MANSCAPED® The Lawn Mower® 5.0 Ultra Groin & Body Hair Trimmer – Dual-Head SkinSafe® Trimmer & Foil Blades, Waterproof Wet/Dry Groomer, USB-C Rechargeable with Travel Case,…

I have looked at this item for some time with a lot of hesitancy. Truly amazed is all I can say. Baby smooth and soft “toys”. Easy to use and clean. I am not sure why I waited so long to purchase.

Es un muy buen producto solo que un poquito difícil de usar a la primera si es tu primera rasuradora, sin embargo, ayuda bastante a quitar los vellos no deseados

Tldr: The guards are poorly designed, and likely not going to last long at all. Doesnt work well on thicker or thinner body hair, not special, not worth it.

I bought this after reading positive reviews and just about every social media person sponsoring it, just looking for a trimmer that worked. The price seemed ok, but I was let down very quickly when using the trimmer.

Beard Trimming: I’ve got fairly coarse beard hair that is not curly, this trimmer snagged hairs repeatedly with and without the guard on, like my facial hair was too thick for the blades or the trimming mechanism was too weak, and I made sure to fully charge it before each attempt. The guards just push hair out of the way instead of feeding it into the trimmer, and the trimming length “adjustment” is just some ridges that loosely hold the guards at fixed positions via friction, and can be accidentally pushed back if you arent careful. The plastic deformation on the guards from pushing them onto the trimmer and removing them each time you need to switch lengths is gonna wear them out soo quickly that they will be rendered useless after a few changes, not a good engineering decision. After trying about 4-5 times i went back to my old one-blade trimmer.
Body hair: I’ve got finer/thinner semi-wavy body/pitt hair, the guards let maybe 2% of the hairs reach the blades and just push the rest of the hairs out of the way. I tried every different direction, multiple passes, pre and post showering (dry vs damp hair, no deodorant or anything to clog the blades)The hairs that did make it to the blades did not get snagged like my beard hairs tho, so ill give it that.

Overall Quality and Presentation: in the hand the trimmer feels nice, and i liked that it had wireless charging and usb-c, the storage case kinda felt like it was for a different trimmer, none of the guards really fit in the pockets like they belonged there. The packaging was nice, this trimmer is basically all show and very little go.

Basically you need the goldylocks hair type/length for this trimmer to work for you, and even then there are some poor design choices being made, and it will still likely snag and rip out your hair. I would not recommend this trimmer to anyone i valued my relationship with.
P.s. apologies for TMI with the hair types but it was necessary for a thorough review.

EDIT

Early this AM while preparing to return this device because it doesn’t trim as close as I wanted, there was this peculiar tab sticking out of the box that said “Read before use.”

Attached to that tab was an instruction booklet. And in that booklet were diagrams describing the different trim heights for the myriad of attachments that this thing came with…

I realized, much to my chagrin, that I was not mentally equipped to handle a device that gave numerous choices in specific hair length and very unfairly rated the 5.0 at two stars. Manscaped customer service even reached out to help.

I have rightfully raised the rating for this device as the phenomenon that I was encountering was less a flaw in grooming technology, rather just a defect within operator headspace.

Please do yourself a favor, and read the instructions to aid in your selection of your required hair length.

PREVIOUS REVIEW

Current modern trends in men’s grooming standards have led to the proliferation of men’s grooming devices. Although I do follow recent standards, I remain very old-school in mentality.

I have owned a Manscaped 2.0 since its genesis circa 2018. This device was a “no-frills” compact groomer whose battery life had begun diminishing over time (as expected). Adjusting to its shorter operating time was not that great of an obstacle, however, the larger issue of razor burn surfaced.

My poor 2.0 fought valiantly for over half a decade, but unfortunately, it became time to part ways.

The next hurdle became the price point as the new machines are about twice the price of the old ones. Fortunately, I was able to get a bundle deal and add a nose trimmer and a bag (if it arrives) for about $110ish.

I was excited to be able to have Manscaped most developed device, and (for some reason) excited that it was USB C vs standard charger. That is where the happiness ended.

My first attempt to use the 5.0 resulted in not only frustration, some injury, and far longer time spent grooming due to its shaving head. Upon delivery, the 5.0 has a plastic head attached to the grooming surface which allows for controlled cutting lengths.

I prefer to groom down to the skin so that wasn’t ideal for me, but the plastic head was attached in a way that made me assume I would break it if I continued to force it off. As soon as it tore some hair from a place that I don’t want to name in an Amazon review, that plastic head came right (explicit) off.

After feeling dumb (and not wanting to admit to the wife that I didn’t read the instructions) I thought it was going to be smooth (pun intended) sailing. That was not the case. This new device appears to be manufactured with safety involved (probably for people like me) and the cutting head remains much further back (from the cutting area) than my 2.0 which doesn’t allow for close cuts, and requires extensive passes to remove the hair.

So not only does the 5.0 take a longer time to pick up the hair due to its safe design, it doesn’t even cut close enough to the skin.

After two different attempts at using their newest feature-rich device, I am unfortunately going to commit a cardinal sin and send this (now used) grooming device back to its maker.

p.s. I did enjoy the flashlight feature far more than I would have thought.

I’m not going to stress it enough, every man needs the Lawn Mower 5.0 Ultra for their grooming care routine. The trimmer is so smooth and leaves your body feeling the same after you use it. If I was using my old trimmer the way I used the Lawn Mower 5.0, I would have nicked myself. The advertising is facts and not just claims. I love this product and I definitely recommend it for every man.

Great item. Pricey but saves from bleeding to death from cutting the boys. Could be a tad embarrassing- like Elvis crapping out on the crapper. But positivity helps a tad now and again