Full charge in only one hour - 50 minutes cordless shaving: One hour charging time gives you up to 50 minutes of cordless shaving.

Fully Flexible Shaving System for maximum facial adaptability: The flexible foil shaving head flexes to perfectly match the contours of your face. Also, the 85 models are pretty much the same as the previous 84 Series 8 except for some new colors.If however you’re looking for the closest and fastest shave you can get, you will definitely have to look at a more expensive shaver. So you may be able to get a model that’s only available in your country and doesn’t show up in my comparison.

In fact, Braun’s range-topping models, the much more expensive Series 9 and Series 9 Pro, only have that front-to-back flexing and it works perfectly. In fact, it is visually and functionally extremely similar to the Series 3 cleaning station, which further supports the claim of the new Series 5 50 being pretty much a glorified Series 3.

For example, a Series 7 shaver will NOT work with a Series 9 station, a Series 3 station will not work with a Series 5 shaver and so on. Like most Braun shaving heads, you would expect around 18 months of use before needing to replace it.