Bald Eagle Smart G

Great motor, had to rebuild the blade part

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Troy Jackman

October 7, 2017

Size: GVerified Purchase

This might be lengthy. Overall, i do enjoy this shaver quite a bit. it is comfortable to hold, easy to use and provides a good clean cut- when it works. the first two months i had it and never had an issue. Then one day it was loud, turning slowly and eventually locked up and would lot run. I popped the blade off and the motor worked flawlessly with nothing attached. I did some googling and found a page about taking the four outer blades off and cleaning them out. Once you do this, you will know first hand that the manufacturers claim of running it in water for a few seconds does not do anywhere near a good enough job. After i cleaned it out i got a few more shaves and it happened again. I ordered the replacement 2 pack of blades and the first shave went well once again. That blade locked up on about the third shave with it(I am not trying to cut long hairs with it at all by the way). At this point i was pretty frustrated because I'm deployed and cannot quickly send and receive package to rectify the purchase. Since the blade didn't work at all at this point, i figured i would take the thing completely apart and see what i could do. Come to find out, running it in water for a few minutes DEFINITELY does not do the job of cleaning well. the middle portion was completely full of hair and was all gummed up from whatever oil they have in there from the manufacturer and a few of the gears that turn the outer blades were gummed up and stuck- hence the entire things locking up. All blades run off the central blades momentum. I cleaned out all of the hair and did my best to get rid of the nasty oil, it looks like they use a really thick lubricant that gummed up quickly. I put it back together with a small amount of basic mineral oil, nice and light and doesn't gum up( same exact thing as Wahl clipper oil). I have only used it one time since then, but it was by far the best cut I've had from it yet! So while it seems silly to pay so much for something that you have to rebuild the blades on straight from the manufacturer, it really is a great base unit- the blades just could be put together better.

***For me, using lectric shave with this makes it a better experience as well***

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August 1, 2017

Size: GVerified Purchase

it seemed like a great idea, but i was fooled. the hand position when using it is kind of nice. but this shaver is awful. it is incredibly cheap construction and the heads are ineffective. it has the quality of a $20 shaver. you must shave every single day because it will not shave more than 1.5 days' growth (at least for me). you have to go over everything many times to get an even shave and press hard. you need clippers or a razor to clean up edges. mine lasted less than a year before the motor started screaming and turning itself off after 2 seconds. the motor and head pop apart too easily so you will drop it. i bought a braun foil shaver and am really surprised how much better it is in every way. now i can skip 3-4 days and still shave easily. the braun is much quieter, easier to use, faster and more effective, shaves a lot closer, the difference in design/build quality is leagues ahead of the bald eagle, it has built-in clippers for edges, doesn't require a wall-wart charger, and came with a very nice travel case. this bald eagle shaver might be the worst purchase i've ever made. be aware that the positive reviews are artificially inflated via a promotion they were doing in which they offered free stuff in exchange for reviews.

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I love this shaver but…… I’m shaving my head for past ...

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Mr J

March 1, 2016

Size: GVerified Purchase

I love this shaver but……
I’m shaving my head for past 25 years and let me tell you that I tried everything! This shaver is so far the best. No irritation, no mess, easy to use with outstanding grip.
My problem is the battery. I’m using it for 8 month and after 4 month of use the battery did not hold charge for more than 5 minutes. This could not stop me because just like I said this is outstanding product. So I continued shaving with power cord plugged in. But after 4 more months the shaver completely died.
Not sure if my product got some manufacturing issue but I would love the manufacturer exchange it so I don’t have to spend another $100.
This is definitely 5 STAR products but the battery.

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This is my second one in a year! Both bad...

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Robert D. Estrella

September 14, 2017

Size: GVerified Purchase

At first I thought the shaver was a great idea so I bought a skull shaver even though it was pretty expensive.

After only nine months it broke, I figured the other reviews were wrong and it had a longer shelf-life but nope... Well, being a glutten for punishment I ordered a second one which broke just after a month. I tried to get it refunded but because it was outside of 30 days (I'm guessing) Amazon didn't have a refund option. My next step was to email skull shaver support... They used every excuse to try and get out of sending me another until.

It was good when it worked, going to try and find another more stable and less expensive option. I would not recommend buying one of these, just not worth the hassle when it breaks.

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I don’t recommend buying this product. I would give it zero stars if I could. After only 2 months using it, a piece of metal blade broke off one of the shaving heads and it’s...Read more

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