Braun Clean and Renew Electric Shaver Cleaning Cartridges, Hygienically Cleans, Removing Residual Hair & Skin Particles, 5+1 Pack, Lemon Fresh

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That said, it will depend on many factors, like how often you shave, the coarseness of your beard, how well you take care of your shaver (cleaning, lubrication). I’ve tried several variations (and it’s still an ongoing experiment), but I am yet to try just alcohol and lemon oil. It became interesting for me to conduct the same five-minute test with the foils of the latest revision.

So we’ll end up with a solution that while effective at cleaning, it lacks proper lubricants and we’ll need to take care of that as well (with clipper oil or lubricating sprays). But in a real-world use case that will be far from practical and pretty much impossible if you always leave the shaver in the station. And 70% alcohol in contact with the shaving head during the Braun cleaning cycle will perfectly sanitize your shaver. I would however recommend to only add 1 ingredient at a time to your existing DIY solution, evaluate the performance by actually cleaning the shaver after you shave a few times and only then if everything is ok add another one to the mix. But here 2 problems immediately arise (established experimentally): the hygroscopicity of glycerin leads to incomplete drying and after drying a greasy mark remains on the plastic.

After the drying cycle, the head of the Series 9 was still dripping wet and I had to pat it dry with a paper towel and let it air dry for a few more hours. For Panasonic’s second generation stations, which already seem more relevant to the Arc 6 (I don’t have one), I’ve found solutions from Shaver Shebang that have good reviews. Fun fact: you’ll find the Shaver Shebang packs listed for different shaver brands, but they are all identical. Low viscosity silicone oil works better and it’s definitely preferred for quick and easy manual lubrication (e.

High energy lubricants maintain your shavers blades and help reduce friction, which may cause skin irritation. Water from my reverse osmosis is around 10ppm, so using distilled water for a diy solution would be a must. The only problem is that the Panasonic solution, like mineral oil, does not provide enough lubrication, the razor gets pretty hot and after dry shaving I feel some irritation.I could have very well used it as it was at 100%, but I wanted to make this test as relevant as possible — since the majority will be using 70% alcohol as that’s the most common variation, I thought I should too.

I’ve tried every spray I could get my hands on and it was by far the most effective on foil shavers. The limonene spread over the leaf like water and completely evaporated, leaving only a slight citrus smell.The shaving head of my Braun shavers was perfectly clean provided the solution was not overly contaminated with fine hair (that’s a problem with any cleaning solution). Make sure to remove the liquid through the small opening as the large one contains a very fine mesh filter and the hair clippings won’t get through. In fact, I actually prefer it to the concentrated CCRREFILLS packs because it’s even easier to use, requiring no mixing with alcohol.

As for how well it lubricates the blades, I would place Wessper Shavemax slightly below the two options above. Not necessarily because you’ll lose some of the lubricating properties (which does happen to some degree), but for hygiene considerations. There are, of course, a myriad of other options available but I wanted one with a review that I could trust. I do think that after some time it would be beneficial to also run your shaver through an automatic cleaning cycle. Yes, making your own solution would likely bring the costs down a bit more, but again, I think third-party solutions are worth it for the completely hassle-free experience.And another tip: to give your shaver optimal care, you should put a drop of oil on the cutter block once in a while. Unlike water, alcohol is non corrosive and does not impair long term performance of the shaver parts. In addition to being the same, these third-party cassettes also don’t last as long and the performance is pretty poor. It seems to work great however I would welcome any other suggestions for ingredients for the Philips cleaning pods. Maybe if you have a picture or if you can indicate it with an arrow I would be able to look further into this.