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It's an advanced five blade shaving
system designed to provide the ultimate close,
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comfortable shave. But, how will this
Panasonic Arc 5 compare with its
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competition the Braun Series 9? We'll
find out, coming up next!
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So today, we're taking a look at the
Panasonic Arc 5 men's electric shaver,
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model ES-LV95-S, which Panasonic
claims provides the ultimate in control
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and comfort. The Panasonic Arc 5 is an
Amazon Best Seller, ranking at #18
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for the category of men's foil shavers. It also holds an impressive 4.5 out of 5 star review rating.
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Inside the box, you'll
find the Panasonic Arc 5 ES-LV95-S
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shaver including the cleaning station,
which includes a cleaning detergent pack
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that will last 30 days if used once per
day. You also receive a leather travel
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case and a charging cord. Now, if you take
a look at my previous video on the Braun
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Series 9, you'll notice that these two
men's electric shavers are very similar,
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yet carry a substantial price difference
of over $80 between them. While Panasonic
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markets the Panasonic Arc 5's five ultra-sharp, nano-tech blade that provides a 30
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degree cutting edge for a more
comfortable shave, Braun hypes the
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Braun Series 9 as their best electric
shaver, with 5 synchronised shaving
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elements and an intelligent auto sensing
motor to shave more hair in one stroke
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than any other shaver. I'll let you know
how these trimmers compare after the shave.
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Now let's dive into the specs on
the Panasonic Arc 5. So, this is the
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Panasonic Arc 5 and just like that Braun
Series 9, this is a wet-dry shaver.
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There's a lot going on in the shaver
head, as well as inside of this device.
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So, if you take a look at this shaver head
you'll find 5 shaving elements. These
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include a lift tech foil that applies
reverse tapered edges to raise and cut
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flat lying hair, a slit blade foil that
grabs and cuts long
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hairs and the finishing foils to capture
those stubborn hairs ensuring a smooth result.
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So, similar to the Braun Series 9's
10-D Flex head, which goes back and forth
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here as well as the shaving elements
that go in and out. If we look at this
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Panasonic Arc 5, it actually has a flex
head that goes side to side, goes back
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and forth and the elements in here
actually move down in different
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directions. So, this is good for
contouring on the face, you know, getting
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in that neck line, the jawline, and going in
any direction that you got to get those hairs.
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Also, you're going to notice on
here that on the back it actually says
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free or lock. So, this can be in free mode
go all over the place or you can put it
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up to lock and this locks in position so
if you're trying to get, you know, a
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certain spot and you don't want it to
move, you can do that as well on this device.
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The Braun Series 9 has a similar
locking feature if you push this button
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down here, but I'm finding that this
moves a lot easier if I want to get it
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out of position than on the Panasonic
Arc 5. It's in the locked position right
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now and it really doesn't move that much.
In addition to that free and the lock
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setting that's on the back you're also
gonna find a setting for the precision
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trimmer. This Braun Series 9 it also has
a precision trimmer, but it goes straight
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up. So this one you just push it slides
right up, just like that.
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As far as removing the shaver head on
this, it's very easy. There's just two
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buttons here on the side. You simply push
in and lift up, comes right off. You want
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to put it back on, you just push it right
back on just like that,
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snaps into place, you're all set. Now, if
we take a look at the front of this
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Panasonic Arc 5 we're gonna find the LCD
screen right in here. And there's multiple
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indicators that'll pop up. But they'll
come up as necessary, not, you know, right
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when you're just turning this on as you
get this out of the box. So, when you turn
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it on the first time it goes to shaver sensor mode and that's where it's
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going to automatically adjust the speed
of this device and the power based on
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the thickness of your beard. For that one, you press it once and you're gonna
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see this power indicator, it's kind of
like a circle with these little dashes,
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and inside of that is this little kind
of squiggly line and that indicates that
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you're in that shaver sensor mode. If you
press it twice, that takes that off and
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it's a constant speed the whole time
that you're shaving. Then, there's a third
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power mode where you press this three
times and it just goes off. You're also
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gonna see on there it says 100%. Those circles there mean 100% charge
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and you're also going to
see when you turn it on, it's gonna
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show you time elapsed as it's going. So, 4, 5, 6, you can see the time
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that you've been using the device, as
well as you can see the power. But after
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about five seconds all this goes off and
you can continue to shave.
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Now the Panasonic Arc 5 ES-LV95-S will get
you 45 minutes of runtime for 60 minutes
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of charge versus the Braun Series 9
here that will get you 50 minutes for
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that same 60 minutes of charge. As far as
charging the Panasonic Arc 5, there's two
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ways you can do it. You can either take
the plug and plug it directly into the
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device or you can take the cleaning
station, plug the charger in the back and
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then place the Arc 5 shaver in there and
it sits back and it'll start charging.
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Now, unlike the Braun Series 9, this
Panasonic Arc 5 actually has a nice
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feature on it where it comes with this
power lock. So, if I push this little
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switch here and put it to the locking
indicator I can't push this on which is
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great if you're traveling or if you have
this somewhere and you don't want it to
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turn on while you're on the move. So, if I
just want to put it back, I switch it
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back, press the power button, goes right
on. Now, if you look at the cleaning
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station there's a little button on the
side, you press it down and this actually
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pops up and inside here is where there's
the actual cleaning fluid compartment.
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So, simply pour the tap water and the
included detergent into the cleaning
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liquid unit and you'll be good to go. At
this point, you just insert the trimmer
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into the cleaning station, you press the
select button and you'll get three
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different modes. For the first one, clean/dry/charge. Press it twice, you'll
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get dry and charge and press it a third
time and you'll just get a charge.
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Depending on the mode you select you can
expect an average clean time of around 10
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minutes with a dry time of around 80
minutes, which is substantially more than
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the three minutes cleaning and the 40
minutes dry time with the Braun Series 9.
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Alright, so now we're gonna see what this
Panasonic Arc 5 can do. To demonstrate
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I'm gonna compare this with the Braun
Series 9. I'm gonna shave with this
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Panasonic Arc 5 on the right side of my
face and we're gonna use the Braun
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Series 9 on the left. So to get started,
I'm gonna take my beard down to about 0.5mm,
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which is about a three-day
stubble which a manufacturer recommends.
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Now that we're ready, let's see how the
Panasonic Arc 5 compares to the Braun Series 9.
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Alright, Guys. So, there you go. That was
the Panasonic Arc 5 versus the Braun
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Series 9. And as you can see there, both
went through there very easily. Both
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sides are very smooth. No snagging or pulling, so both of them work very well.
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I will say, as far as the precision shaver
I did kind of like the one on this
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Panasonic Arc 5 better than this Braun
Series 9. I don't know for some reason it
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just didn't feel like it was cutting as
well but this one on the sideburns did
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pretty good. I do like the swivel flex
head that's on the Panasonic Arc 5. It
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does seem to move around a lot easier
than the Braun Series 9. Just going under
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those, you know, jaw lines and things I
could actually feel this moving a little
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bit differently than that Braun but they
both got the results. Now, as far as the noise
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level from these two devices you know
they both give out a noise that's not
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very pleasant. But, definitely I would say
one isn't as pleasant as the other. So, if
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you take a look at this Braun, here's the Braun...
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and here's the Panasonic Arc 5...
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This one, it's just you know that, that
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humming noise is just too much. It's
not very appealing and you know I
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definitely give the advantage on noise
to the Braun Series 9.
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The Panasonic Arc 5 ES-LV95-S also cuts at
14,000 cycles per minute, which they
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claim is actually one and a half times
faster than this Braun Series 9 and
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it performs with twice the cutting force.
This was a little bit smoother going
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through than this Braun Series 9. I
could just feel a slight difference as I
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was you know gliding through there. Now,
looking at the price of both of these
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shavers, the Panasonic Arc 5 I was able to
get for about $170
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on Amazon. But, when I got this
Braun Series 9, probably a few months
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ago, it was $250. So, just using these two and seeing
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the price difference of about $80
in there I definitely see that you know
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this isn't giving me that much more than
I'm getting out of this Panasonic Arc 5.
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I might be getting, you know, a little bit
extra with the cleaning station because
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it comes with that cleaning solution.
Might clean it a little better, a little
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bit faster than this one. But, as far as
the charge time is concerned, you get
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five minutes more out of this for the
same 60 minutes charge. So, they're very
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comparable and the results that you're
getting in your face, you know, I would
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definitely save the $80 and go with this
unit over this Braun. So, overall both the
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Braun Series 9 and the Panasonic Arc 5
have the LCD screen, they cut very
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efficiently, cut very smoothly. They both have
their auto sensing technologies in there
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to adjust the speed, you know, based on
the density of your beard. Both come with
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these, you know, precision pop-up trimmers
that are on the back. But, the cost is the
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difference. When I look at something like
that I can think to myself, hey, for $80
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why don't I go out and I add another device. I
can go out and get, you know, this
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Panasonic Arc 5, which is great for
shaving and then I can also add that
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Multigroom 7000, which i think is a great
product and I'm always talking about.
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So, in that department I look for the best
deals. Now, if somebody's got more of a
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budget concern you know we can go with
something like Remington F5-5800, which I
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have a video on and that's a, you know, a
lot cheaper device, but it's also going
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to get you maybe the shave you're
looking for at a cheaper price with
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these foil shavers. Now, one of the other
things you always want to look at with
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the cost is what is the replacement time
for this actual foil shaver.
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And with this Panasonic Arc 5 here, this
top one, they say you can replace this
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once every year. But, they're also saying
that you got these little inner foils
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right here and these should be replaced
once every two years. So, at least they're
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giving you a year out and then two year
time period, so you have some time there
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between it and if you're saving the
$80 from the Braun Series 9
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that's always good too because with
that Braun they also have replacement
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for the foil on there and that's going
to cost you more than the $250 going forward.
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But, if you're online, if you're
on Amazon and you happen to see that the
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Braun Series 9 has come down in price
and it's very similar to the Panasonic
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Arc 5, then by all means, it's a great
great device, great shaver
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and I would definitely go with it. But,
when the price is so much higher, we're
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comparing, you know, what's it actually
doing for us, that's where i say hey save
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the money, see what you can do with that
$80. Buy something else that you've
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been looking into maybe a nice beard
trimmer or something, you know, along
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those lines and go with that. But, just
because it's the higher priced item
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doesn't always mean this is the best
item. At the same price point, if they
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were both right there, I would say pick
either one because they're both very
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close. But, right now at the price point
that it's at, I would definitely say that
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the Panasonic Arc 5 has an advantage
over the Braun Series 9.
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Alright, Guys! Thanks for watching!
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