Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer--An Oscillating Blade Trimmer It's Not!
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sparkospunky
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in Musical Instruments at Epinions.com
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Jun 8, 2006
Pros:
Stainless steel rotary blades can be cleaned with water, good for nasal trimming
Cons:
Lacks the precision of an oscillating straight line trimmer
The Bottom Line:
The Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer is a dandy tool for controlling nose hair, but the design sacrifices the precision needed for ears and other hard-to-reach places
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Author's Review
A few days ago, I wrote a review on my Remington nasal/ear trimmer with oscillating blades. At the conclusion of that review, I promised a review on my Panasonic rotary blade nasal/ear trimmer, so here it is.
The Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer is a rotary blade trimmer, which means that the hairs that you target for elimination pass through a grid or baffle of sorts, where they are pruned by stainless steel blades that go 'round and 'round, hence the rotary trimmer designation. The oscillating blade trimmer like my Remington has two sets of blades that sit in a straight line and move in opposite directions, effectively whacking any hairs that get in the way. These are two types of trimmers designed with the same purpose in mind, but with decidedly different ways of achieving that purpose.
The Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer is made of black and silver plastic that has a matte brushed metal look. The company claims that the trimmer is ergonomically designed for comfortable handling, but it is somewhat bulkier and not as sleek as my Remington trimmer. It operates on one AA battery, which is supposed to provide 90 minutes of trimming fun, but my battery always seemed to die much quicker. As I said earlier, the Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer has stainless steel blades, so cleaning is easily accomplished by placing the blade end under running water.
Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer comes equipped with a cap that covers the blades when it's not in use, and the battery is installed and removed by removing a twist-off cap at the bottom of the trimmer. A slide switch turns the unit on and off, and at roughly 6 inches in length, it doesn't take up much space and is pretty easy to store.
I like the Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer for attacking nasal hair--the rounded tip seems to be conducive to the nose and the rotary blades seem to do a pretty fair job of weeding out that lush growth of nasal vegetation that I seem to have accumulated since I've reached middle age. Grooming the ears and other areas are an altogether different story--the rounded tip of the Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer just doesn't seem to get to contoured, hard-to-reach places as well as my Remington oscillating straight line trimmer. I think that the rounded tip lacks the precision that I have with my Remington trimmer, which I've used to snip the stray rogue eyebrow hair, and I've even straightened up my sideburns with it too. I don't think that fine, precise functions like these can be accomplished easily with the Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer due to the rounded tip.
Despite its limitations, my use of this trimmer has been painless, without any cuts, burns or pulling of hairs.
I paid $15.00 or so for my Panasonic ER411NC Nasal/Ear Trimmer and I think it's a pretty fair grooming tool for keeping the forestry in your nose in check. For ear hair, eyebrows, sideburns or holes-in-chin, the oscillating straight line type of trimmer seems to work best for me.
Thanks for reading.
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