Philips Aquatouch - Forcing Me to Buy a New Shaving Head

prdreilly on 13/11/2017 - 11:43

My Philips Aquatouch AT891 will no longer operate for more than a few seconds, and then stops as the "change shaving head" light flashes.

The manual says it will need changing after two years, but since it is still working well enough, I am annoyed that it is forcing me to spend $50 on a shaver that was only $100 new to keep it working. It also gives instructions for resetting the machine after changing the shaving head, which I have done (without changing the shaver head, but it some how seems to know that I haven't really changed it and goes back into the warning mode.)

Chances are, if I was to spend that money, the battery or some other part of the appliance could soon stop working, so I'd be better off just putting the money into a new machine. I could get a better one for around $100.

I would rather drive this existing model into the ground until it dies or stops working, rather than be forced to throw away a machine that is currently working to my satisfaction.

All part of our throw away society I guess!

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Comments

  • altomic on 13/11/2017 - 11:51

    Get a replica off aliexpress

  • mbck on 13/11/2017 - 11:53

    I had one, and it kept doing that, so I kept resetting too. It kept working for a while, but then it completely stopped one day. It couldn't even charged!

    Got myself a Panasonic now (which I prefer).

  • dcep on 13/11/2017 - 14:39

    my pt920 flashes the change head light but didn't stop the shaving

  • Quantumcat on 14/11/2017 - 08:16
    +1

    There's no fear that you'll be wasting your money, because if the machine dies before you've got your use out of the new head, you can buy a new shaver and when that one requires a new head, just put in the half-used one from your first machine.

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