Customer Reviews

Emjoi AP-18 Emagine Dual Opposed 72 Tweezer Head Epilator

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The Emjoi AP-18 Emagine Dual Opposed 72 Tweezer Head Epilator is quite simply the best epilator I have ever used. It's easy to use, has plenty of power in its two power settings, and the 72 tweezer heads significantly reduce the amount of time epilating takes. Other epilators could take me an hour to do my legs, since I would have to go over the same area repeatedly to get all of the hairs. With 72 tweezer heads and plenty of power, I think the Emjoi AP-18 takes under 10 minutes to do both legs. It's not very noisy to operate, and if you're used to epilating, the hair removal isn't painful. If you aren't used to epilating, any epilator will be painful for the first several uses. Even cleaning out this epilator is easy. The only thing I would change about this epilator would be making it cordless. Then again, they may not be able to keep the power level consistent enough while running on battery power, which may be the reason it's operable only while plugged in to an outlet.

The Emjoi AP-18 is pricier than many of the other epilators on the market, but the superior performance makes it well worth the price. I wouldn't trade mine for anything!

This is the third epilator that I have owned. I have used Epilady, Braun and now the Emjoi Emagine and for the first time in three years I love the fact that I epilate my legs over shaving. It is so much faster than the Braun or Epilady and grabs the hairs that the other epilators missed. Love it and would highly recommend over Brawn or Epilady.

I've been a fan of epilators ever since the 90s. I love that they can get the shortest of hairs, so I don't have to grow my hair out to have it waxed, and that I can remove hair from my entire body without having to go to a salon. I've been considering a dual head epilator since the emjoi optima came out, but could never convince myself to spend the extra money. When I finally decided I was sick of how long it took with my old Philips (which, compared to the Braun it replaced, I've never been terribly happy with) and came to amazon to pick up the optima, I found this improved model and pounced on it. Couldn't wait to try it out the night it was delivered, but didn't notice any difference at all in the speed. I've shelved it since, but decided today to get it back out to try again.

Since my legs weren't that bad, it didn't take long, but I still didn't feel it was working miraculously fast, and when I had removed as much hair as the epliator could, my legs still felt somewhat stubbly. That gave me the idea to compare it to my old epilator.

I got the Philips back out. Started by running it over my legs. Yep, they felt smoother. Then I decided to time it. Since my legs were done, I decided to do my arms. To keep it fair, I used my dominant hand (left) to hold the Emjoi and my right hand for the Philips. It took the Emjoi five minutes to clear as much hair as possible my right arm. It took seven with the Philips on my left. However, again, my left arm was noticeably smoother than my right and the Philips' single row of tweezers felt more nimble going over bony areas. I ended up finishing off my right arm with the Philips.

The only upside I found was that the Emjoi seemed less painful than the Philips. I could see using the Emjoi to start an area that had been neglected for a while. Still, as a daily epilator, the Philips, and the Braun before it, were both far superior, if a tiny bit slower.

The Emjoi has a very fast rotation and a large number of tweezers, which pulls the hair out faster, thus reducing the pain and making it more efficient. Even with it pulling it pulled more hairs at a time, the speed made it hurt less than the braun I had been using. Compared to my braun, it takes me 1/5 of the time and has 1/10th of the pain and does a much better job on most areas.
I found that the braun broke the hair off, the emjoi pulls hair out at the root which leaves my legs feeling smoother longer.

Specific areas and pain...the hard facts

Legs:
The first time I used this epilator on my legs, I wasn't sure I was using it correctly because it didn't hurt. I could barely feel it pulling out the hairs, even though it was doing so much more efficiently than the braun.

underarms:
does a fabulous job- just be sure that your skin is 100% dry before you begin or it will really hurt and won't be very effective.

fine hair on arms and stomach:
Worked great, this one grasped the fine hair much better than the braun and only required 2 passes.

Bikini area:
Emjoi produced the smoothest result.
This area did hurt the first time I did it; but it was tolerable...eye watering pain, not screaming in pain. Also, I was able to make it through the whole area in one sitting. I had tried this before with the braun a few times and the pain had been so unbearable I had to stop.

I do like the braun features of the light and that it is cordless; however, the power that the cord adds to the emjoi makes being tethered to the wall not so bad. (the cord is fairly long.)

I would buy this one over the braun any day....the time I am saving is astounding!

FYI, any epilator you get will be easier on your skin than shaving - shaving causes your skin to lose its elasticity. Also, the epilator will never cut you or get dull!

This is the first epilator i've ever owned, having shaved all my life, it being the easiest and least painful option for hair removal. i did a lot of research online before deciding on an epilator, and even more before deciding to try this one. i have a very low pain tolerance, so i was quite sceptical, but willing to give it a go given that i'd read in a number of places that epilators are now nowhere near as painful as they used to be, and i had read many reviews stating that this one was around the least painful there was.

i have just received my new epilator and used it for the first time, and i can definitely say that it is really not that bad at all. Yes, there is a very mild pinching sensation as each hair is removed, but its definitely well within my ability to tolerate it, and even do an entire leg at a time. It is far easier to see whether the you've been successful with removing the hair with an epilator, and with this one, you do need to go over the same spot a few times sometimes, but mostly, it does a great job first time round. i doubt there's a hair removal technique yet invented that really never needs to go over the same area twice.

Like with all hair removal, you will need to do it regularly at least to start, because your hair grows in cycles, and when you do it today, you're not catching the hairs that are still growing in the pores and haven't peeped out as yet.

One cannot complain about fast regrowth or ingrowns in relation to epilators, because that's really individual to each person's body, so the factors i believe are important are:

* Is it painful? - Not enough to worry about. Also, i could actually feel a sharp, pricking sensation in a number of the pores for a while afterwards, but nothing disturbing.

* How fast can you get it done? - For me, this epilator was perhaps a couple of minutes faster than shaving, but nothing to write home about.

* How smooth are you afterwards? - Very smooth, very smooth.

* Is it easy? - As easy as shaving with this one.

* Can i attack multiple parts of my body with the same tool? - Yes - the same head can do the upper lip, underarms, legs and bikini area. However, the instructions say that when using on the upper lip, one should only target individual hairs at a time, and use only one of the heads.

* Can i use it wet and dry? This one is dry only, but i don't see that as a problem.

* Is it easy to use? - Very. It sits easily in your hand, and while the instructions state which way round you're supposed to hold it, the shape of the body makes you want to hold it that way anyway. The on/off/ slider is easy to intuit, and really, its much like shaving from there, except that you're supposed to pull your skin taut as you go. Easy peasy.

* Is it easy to clean? - Yes. It comes with a little brush that is easy to hold and easy to use on the epilator head. The head is detachable for easier cleaning if you wish, and comes off as a completely separate unit, with no internal working exposed on either the body or the head when it is removed. All you need to do is brush off the hairs and you're done.

* How noisy is it? - Moderately, but quieter than many electric razors. Its not quiet, per se, but it didn't scare my cats when i turned it on next to them.

* Can i go out looking fab straight away? - i would say no. This is a small drawback i guess, to epilators in general, not just this one. i have quite white skin, and it was decidedly marked with little red dots for a while afterwards.

* Is it worth the money? - Admittedly i should probably answer this question after at least a couple of months usage, but so far, i'd say yes, and based on the majority of the reviews i've read (many of which are after a significant period of use), i would say yes.

First I'm a man and I had a problem with summertime heat rash. The Doctor said I needed more air circulation below the belt to cut down on the dampness. So guess what, it was trim time or go nude time(not). I tried shaving, hair remover and the Epilators. Shaving is an everyday thing and I don't like the stickers. Hair remover burns(more rash), so that's a no go and the other Epilators I tried, if you got close to tender skin they would take a bite. So as one last try, because the Epilator removes hair for a longer period of time and when it grows back there are no stickers, I tried the Emjoi AP-18 Emagine Dual Opposed 72 Tweezer Head Epilator. Glad I did, it works pretty good at removing the hair, needs to be used only once or twice a week, no stickers and the very best thing is it won't take a bite if you get close to tender skin. The only thing that could be improved is it needs a slower speed. Even set on slow speed it tends to break a few of the hairs off instead of pulling them out. But I would guess it's getting better than an eighty percent pull rate. Get the rest of the hair the next time.

For the ones who are tough enough to epilate instead of shaving, this machine is it. I have been using the Braun Silk Epil for many, many years, which was already a good epilator. I tried the Panasonic, which didn't work for me. The price was outragous and its performance is unsatisfying. I'm usually not always the one who thinks the more you spend the better is the quality. But here it was worth it. Epilating used to take forever but with the Emjoi AP-18 and its 72 tweezers, I'm out of the bathroom within 15-20 minutes for legs, bikini zone and arm pits. I'm very happy with the Emjoi AP-18.

I'm a long time Epilator user. I've been using these products since 1990 - so I feel that after 20 years, I'm a pretty good judge off them.
This particular epilator does not work as stated. Yes, it pulls the hairs. And under the right conditions, it will pull the hairs faster than the other Epilators. But the conditions must be that you're working in an area which has a lot of hair. Where there's a lot of hair, it pulls them out like crazy! But if you are working in an area where there isn't a lot of hair, it has a hard time picking up the fine single hairs. And it creates a problem that even if you're very hairy and working in a more densely hairy area, this product will leave small fine hairs behind. Then you are left to work very hard at getting it to pick up the hairs which were left behind. Getting the small hairs takes so much time that it negates the amount of time you thought you saved when working in the very hairy area.
Also, the shape of the head is different than the others. It has a hard time around bony areas - like around the knees and in the bikini area. The most important thing is that I had to pull out my old Braun epilator (which is slow, and on its last leg (haha -no pun intended)) to do my bikini and knee area along with pulling out the stragglers all over the rest of the legs that the Emjoi left behind.
This was the most expensive of all the epilators. But the performance does not justify the cost. I don't like it and now I must find a way to get a different one.
As stated above, I've been using an epilator for 20 years now. I was excited to try the Emjoi because the process really does take a lot of time and I hoped that this could cut that time in half - as stated. It didn't.
Bottom line - This is not better, in fact - it's inferior.

I've been using my Emjoi Gold Caress for the past 5 years and finally had the courage to upgrade to Emagine. I must say the Emagine is so much faster and more efficient than my loyal Gold Caress...I was actually able to use an epilator on my legs for the first time and I have coarse hair. If you are a regular epilator user, this is a must upgrade! For the newbies...it takes a little practise and it does hurt..but over time..it is so worth it!

My old emjoi epilator broke several years ago. After shaving for a couple of years, I decided to go back to the epilator and purchased another brand. The other brand seemed to break the hair more often than tweeze it out so I returned the device. Subsequently, I ordered/received the Emjoi 72 Tweezer head epilator. I am very satisfied with this device - it works great and having the extra tweezing capacity gets the job done in less time.