Braun Epilator Silk-épil 5 5-620, Hair Removal Device, Epilator for Women, Shaver & Trimmer, Cordless, Rechargeable, Wet & Dry, 6 Piece Set

Fantastic little dream machine
My husband bought this epilator to replace my second dead Phillips SatinSoft (HP6520/70). They claim to be wet/dry, but with regular use in the shower water invades the machine past the o-ring seal and corrodes the battery, so the Phillips have about a 2 year lifespan to the day. He tried to replace the first one with a Remington Smooth&Silky (EP7030E). I hated it. The epilation surface is too thick to be useful, so I ended up using it dry only for legs and armpits to try and extend the life of my Phillips for wet bikini epilating (it didn’t work, by the way). The Remington cord died to the new puppy… I wasn’t sad about it.My Phillips died right after hysterectomy surgery, so I had a good 3 months of long curly regrowth to deal with. I was dreading the task, to be honest. Not to worry at all, this Braun is AMAZING!!!It took one and a half hours to charge fully and I have just finished my first use. I don’t know how long we took, but I accomplished everything I needed to from start to incredible finish, plus husband trimmed and shaved his beard. We still didn’t see a yellow light after that so I left it running another 35 minutes for science. Still no yellow light, which is supposed to warn of 15 minutes remaining. Cool!This is my first shaver. I have used a Wahl hair trimmer before, with horrifying results(I was desperate). I’ll say those teeth love to chomp! Save your labia. Don’t do it. Get the Braun.I had zero issues. I trimmed my pubic hair with the teeth first, and was very amazed at how close the foil part took off the rest. I could not have had smoother skin using an actual razor with a brand new blade. That’s when I went running to show off to my husband. And we used it on his thick beard growth. If you go too fast, it may grab hairs, or if you let the foil suck in the long hairs that weren’t trimmed first. So he had to slow down. Unsure of the battery life, we got him a uniform trim and then I took it back. Shower time!How glorious it was. I can’t even describe my joy with this little epilator. As smooth as I now was, I didn’t expect to do much more. I was wrong! Disclaimer: I’m very nearsighted with astigmatism. Means: I’m BLIND in the shower, and pretty much work by feel alone. This epilator is thorough! It was catching and removing hairs I could no longer even feel. The tweezing roll is just as thin or better than the Phillips so it can get in the creases without any trouble at all. It’s quiet! At first I had doubts because it doesn’t look like as many tweezers, first of all, and secondly it’s fast setting sounded slow, like the Phillips sounds right before the motor seizes at low battery. Not to worry! It works as fast or faster than any other epilator I’ve owned because when it gets a hair- it GOT the hair. As in that hair is no longer attached, done. On to the next. I’ve never had that part of my shower done with so fast, ever. I also didn’t give much thought to the rubberized grip but I’ll say I’ve dropped my previous machines many times and never once felt that this one would slip my grasp. It’s less about epilating control and more a cure for my clumsiness in general, which is nice.I did catch the thinnest skin right at the ligament. I’m not sure if there was a longer hair that got pulled an brought skin with it, or if that paperthin area was just easy for these tweezers to grab. Brief pain, no more than plucking hair, I thought I bled, but now with my glasses on, it’s a blood blister. Doesn’t bother me at all.I’m still sitting here slightly in awe that I am gloriously bare again after such a short painless shower. I expected to have to take several sessions, with ibuprofen or maybe vodka assistance and the hottest water to recover from full pubic regrowth. I’m beyond happy with my new Braun shaver epilator dream machine. You need to get one too!

Easy to use
Works pretty good but definitely hurts at first. It rips those little hairs out but it does seem like maybe some are broken off as I do have some quick regrowth

It was okay for me
I’ve had success with epilation in the past though it is painful and time consuming. My last epilator was a random $25 one that was alright but I expected to get a better performance from a name brand like Braun. I don’t feel as though that were the case.The best experience I ever had was with a Phillips model but it was only 3 or 5 tweezers meant for your face. I did a Brazilian with it and while it took forever it was the best treatment I’d ever had on my bikini. Flawless.This device I couldn’t bear to do my bikini with, even with my past experience epilating and waxing, it was too painful to use outside of the shower on my bikini or often times my under arms.I tried most diligently to use it on my legs but I found that it broke most of the hairs and so I had to go over and over the same place. It took hours and I was always still left with stubble. I thought the stubble might be due to my hair growing in waves so I tried to be patient and kept up with it over a few months but I could never get rid of the stubble or get my hair to grow out all at the same time so throughout the entire summer I had patchy prickly hairy bumpy legs it was a nightmare. It was so bad I could no longer even get a clean shave in between sessions. It was also much more painful than the other devices I had tried and no matter how I stuck with it or how long I used it for, it never seemed to get better for me.The best results with the Epil 5 we’re on my arm pits but I began developing ingrowns there which I had not previously struggled with in that area. I had also never had ingrown on my legs even with waxing or other epilators but since using the Epil 5, I get ingrown all over even when I only shave.I ended up stopping use of the device almost a year ago because it was not working for me but it took many months for my hair growth to return to a place where I could shave normally and I still struggle with ingrowns in places that I did not have them previously.I’ll be moving on to trying IPL after this experience