The batteries in electric shavers suck. Charge-times are better measured as large fractions of days than as hours, you can’t use them while they are charging and, even when full, they don’t last long.
Wahl’s new trimmer tries to fix this, and Wahl is so proud of the battery technology that it has put it in the name. The Lithium Ion Trimmer is the fist trimmer ever to use a Li-Ion battery, according to Wahl, which has several advantages. First, it only takes an hour to charge and then, when done, stops using power. Second, the shaver will run for a couple of hours instead of just a half an hour. It also has “2x more torque”, which we imagine would only be useful on the most wiry beards.
Last, and possibly most useful, is the quick-charge function. Plug a dead trimmer in for one minute and you get four minutes of use, enough for a proper shave (or, if you are as scruffy as me, eight proper shaves). The price is a reasonable $40, and it comes with enough special styling attachments to turn you into a facsimile of even the most primped and preened R&B singer.
Better still, though, is the Amazon product page. Scroll down to see the “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” section and you’ll see the “Mangroomer DIY Electric Back Shaver” and, at the end of the row, the James Bond “Quantum of Solace” DVD. Testoster-tastic.
Product page [Wahl via Uncrate]


