Review: Remington Titanium X

I'm a guy who likes to wear a little bit of stubble. Largely because I look like a 12 year-old when freshly-shaven. But when Charlotte over at Write Like No One's Watching said she was in need of man to try out some Father's Day ideas for her, I was happy enough to bare my babyface for a few days and give the Remington Titanium X a go.

My usual grooming routine involves using the BaByliss For Men i-trim stubble to keep things in check but, when it comes to a complete shave, my preference is dry over wet. While nothing truly compares to a proper wet shave, Remington's Titanium X runs it pretty close and is half the hassle. Believe me, as much as the adverts suggest,  no man, not even Roger Federer, enjoys sacrificing 15 extra minutes in bed to shave.

To give it a fair chance, I trimmed my facial decoration down to 2mm - if you're looking to shave more than a couple of days' worth of growth then an electric razor's not going to do the trick. Despite the odd, unavoidable snag, I was really surprised how close the shave was and how consistent it was across the trickier bits. The main problem area for electric razors is the neck; from previous dalliances, keeping the head in good contact all over is an almost impossible task and will take quite a bit of revisiting to get as close as you want. While you're never going to get a perfect shave on the neck straight off the bat, I came pretty close here and was left with very little to tidy up.

One nice touch to the Titanium X is the pop-up trimmer, which works at a right angle to the main head. Working with this trimmer made it a lot easier to achieve a level sideburn cut in comparison to my usual electric razor, which employs a trimmer that slides up alongside the head and, therefore, angles downwards into the sideburn. And it's not too bad for shaving the back of your neck (I need to have words with my barber).

Of course, like all good electric razors, the clean up was much easier than its wet counterpart - I simply had to pop the head and, despite a few stray hairs, everything went in the bin.

Now, how long until it grows back?

*This review is a guest post for Write Like No One's Watching. The product featured in this review was provided by Littlewoods.