It's one 1-3mm guard. I'd like to see a couple other sizes but it's a good start.
I have a oneblade with the adjustable length but it' be nice to have a static size that I can print.
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The OneBlade is awesome! Philips is also a European brand.
I always thought the oneblade was just super overhyped, but it's actually been so much better than my last razor. So it's cool to know that they do user-friendly stuff like this too
It's because it doesn't get a "close" shave, so it spares the skin! I loved using safety razors, but my skin didn't. Traditional electric razors were even worse than blades.
But the OneBlade helps a lot. And it's awesome that you can buy all kinds of attachment blades for shaving every part of your body. Plus, it's cheap, portable, and now a little better for DIY parts. I just wish it used a user removable 18650 cell or something. I think you basically have to discard the entire unit if it stops holding a charge :(
I'm using mine for i think 10 years now. I used to hate shaving so much, and i still do, but i can't imagine a better solution to be honest.
We need to start making these legally required for companies to sell their products. If possible, require them to use local printers/small batch manufacturing facilities for even the initial manufacture (so long as those facilities exist).
If possible
Nice idea. Now make the batteries replaceable in things like shavers, and stop making the replacement foils the printer ink of the personal grooming consumables world. For those that don’t know, you can buy a battery operated shaver for say $60 and the replacement foil and cutter will cost $30-40. Half the cost of a new shaver for a small bit of plastic and metal.
My braun has a replaceable battery, it's a li-ion 14500 (AA size but 3.7V), they're a couple bucks.
I just don't buy battery operated stuff that doesn't have to be battery operated. That's why my bathroom has electrical outlets. K.I.S.S. principal.
I tried to find an electric shaver that plugs into the wall two years back. I gave up and got one that takes AA batteries (rechargeable ones may be expensive but still cheaper per use than proprietary bullshit)
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As long as they don't lose money on their subscription products (like razor blades) they are glad to make sure your device requiring subscription supplies is functioning and you're invested in more regular purchases of consumables.
This looks like a win win situation to me. You don't have to replace your item and they continue to sell consumables.
They probably don't make much money on the "razor" sale, the consumables though are almost all profit. It costs me a dime per blade for my safety razor which performs better anyway and can't really ever break, plus it's solid metal so easily recycled some day not that it would ever die in normal use cases.
Jokes on em, I (don't own any Philips product anymore) just buy off brand.
But hey, repairability might make me consider their stuff in the future.
I use a safety razor. My blades are a dime a piece. The thing will last longer than I will, for sure.
Being able to unscrew the blade to get all the bits of hair out with a quick rinse is way better than any of those multi-blade monstrosities.
I don't shave as in shave all the way, I just trim, but I do use classic razor thingamabob for cleaning around.
I use some wahl clippers for beard trimming. I have so much hair on my face I still need to shave places to not be a scraggly ogre.
Wahl peanut is great for this, but practically anything nowadays works.
Not as good as them offering the repair parts themselves I feel like, but this is still super cool!
Edit: it sounds like they also offer some parts themselves! Thats honestly fantastic
I agree but also this future-proofs the replacements. Phillips could always stop selling ones they make.
As long as they're offering the models for free, probably cheaper for the end users at least.
i mean you still have to get them somehow, i doubt getting them shipped to you is going to be cheap and good luck getting the average person to figure out how any of this works in the first place
Not only the models are free but they are released under a Creative Commons license!
Meaning that anyone can modify and redistribute them.
I wonder if Norelco is thinking they can get new designs for free by seeing what people do. May even influence handle designs.
It's like having a design department that's 100x larger.
Hear me out, in a way that's actually better, because you can modify the original models to make them better.
Like the guards on these razors have usually annoying flaws: they are too thick, which pushes a lot of hair down, and the bottom is too round and doesn't lift the hair. You can take the model from Philips, remix it, and get exactly what you need.
And if the company is smart, it will enable sharing of improved models.
Not to mention, if you have the model you can print it even long after the product support has ended. No company will support a product they stopped making half a decade ago, but you'll still be able to print parts the same way.
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Well this is cool as fuck! Make sure you print in ABS or better if your printing this
Petg or ASA would be fine too. I wouldn't do PLA it wouldn't last. And I wouldn't do anything glass or carbon fiber infused if it's going be touching and dragging on skin.
And I would do anything glass or carbon fiber infused if it’s going be touching and dragging on skin.
Did you perhaps mean to have a "not" somewhere in there?
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