My failed quest for an all-in-one Trimmer
March 27, 2021
For the past few years, I’ve been on a quest to simplify my tech. In particular to simplify multiple machines, trimmers, electric shavers, hair clippers (I cut my own hair most of the time) in a single machine. As you can probably tell by the title, this quest so far failed, and I’m left with one too many things for my liking.
The beginning
I cut my own hair most of the time since I’m 17, I used to just buy cheap clippers (can’t even remember the brands) and replace them when they got too used up. As time went on I added a Braun trimmer, (Braun body Trimmer) which is doing about 6 years now and still going strong, I was highly impressed, it worked extremely well, and still dues. As live took me to China, I bought a cheap (equivalent of 10$) from Taobao, which server me extremely well for the 2 and a half years I lived there and Electric Shaver also from Taobao from about the same price which although on it’s last legs, it’s still serving me well today.
The hope
These are just 3 devices, for some people it might be nothing, but these mean, 3 sets of chargers, each with multiple guards as well as well. So as my previous handy taobao hair clipper went bust after paying itself several times over, I looked into getting a single all in one, given my previous good experience with Braun I figured buying the top of the line all in one Braun MGK7221 would solve my problems and I would have one machine for all my haircut, body trimming and shaving needs.
The disappointment
To start off, my first use of the machine was in body trimming which was likely the most horrible body trimming experience I had that ended up with me looking like a bloody mess. The second experience was using it as an hair clipper, this is actually the only situation where this machine performed acceptably (although not exceptionally it all given the price tag). The third usage was trying the precision shaver accessory, it did literally nothing but irritate my skin. To top it all off the cheap looking plastic bag, which was a disappointment since the start (seriously I’ve seen products costing 5$ coming in better bags) broke after just a single month of measly use.
Results and conclusions
I’m not sure if I want actually even exists, if it does please contact me so I can complete this quest.
Also Braun seems to have dropped significantly in quality over the years.
And lastly I will put this quest on standby, adventure are in covid season anyway.
So in conclusion…
Notice how ironically the bag of my 6 year old body trimmer that literally travelled the world front and back still holds…
Till next time folks.