A massive step away from using standard hair clippers, saving time whilst achieving a very close cut. Although this does not provide a razor smooth finish, it is the next best thing. I have never used a rotary shaver until now and am very impressed with the results. This shaver catches all the clippings (no mess!) and can be used wet or dry. This takes what was a 10-15 minute job down to 3 minutes making regular maintenance easy. The quality and value of this product exceeds the price.