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The New $600 Braun Nevo Is the Rolex of Electric Shavers
I didn’t want to love a $600 electric shaver. Then I used it.
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The Braun Nevo isn’t just a small step over the last best shaver I’ve used. It’s a leap past it.
I hate how good this shaver is. I would’ve loved nothing more than to continue living in ignorance that one could pay $200 for a high-end shaver and that it doesn’t get any better than that, and to pishaw the $600 Braun Nevo Electric Shaver as an unnecessary luxury. But it is—deep breath—every bit as good as its price tag.
Brash, flashy, and a bit gaudy, the Braun Nevo is a shaver that excels most at the most important thing about a shaver. But it’s not the swanky features that make or break a good shaver like the Nevo. It’s the closeness of the shave, how smooth it can get without requiring multiple passes, and the Nevo nails it.
the close shave on the Braun nevo electric Shaver
The Braun Nevo Electric Shaver is pure luxury. Just like how a Maserati is an excellent car but not an excellent value, the Braun Nevo is an extremely well performing shaver—the best I’ve ever used in 20 years, in fact—at an extremely luxurious price. Few will be able to justify spending $600 on a shaver, and those are who I’d direct to the Braun Series 8 Electric Shaver. But if you want the best electric shaver on the market, money no object, it’s gonna cost you. But man, what a shave.
Nevo Electric Shaver (opens in a new window)
Closest, smoothest shave of any electric shaver I’ve used in 20 years
Stainless steel body is lightweight and feels premium
Swanky smart display tells you when to clean and replace the shaving head
The case is huge. Like it should beep when you back up with it in hand.
No cheaper option without a self-cleaning station
Whether I’m testing electric shavers or beard trimmers or not, I’m always, constantly growing whiskers out of my face. Weird, huh? If it weren’t so common, we’d all think it strange that such a huge chunk of the population is walking around like a meat Chia Pet. I have but one face to shave, but every day I take the stubble down as close to bare skin as I can below the fade in the underside of my beard, and also on my cheekbones.
Every day, I shave after I get out of the shower because the hot steam opens up the pores of my face to make the whiskers stand up straight for easier shaving. I don’t use Lectric Shave these days. No matter which shaver or beard trimmer I’m testing, I approach it in the exact same way every day to minimize variables.
Braun Nevo: The rolex of electric shavers
Its charging case looks like something a Star Trek character should be wearing over their face. The smart display on the body of the shaver is more advanced than the dashboard on the car in which I learned to drive. And I suspect that its retail price is greater than the national budget of at least three internationally recognized countries. All that is true,........