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Fantastic shaver!
I have been using electric shavers since starting to shave at 14. I have
used every brand ever marketed starting with Schick,Sunbeam,Remington,
Norelco,and finally Braun,(my last 4 shavers). This Pulsonic model is so
superior to all the others I can hardly believe it! It's a pleasure to
shave now.

Buy an 8595 Instead, Save $100!
My older Braun 8595 needed $30 worth of new cutting blades and foils, so being a typical dumb male, I decided to buy a new $215 Braun 9595 instead.

Well, turns out that the 9595 provides the exact same shave quality as the 8595, but is a bit noisier, with somewhat lower build quality, and with a goofier LCD display than the 8595 has.

And the 9595's packaging is an embarrassment -- it reminds me of Apple's original iPod packaging, simply a terrible waste of paper and plastic.

The 9595's "Pulsonic" quality claims are meaningless. Believe me, it doesn't provide any better or closer shave than its predecessor, the 8595. I was foolish to purchase it.

Its only improvement seems to be a "quick clean" setting on the cleaning base -- which seems to be the normal "economical clean" without the drying cycle. Big deal!

Braun really relied on its marketing department for this 9595 design, instead of its engineering department. Bad Braun!! Buy the 8595 instead, save $100!! Don't get 'suckered' by Braun's advertising.

Designed by Braun for Braun
Braun, a company built on design to solve customer problems, appears to have lost their way with the Pulsonic systems. Until now, I've aways been a fan of their "function-dictates-form" method, however in this product things went sub-par.

It's a good shave. As with any electric shaver, you have to repeat areas, to get that "closer than a blade," look. What gets me is, for $200+, I expect something significantly different from my Braun 5775 and it's not. I spend perhaps 10-15% less time when using the 9595, but there are spots on my face (e.g. under the lower lip, below the cheekbones) that the 5775 seems to pick up faster. While "Pulsonic Technology" (i.e. faster oscillations) works slightly better in most areas, there are a few areas where it significantly underperforms.

The shaving cartridge now combines the foil and the cutter. You can't easily clean it due to the design. Thus, you need the cleaning system provided by the 9595's base. However, you still want to clean as the hair, etc. lands in the cleaning fluid. Over time, you pretty blue cleaning fluid becomes a disgusting gray, creating a gooey mass. I may be superstitious, but I felt self-cleaning was a good idea. Is it safe to dump fluid? (I wish Braun had said if it was.) It's possible that the faster oscillations required the integration of the cutter and foil, but it's also possible Braun wanted to sell an expensive base and the cleaning solution cartridges - now there selling two kinds of "blades" for their "razor."

The base looks nice, however, Braun opted to use the same power plug system they have been using for years. It's a black cord with the AC to DC transformer connected to the wall-plug. You've just paid $200+ dollars for a pretty shaving system and then you have this ugly black cord with a huge transformer sticking out of the wall. For $200+, there could have been a transformer in the base of the 9595 system. On the plus side, when I have to get the spots that my 9595 missed with 5775, I can use the same power cord.

Being a gadget geek, my office with its computers and electronic gear, looks like a swarm of fireflies when I turn off the lights. Personally, I'd rather it just be dark. I wish electronics vendors would dump the gratuitous LEDs. I am not going to be using the 9595 in the dark, and I do not need a blue LED (on the shaver) and two green LEDs (on the base). The shaver have an LCD display in the base, why have mutiple informational interfaces?

Finally, why, after paying a ransom, does this shaver not have a replaceable battery? Lithium-ion batteries wear out after a few years. The marketing copy on the cartridges which claims the system is like new when you replace the cleaning cartridge is overlooking the expensive cutter/foil $36, the cleaning cartridges 2 for $10 and, finally, the battery.

Since my 5775 was a quarter the cost of the 9595 and that the Braun brand is a strong one, I expected more. It's a good shaver, in some ways better than my 5775, but the value this shaver gives is not worth the cost. I fear I fell into the hype of "Pulsonic Technology."

braun pulsonic system 9595 with LCD screen
Awesome razor - good buy for what you get.
My face has never been this smooth and I'm a grandpa.

Dandy new electric razor & cleaning system
Braun Pulsonic System 9595 with LCD Screen This razor, with its self-cleaning system, has exceeded my expectations by far for smooth, comfortable and efficient shaving. The whole process is such a pleasure to use, and upon finishing each shave, I simply slip the razor into its self-cleaning base unit. In no time at all, it is automatically and hygienically cleaned and recharged. The base unit's LCD screen shows me when it is thoroughly clean, dry and ready for reuse.