electric shaver
Sign in to saveAlso known as dry razor, shaver, electric razor
electric device to remove body hair
Key facts
- Other names
- Dry razor, electric razor, shaver
- Classification
- Personal grooming device
- Types
- Rotary, foil, corded, battery-powered
- Related
- Electric hair clippers , safety razor
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Electric shavers
- source of energy
- electricity
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Encyclopedic overview
An electric shaver (also known as the dry razor, electric razor, or simply shaver) is a razor with an electrically powered rotating or oscillating blade. The electric shaver usually does not require the use of shaving cream, soap, or water, known as dry shaving, although many users still prefer a skin lubricant for comfort.
The razor may be powered by a small DC motor, which is either powered by batteries or mains electricity. Many modern ones are powered using rechargeable batteries. Alternatively, an electro-mechanical oscillator driven by an AC-energized solenoid may be used. Some very early mechanical shavers had no electric motor and had to be powered by hand, for example by pulling a cord to drive a flywheel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “electric shaver” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.