Men’s grooming tools: Part 2: Phillips Body Groom better, but not perfect
When we last left our hero, he was roasting his arm hair off with the No!No!. This is part 2 of the three part series and it’s the Phillips Body Groom’s turn to be on the dock.
The Body Groom is a rechargeable trimmer-shaver that is designed to be shave anything below the neck. The shaver is a the foil kind and the trimmer part is made up of the standard electric trimmer parts and comes with three combs to trim the hair to different lengths.
As a rechargeable you’d think you could leave it on the charger all the time. Yeah not so much. Unlike my Phillips beard and mustache trimmer which can be left on the charger all the time, the instructions specifically say not to. Which seems kinda stupid … except that it might be really hard to manage the power on a device that might not be used everyday.
As you can tell from the title I didn’t think the Body Groom was perfect. I honestly had really high hopes for it. After the No!No! … come on.
I did the standard arm test and thought, okay, this is good. On a whim I decided to try it out on my chest. While you might giggle at this it was fortuitous because a day later I was in the hospital getting ECGs and being hooked up to heart monitors. So, a lack of chest hair (not that I had a lot) was a benefit.
I’ve tried it again a few other times and while it is far and away better than the No!No!, and safer than a razor … I was disappointed in the quality of the shave.
Yes, it shaves and pretty smooth, but … what I’d suggest is that if you’re really going to manscape, whip out the Mach3 or Fusion shave what you want shaved with that first.
Then once you have a basis of smoothness you’re after, keep it touched up with the Body Groom.
The Body Groom, well I’ve seen it everywhere from Future Shop to London Drugs and around the $50 mark.
Do I give it a totally thumbs up? If you’re going to manscape a lot … yeah I think it might a be a good tool in your arsenal. It might not give you a baby smooth shave, but it would be great for a fast touch up.
If you’re a casual manscaper, just spring for a new pack of blades. I don’t think you’d get a lot of use out of it.
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1 opinion for Men’s grooming tools: Part 2: Phillips Body Groom better, but not perfect
Jason
Jun 24, 2008 at 1:26 pm
My opinions are on record here already, and I agree about the quality of the shave but I do have to disagree with you on one point.
I think the shave is “good enough” as long as you use the trimmer to take it down to stubble fist and then the foil to finish. (It amazes me how many people think a foil shaver works without a pre-trim.)
Specifically I think it is exactly the right tool for someone like me who is irregular about his manscaping. I do not trim things regularly enough to get good enough at it to trust myself with a razor anywhere near my nethers. I trust myself there far more with the Bodygroom.
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