yoose ICE Electric Shaver Review: Cyberpunk Shave on the Go

As someone who must shave my face, because beards are not my thing or my wife’s, I use a variety of different approaches. My current strategy is twofold, as I shave infrequently (the joys of working from home): I first trim short with a clipper and do the final shave with a rotary electric shaver. My battered vintage rotary shaver needed an update, so when yoose asked if I’d like to review their new ICE Electric Shaver, I was delighted to oblige.

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Nine O’Clock Shadow

The yoose ICE electric shaver (not to be confused in searches for things which shave ice, I discovered) is a compact rechargeable battery shaver with rotary heads. The body is a cyberpunkish grey transparent acrylic design, shaped like a sort of square-cut diamond or gemstone.

Inside the kit is the shaver, a short charging cable of the USB-C variety, a brush for cleaning, and a replacement head for the inevitable (but probably far distant) time when you need to replace the rotary head assembly.

The lid covering the rotary heads is magnetic, making for easy and secure protection of the cutting edges. The cutting heads are also magnetic, for easy cleaning and replacement. The USB-C charging port is on the underside of the unit.

Shaver on the Go

Getting set to start using the shaver is easy: plug the unit into a charger with the supplied cable, and check the really bright display on the side to see when the thing is charged. Once it’s up to speed, you can shave for ages before it is depleted, as battery life is very good.

After shaving a few times, you probably want to clean it, and I recommend you do this every time, but if you only get around to it every three or four times, it shouldn’t be a problem. The head just pops off with a little pressure, and you can clean the trimmings into the bin. Cleaning is easy with the brush: just sweep it around the inside of the body and the inside of the head. The manual also states that once detached from the body, you can also rinse the shaver head unit under the tap.

Personally, I recommend tapping the head and the body on the table (best on a tissue or some other paper) to make sure all the trimmings are out of the mechanism.

Start the shaver by pressing the recessed button on the front, then start your shave. Rotary shavers are different than foil shavers in that the cutters operate at all angles, so you can shave in a circle and be sure that you can get bristles at all angles. This is one of the best ways to get a nice close shave.

The rotary heads on the ICE are really nice and smooth (I suspect they might be nickel-plated), and because they are so shiny, I believe it makes them glide over your face very easily. A close shave was very easy to do, and as long as you clean the head unit regularly, this should always be the case.

A nice feature was the travel lock. If you press the power button for two seconds, the unit locks so that it won’t get activated in your luggage. This has happened to me almost every time I’ve travelled with a shaver, so I’m grateful for that little detail.

Also, to save drain on the battery, there is a built-in five-minute auto power off. If you shave for longer than 5 minutes, you have a bigger beard problem and may need to consider a more heavy-duty solution.

Something else I was especially appreciative of was the environmentally conscious instructions for dismantling for recycling at the end of its life. It tells you in the manual how to get the batteries out so that you can dispose of them responsibly rather than tossing the whole thing away.

Final Thoughts

All in all, the yoose ICE shaver was an all-round positive experience. I like the heft of the thing: it feels like a good quality device, worth the money. In use, it’s clean, efficient and good at its job. Plus, it’s really cool and unusual-looking, and looks great on the shelf in your bathroom. This is not a guilty secret you hide; this is a stylish personal item you want people to see.

There aren’t many downsides. I would like to be able to disassemble the head a bit more for cleaning. Rinsing it under the tap is a good way to clean it, but I don’t like rinsing parts of electrical devices under water, even if they are non-electrical parts. I have the same problem with rinsing vacuum cleaner filters. It just feels wrong. But this is not a problem with the product and is personal preference. I want to take the head apart more.

Also, another personal quibble: you can’t charge it and use it at the same time. It’s a rechargeable device, not a wired/cordless device. You have to charge it before you can use it, which I imagine would be a pain if you forget to put it on charge overnight. But these quibbles are minor and personal and don’t take away what is a great little shaver for home and away.

Availability

The yoose ICE Electric Shaver is priced at just $39.99, and I’d say that’s a bargain. It’s well-made, effective, compact, and it keeps its charge for days and days in use. I’m more than happy with the closeness of the shave, too.