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Personally, I would find it easier to be less cynical if the European Union's charging standard extended to include everyday items such as my German Braun shaver. As it currently stands, the standard appears to be limited to the likes of handheld mobile devices, tablets, digital cameras, and similar technologies produced mainly by non EU corporations.

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one of my best purchases, great device. but those fucking chargers man. I bought several generations, and I've never noticed the battery the degrading at all really, which is more than I can say for the other shavers that became useless when the batteries quickly degraded to the point where you couldn't use it without a cord.

The braun shavers are also the fastest charging electronic devices I own. So what's the problem? Like apple, the charger may not be compatible with the older generation. So how about they force companies to bundle an adaptor that can work with the older generations. Or better yet, release an adaptor that lets me charge my phone with my shaver charger:)

Right, devices that require expensive chargers

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