790cc) will continue to be available for years. However, despite the thoughtfulness behind it, the trimmer on the Series 8 8370cc is average at best, at least in my experience.
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