Not buying a shaver from Philips again..
Not buying a shaver from Philips again..
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!
the new trimmer, the charger is USB-A only. Where's the previous one had the plug on it instead.
Maybe I'm confused.
Your new trimmer takes in USB (Low Voltage DC) power.
Your old trimmer took in Plug (High Voltage AC) power.
If that's the case, yeah of course the plugs would be different? You'd fry the new one with the old plug.
The old cable supplies 15V, which would fry your shaver that is expecting 5V
I have both of these and one charger is 8v and the other is 15v.
Isn't it to make sure that you're not mixing two incompatible chargers? I have 2 Philips chargers that do fit (as far as I can see), but are not the same voltage. I've previously also had something like this where 2 fitting chargers were completely different electrically, one 12V AC and the other 9V DC. One time a family member mixed them up, bit luckily the extra voltage didn't fry anything. I don't mind having to get an extra charger of it prevents me from doing something dumb and frying my electronics.
Make sure the voltage and power requirements are the same. Maybe the old one cannot deliver enough juice for the new one.
That's one reason a lot of device designers go for USB C proper: it supports multiple voltages and multiple power levels, and in a way where the devices shouldn't be able to pull too much power from a smaller charger. (assuming they implemented the spec and didn't just use the plug anyways) In theory, one smart charger with enough oomph could charge anything that sticks to spec up to 240W.
The battery died on my old shaver. Because I can't leave well enough alone, I decided to see if I could replace it. Spent so much time tracking down the battery model number and looking for a replacement only to find out it's a standard triple a. It's identity was obfuscated by the stupid labeling. Soldered it in and bam, razor still works for several years.
So infuriating that they would send you a charger that works with the device 😤😤 how fucking dare they
Everyone of my Phillips trimmers use a different shaped port
My Philips shaver does not work whilst charging. What's that all about?
Luckily the battery is good but it gives very little warning when its about to run out. I dont grow facial hair very quickly or very thickly but several times I've had to leave the house partially shaved. Doesn't make any sense. That's the whole point of electricity, to use stuff whilst plugged in!
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"
Also very environmentally unfriendly. Shame on you, Philips!
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...
That is so annoying.
Philipps is a shady company and I support anyone who decides not to buy from them ever again.
With the Hue bulbs the force you to share data, so I had to manually install an old version of the app just to not share data - no other way to opt out. So I can't say I'm surprised they pulled something like this.
tl;dr: Keep away from Philipps!
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.
Please update the post with the facts from the data sheet OP
Any change in the dc input/amps? Because that’s the only reason I would give any credence to it.
Remington also have different plugs for different models.
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
Yep. It's not too easy to find usb-c shavers yet though :/
Could you shave (heh) a few millimeters with a cutter or something?
I saw a phone company make a trimmer, they used to do the same but now they are using USB c
Last shaver I bought I made sure I could charge it off usb
that's the last electronic item they make without licencing out their brand
My Wahl shaver has a charger like that
I know with one, its shit. I hate phillips for that
