In February this year my Philips electric shaver developed a fault that I could not fix, and as I work in an environment where the day old stubble look is not entirely acceptable a quick look on line located a suitable replacement at Argos, job done.
A couple of days ago the new Philips razor stopped working mid shave, I could not work out what the issue was but managed to get it going again long enough to complete the job, but I was contemplating a return visit to Argos. Over the last couple of day it has been acting up and I suddenly realised there was a little orange light flashing when the razor refused to work. Amazingly I still have the box, receipts and instructions and on thoroughly viewing (I say this rather than reading, as the whole thing just has pictures) the instructions the very last page revealed the answer.
Philips recommend that the cutting heads are replaced every two years, and when the two years is up sure enough, the little orange light starts to blink. Now, remember I bought this razor in February... which leads me to believe the razor was made two years ago and so now the little timer chip inside is telling it to blink the orange light... in other words, my razor has a clock inside which is programmed to remind to replace the heads. Next thing you know I'll be getting an e-mail from Philips, as the blinkin thing is connected to my WiFi.
Fortunately there is a way of resetting the clock, which I have done, so hopefully I will be able to complete a shave without delays tomorrow.
Incidentally, the heads are £19 each, there are three on the razor which cost me £34 new, talk about a throw away society.
A couple of days ago the new Philips razor stopped working mid shave, I could not work out what the issue was but managed to get it going again long enough to complete the job, but I was contemplating a return visit to Argos. Over the last couple of day it has been acting up and I suddenly realised there was a little orange light flashing when the razor refused to work. Amazingly I still have the box, receipts and instructions and on thoroughly viewing (I say this rather than reading, as the whole thing just has pictures) the instructions the very last page revealed the answer.
Philips recommend that the cutting heads are replaced every two years, and when the two years is up sure enough, the little orange light starts to blink. Now, remember I bought this razor in February... which leads me to believe the razor was made two years ago and so now the little timer chip inside is telling it to blink the orange light... in other words, my razor has a clock inside which is programmed to remind to replace the heads. Next thing you know I'll be getting an e-mail from Philips, as the blinkin thing is connected to my WiFi.
Fortunately there is a way of resetting the clock, which I have done, so hopefully I will be able to complete a shave without delays tomorrow.
Incidentally, the heads are £19 each, there are three on the razor which cost me £34 new, talk about a throw away society.
