Shaving is one of those activities that men endure, rather than enjoy. And for hundreds of years a metal blade scraped across the face has been how it was done.

Things have moved on since then, of course, and these days you can find new types of electric shavers that are very smooth. When you have less irritation on your skin, you actually help your skin maintain its youth. You look better too.

And for most of us, there’s something pleasant about the feeling of a really close shave, after you’ve shaved. While shaving itself may not be fun, the feeling afterwards is pretty pleasant. Unfortunately, traditionally electric shavers have not given as good a shave as the old-fashioned ‘wet shave’.

Several different ranges of shavers exist, like the Philips RQ1051 Arcitec Rotary Shaver, which has an ergonomic and slim body. With a system known as it offers a perfectly close shave, even on the neck area. Traditionally, as most men will know, that’s one of the harder areas to shave properly.

It also has stainless steel blades to lift the hair to shave. The benefit of a system like that is that you end up shaving below skin level - talk about a close shave!

Of course the RQ1051 isn’t the only electric shaver that offers a close shave. For example the HS8060 offers shaving with a built-in moisturising system. There is an almost bewildering array on offer in every department store.

In some cases it pays you to research as much as you can on the web before making a decision, because you’re not usually allowed to try them out and return them. For hygiene reasons that’s a very good thing. After all, would you want the one that somebody else had returned the day before?

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