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Epicurus.com - Philips Norelco G480 All-in-One Premium Grooming Kit
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List Price: $29.99
Our Price: $28.83
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Manufacturer: Philips Norelco
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Health and Beauty
Brand: Philips Norelco
EAN: 0075020003843
Feature: Philips revolutionary MicroBlade Technology is designed to give you unprecedented precision to create the exact look you had in mind
Label: Philips Norelco
Manufacturer: Philips Norelco
Model: G480
Publisher: Philips Norelco
Release Date: 2008-03-21
Studio: Philips Norelco
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Features
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Philips revolutionary MicroBlade Technology is designed to give you unprecedented precision to create the exact look you had in mind
Hair clipper comb and beard and moustache comb with 9 locking length settings to get the look you want
Convenient store and charge stand to recharge trimmer and neatly store all attachments
Superior visibility and new design make it easy-to-use and comfortable to hold
Cleaning brush and hair comb included
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Editorial Reviews:
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Designed for superior precision and comfort, Philips Norelco's G480 grooming kit gives you the exact look you had in mind. This nine-piece set features Norelco's revolutionary MicroBlade technology for outstanding precision and offers unlimited style options, easy rinse cleaning, and several high-quality accessories.
The Philips Norelco's G480 grooming kit offers:
MicroBlade technology for precise trimming.
Nine attachments to create any style.
Hardened Inox steel blades that are sharper than titanium.
The included stand keeps your razor charged and ready to go. View larger.
Superior Visibility and Maximum Precision
This premium all-in-one grooming kit has innovative, Microblade technology made to create any style you desire. Featuring an open trimmer design and miniature cutting element, the kit is designed to give you complete control and visibility for straight, even lines. The kits comes with nine attachments that provide all the grooming accessories you need, including a nose and ear trimmer, fine detailing blade, eyebrow comb, mini-shaver, beard and moustache comb, clipper comb, and more. Additionally, the sharp blades are engineered to cut every hair in a single stroke for a smooth, fast shave.
Flexible, Easy Clean Design
This grooming kit is constructed of hardened Inox steel blades that stay sharp over time and prevent rust and corrosion. Since a messy shaver can ruin your morning, Philips made this one especially easy to clean -- just run it under the tap and it's ready for use. Not only is getting stubble off the blades a breeze, it requires absolutely no maintenance or lubrication. The storage compartment keeps all the accessories in place and the shaver's flexible design is made to fit comfortably in your hand. Nine settings vary the cutting lengths for a smooth shave every time.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good performer, lacks stamina
Comment: Alright. I had to buy this one, since my old Norelco took a puke after 10 years. This trimmer is a great performer. Very quick and concise work of all trimming you must do. Especially liked the micro shaver, so that I can get in close to the beard line. My beard trimming has taken on a whole new experince with this guy. I especially liked the nose and ear hair trimmer. I have felt a couple of tugs at the little guys, but considering I used to tweeze them, this makes nose trimming a vacation! The accessory tray is nice, but could use a better way of keeeping all the attachments in one place. One little kniock and you are chasing trimmer heads all over the room. Not that big of a deal and has no effect on the rating. The bad part is, and this is why I am only rating it 3 stars, battery life. You have to charge it for 10 hours for 35 min. of trimming. Huh?!!!! That is ridiculous!!! I have a hand crank emergency radio with noaa, weather radio, am/fm, emergency light, noise maker and get this, a cell phone charger, that lasts for 30 min. after 15 sec. of cranking. I don't get it. Really, I don't. The instructions tell you in order for the trimmer to keep it's memory it must remain off the charger in between charging, but it will die on you in the middle of any trimming, and you now have to charge it. It will leave you with half of a clean face and beard. My job requires 100% out of me, and I expect the same from the items I purchase. If I do half of my job, it reflects poorly of me. This one issue, tells me numerous things about the designers and engineers working at Norelco. They should have made a better battery to go with such a good trimmer. So, all-in-all, if you need a trimmer for Grizzly Adams and the stragglers, I would recommend this one, but I would warn anybody regarding the battery life.
Customer Rating:
Summary: *shrug*
Comment: The blades are nice and the design is great (not to mention the price) but after using it for two months the size attachments continue to break at the perforations leaving the attachments utterly useless. Unless you plan to shave your beard off every single time or just shave your head, I do not recommend this product...
Customer Rating:
Summary: nice
Comment: i feel complete with this system. Everything is excellent except the nose trimmers, but i was not really interested in that anyway. The gaurds an razors witht this system make grooming very easy and professional. I can keep my face, hair, eyebrows and underarms trimmed and clean. No problems at all
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Summary: Intended for grooming beard and moustaches - not the best for cutting hair
Comment: I am sorry for taking so long to write the review for the Philips Norelco G480 All-In-One Grooming Kit, but it takes time to grow hair with which to evaluate it.
First, about me and my intended use. I am an adult male with male pattern baldness. I do not wear facial hair (intentionally). Some years ago, I realized that I was paying a barber $9 plus tip to run clippers over what remains of my hair, not to mention that the trip to the barbershop ruined an otherwise free day. I went in search of clippers and bought a Remington model. Recently, my wife has commented that the aging Remington was not cutting so well, so when Amazon Vine offered me this grooming kit, I jumped on it.
My first impression taking it out of the box was, "This is small." The width of the widest clipper blade is 1-1/4 in (22 mm) while that of my Remington is 1-3/4 in (45 mm), so I'm going to need more passes to cut my hair with the Norelco. One that was hard to tell from the description was that the G480 comes not only with several attachments, but with interchangeable heads. There are three clipper heads, a razor head and a nose/ear trimmer head. In a similar vein, the razor head on the G480 is only 11/16 in (17 mm) while a "regular" electric razor that I have is 1-3/4 in (45 mm) wide. So it is probably not the best thing for regular shaving. Although the manual mentions using the G480 for cutting hair, I quickly formed the impression that this outfit was intended primarily for maintenance of facial hair. I'd given up electric razors years ago for straight blades, so I won't use the razor (not that it's very usable anyway). One item that I may find useful is the nose/ear hair clipper, although it takes some practice guiding the tool around in an effective manner, and I found that it kind of yanks the hairs when it finds one. Not always pleasant.
In addition to the multiple heads, the G480 comes with three adjustable-length clipper combs. My first impression was that they seemed somewhat flimsy. They shouldn't see a lot of force, however (unless you drop them). They also do not have the hair length marked in familiar units - just arbitrary numbers. Not too bad once you figure out that "6" gives you a similar cut as a ½ in guide on other clippers. One behavior that may be viewed as either a feature or an annoyance is that most of the cut hair collects in the comb. The hair doesn't fall on the floor, but you may have to stop frequently to empty it out.
The main feature of the Norelco that sets this apart from my previous clippers is that it is cordless. The G480 was light and had plenty of power for any job that I threw at it. I have cut my hair with it three or four times and used it a few times for other trimming before it died and required recharging. On the downside, the instructions tell you to completely drain the battery before recharging to avoid memory problems with the battery. I thought modern batteries had all gotten past this need. This could be somewhat annoying when the battery dies halfway through shaving off your beard. The charger is a "wall wart" transformer, cord and small plug that plugs into the base of the clippers. The plug fits into the storage base in such a way that placing the clippers in the base automatically plugs in the charger. Of course, since you're not supposed to leave it on the charger except when it is completely dead, this feature is somewhat dubious. It might be better to just leave the charger in a drawer until needed.
The Philips Norelco G480 thoughtfully comes with a plastic storage base that holds the clippers, as mentioned, as well as all of the heads and combs. If your bathroom sink is anything like mine (and my current bathroom has a large his and hers double sink), it quickly clutters up with things, and this base takes quite some space. Also, the heads are not secured into their shallow recesses at all, so the lightest jarring of the base knocks them out of the base. The user might find it better to dump all of the parts in a drawer.
I will summarize in the fashion of a Bicycle magazine review: Buy it if: You maintain a beard and moustache. Forget it if: You're looking for clippers to cut your hair.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A decent trimmer for the price
Comment: I purchased this item to help keep a newly grown goatee trimmed and groomed, and also liked the fact it had the other attachments for use around my face and neck.
The product does what it is supposed to do, and does it well. I have not encountered the "tears in my eyes from using the nose hair trimmer" scenario (but then again the inside of my nose doesn't look like undergrowth in the Amazon Rain Forest), and the trimmer guides are awesome. As stated clean up is as simple as turning on your faucet, and the storage base keeps the unit and accessories clean and in one place.
Now that reason for losing one star- As others have stated "NiCad batteries"??!! I didn't know they still made those, but perhaps it keeps a very good trimmer at this price point, and I guess if this type of rechargeable battery technology was good enough for my great-grandfather, it's good enough for me...
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