Is trimming body-hair an acceptable enterprise for the male? Sure, hairy backs are gross, and my old high-school art teacher had fur jostling twixt the buttons of his shirt and crowding over the collar not sexy. But is the alternative smooth, oiled bodies free of frolicking follicles how to say this, a little too feminine?
If you really must go this way, you need a manly named gadget with which to trim. Sadly, the Braun bodycruZer isnt it. Where I come from, cruising has a very different meaning, and simply adding a capital z wont change that. Even the ad is suspect: Check the Web site and see for yourself. Our hero, now hair-free, is also testosterone-free. Witness the women around him aggressively growling, taking the male role. Hell, one even turns into peacock to attract him. Thats peacock, not peahen.
From a gadget point of view, the bodycruZer is notable in that it departs from the razor blade model, wherein you get the handle almost free and then pay a fortune for the blades. It does this not by eschewing replaceable blades like the usual electric razor (those will cost you around $6 apiece) but by selling blades and charging a fortune for the handle $70 in this case.
For the excessive hirsute male (or female, we guess) this may be something youd like if only as an alternative to the horribly named waxing procedure, the back, crack and sack. Available May 5th.
Product page [Braun via Uncrate]
Posted under Gadget Reviews
This post was written by publisher on April 24, 2009
