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Not buying a shaver from Philips again.. (i.imgur.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

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Edit: see comments for clarifications.

I am probably late on this one, but god damn this is one nasty trick by Philips.

Context; I recently decided to upgrade my shaver, from a Philips One Blade to Philips an all-in-one-trimmer-7000. As you can see on the pictures below, they changed the charger for the adapter by maybe 1–2 millimetres, just so the old charger could not be used by the old charger. Now, this normally isn't a big deal, but with the new trimmer, the charger is USB-A only. Where's the previous one had the plug on it instead. To me this is mildly infuriating as I know need to get an extra adapter just to charge my shaver in the bathroom. They had the exact same design for the chargers, yet changed it just slightly so they wouldn't be able to be reused? Why... Philips... why?

Edit: many good points in the comments! I don't know how to manually check the voltage, but seems like folks figured it out in the comments too. Should have just been USB-C!

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[–] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 8 months ago

Coincidentally, I just got a knock-off Soda Stream from Phillips. It's over $150 cheaper and works 2x-3x times better. I wanted to build something similar for a homemade soda bar concept, and discovered how truly cheap it can be to make soda and carbonated water at home. I was shocked at what a simple concept it is, and how much of a profit these sodas water companies make. Phillips even charging $50 for their system is a total rip-off.

Truthfully, I think the increase in quality in the Phillips machine is due to fewer parts is an "exception that proves the rule" as these in-bottle carbonators seem to work better with fewer parts. It's just a pressure hose connected to a co2 tank. Literally, all of $6 if you were to build one yourself from parts on Amazon (or $3 if you got he Alibaba route)

I truly believe that the fewer parts the better in any DIY or commercial product due to the less chance of a failure in a part if there are fewer parts. This works fantastically for the "lower quality" producing companies, like Phillips.

My inventive and engineering entrepreneur friends and I call this "fewer parts the better" concept, a "Murphy's law compensator" as the fewer parts there are, the fewer parts that can statistically "go wrong"

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 8 points 8 months ago

I lost the cable of a baby bliss trimmer. They have proprietary plugs that are about the same price as the trimmer. Moved away from them when ASAP...

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

Also very environmentally unfriendly. Shame on you, Philips!

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

From what I can tell, the non-USB OneBlades charge at 4.3V, not 5V.

It's probably a small enough difference that a 5V charger would work fine for the 4.3V shaver, but it wouldn't work the other way around.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Any change in the dc input/amps? Because that’s the only reason I would give any credence to it.

[–] gigachad@feddit.de 5 points 8 months ago

Please update the post with the facts from the data sheet OP

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

Remington also have different plugs for different models.

[–] computerscientistI@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (11 children)

I have the cheapest Philips shaver. It is pretty mid. It came with its own charger. On the shaver's side it looks like a standard ungrounded 220V female connection. But it actually is some propriety DC thingy. Very annoying. Why not just use USB-C?

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[–] ghterve@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

After realizing both shavers and cordless toothbrush chargers are going this route, I gave in and installed these in the bathroom

Leviton T5632-BW R02-T5632-0Bw... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002DQT22G?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[–] Beartotem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The electrical code in my area requires using GFCI outlet for outlets within a certain distance of water source. I don't remember precisely the distance (and it likely vary a bit by jurisdiciton), but i know that in my bathroom, there's nowhere beyond it.

In order to use that sort of outlet in a bathroom like mine, it would have to have GFCI protection as well as USB, be a second outlet wired to the GFCI protected terminal of a GFCI outlet, or be wired to a circuit breaker with GFCI protection built in, in the electrical panel.

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[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 4 points 8 months ago

I saw a phone company make a trimmer, they used to do the same but now they are using USB c

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

[–] snowstorm@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

Yep. It's not too easy to find usb-c shavers yet though :/

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My travel trimmer takes a AA battery and I just keep a little USB charger for that.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I've seen rechargeable batteries with micro USB ports in them so you can charge the battery directly, you don't even need a charger. I thought that was pretty nifty.

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[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

that's the last electronic item they make without licencing out their brand

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