NWR: Recommend a good electronic razor!

bablingbrooke

DH has a naturally thick beard that grows back pretty much immediately so he has a perpetual 5 o'clock shadow ala Homer Simpson (but he's MY Homer Simpson!).  The poor thing shaves twice every morning, and I've decided to get him a new electric razor for Christmas that will hopefully mean he only has to shave once every morning.  Any recommendations?  Anything you'd recommend I stay away from?  

What's everyone else getting their DHs/FIs?  I'm getting DH this plus a canary (he breeds them).

frogurt814

Sorry, no help on the electronic razor front.  My H is 27 but often gets mistaken for an 18 year old.  His facial hair grows in slowly and patchy.  I think he's finally accepted that he will never have a beard.

I bought H a new golf bad for Christmas.  He got into golfing this year, and he's been using his grandpa's clubs.  The bag is soooo old and is pretty much falling apart.

EDIT:  and by golf bad, I obviously meant golf bag.

stina93446

Ooh, I got Aaron one last year and he did all the research. It's this one.

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-ES8109S-Vortex-Technology-HydraClean/dp/B000VKZMHK/ref=wl_it_dp_v?ie=UTF8&coliid=I35BBL9J812HXC&colid=33DK36O8MHW2H

It's a panasonic, self cleaning, and he claims to like it.

bablingbrooke

Thanks stina!  I'll definitely put that one on the short list.

stina93446

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[QUOTE]Sorry, no help on the electronic razor front.  My H is 27 but often gets mistaken for an 18 year old.  His facial hair grows in slowly and patchy.  I think he's finally accepted that he will never have a beard. :) I bought H a new golf bad for Christmas.  He got into golfing this year, and he's been using his grandpa's clubs.  The bag is soooo old and is pretty much falling apart. EDIT:  and by golf bad, I obviously meant golf bag.
Posted by frogurt814[/QUOTE]

<div>Threadjack, DH actually needs a new golf bag! His broke while he was out on the course. How embarrassing, right?</div><div>
</div><div>OP, I might add that DH's beard is not crazy thick. But it does get stubbly.</div>

bablingbrooke

Did you really just OP me, stina?  

bablingbrooke

Jamie: I like that idea.  We skipped Christmas last year and went on our honeymoon instead.  Wish we could do it again this year, but he has some relatives coming from Lebanon and it looks like this may be my grandfather's last Christmas so we want to spend it with them.  Thankfully our parents live in the same city so we can see everyone!

megk8oz

I'm really sorry, but I really can't help with picking a razor, aside from wishing you good luck ... and teasing Stina about the "OP".

DH favors his Italian genes to the point where he has literally broken electric razors just on basic morning stubble.  So he has to use those super Gillette Mach-something or others with foam every day.

As for what I'm getting him, I think I'm going with the new Assassin's Creed game. He's a big fan of the prior 2 games in the series, and I know he wants the new one. Our anniversary is right after Christmas, though, so I'm still debating getting him something smaller for Christmas and then using the rest of the "Christmas Budget" to put more towards the anniversary instead.

bablingbrooke

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[QUOTE]DH favors his Italian genes to the point where he has literally broken electric razors just on basic morning stubble.  So he has to use those super Gillette Mach-something or others with foam every day. 
Posted by megk8oz[/QUOTE]
DH is the same way, which is why I want to find him something that will actually work.  Something about those Mediterranean genes.

megk8oz

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: NWR: Recommend a good electronic razor! : DH is the same way, which is why I want to find him something that will actually work.  Something about those Mediterranean genes.
Posted by bablingbrooke[/QUOTE]

If you find something that works, please pass the word on to me. DH would love to use an electric if it would actually work on him. He prefers to be completely clean-shaven (He's allowed to have facial hair at work, if it's properly groomed, but he just thinks he looks better without it), so he does it every morning ... and he's got 5:00 shadow by noon.

It's kind of creepy, he seriously shaved at the very last possible minute the day of our wedding, and you can already see the "shadow" forming in our pics from the end of the night. While an electric wouldn't solve the "growth" problem, it would probably make the actual shaving process a lot easier.

aerinpegadrak

I think DH has an electric razor, but I don't know off the top of my head what it is.  I'll have to check when I get home.

I think we decided that we're going to get a Wii as our gift for each other, though.  However, since he totally spoiled me and got me an iPad for my birthday, I want to get him something extra.  I'm thinking of getting him some previous releases of Stone's Vertical Epic, since we only have the '09 and the '10.

http://www.stonebrew.com/epic/

bablingbrooke

Same in our photos!  He shaved less than an hour before photos and you could still see the stubble!  Which was fine by me, I expected it, but he was bummed.  When he was in the navy his commanding officers would sometimes make him shave three times a day.  He doesn't want facial hair because (his words), "I'll look like a jihadi."  One of my friends got laser hair removal and he's looking into it just to thin out the facial hair a little bit.

Every morning he shaves once with a blade and again with an electric, but the electric one he has must be 10 years old and I don't think he's ever changed the blades, so I don't think it remotely works.  So I'm hoping a really good electric razor might make his life a bit easier.

aerinpegadrak

DH recommends the Mangroomer, or a straight razor.  All of the guys got straight razor shaves right before our wedding, and were totally stubble-free.