I love using epilators. They are the best at hair removal, once you get accustomed to it. Great speeds x3, more tweezers than others I’ve used. Not as painful when used in the bath & pores are open. Would recommend.

A year ago I bought a Braun silk epil 9 to replace an older Braun, but I wasn’t happy with the silk epil 9. It was cutting the hair instead of pulling it so it was leaving my legs stubbly. I read reviews of this Panasonic one and noted someone else said it was better than their old Braun so I thought I would give this a try. I was so impressed, I did my legs and the hair was quite short but it managed it with ease and I now have smooth legs instead of stubbly. I also did my underarms and bikini line too without any trouble. When doing these 2 areas I started off with the sensitive cap but I didn’t think that was good so I switched to the one I used for legs, this might have suited me better than the sensitive cap cos I’ve been epilating for years. Overall very impressed with this epilator.

I’ve been using epilators for 15 years. This is the best yet. Haven’t tried the other tools yet. I get no pain at all.

Absolutely love this gadget. Bought to replace my old braun epilator and never looked back. Its quick, painless and very efficient. I love it!

Absolutely excellent epilator. So impressed. I had a epilator by another very well known brand which suddenly stopped working after less than a year. Turns out it was a blessing in disguise, because this epilator is much faster at removing hair and doesn’t hurt like my previous epilator did. So glad I purchased it.

It replaced an older model by Braun. The reason I went for this one is for the extra width/tweezers which make doing my legs take less than half the time it used to. Worked really well – nice flexi head and love that it’s battery operated. Not sure what happens when the battery begins to fail but for now, I’m really impressed. Also wasn’t sure it can be used when plugged in so hopefully the battery would last for both legs!

My wife is always saving her legs and has always liked the idea of doing it a bit less. So when this came up for review I thought She would be over the moon. It turns out these devices are not welcomed by all who try them out. She gave it a go in the shower as it is water proof, and I think She managed about 5cm before the pain was getting unbearable. So I said it can not that bad, She had given birth so surely this should be a walk in the park for her. Seems as I’ll never be able to share that pain with my beautiful wife, I decided to share some of this experience and see what all the fuss was about. So got in the shower ready to try out this device. It’s a good looking ergonomic design and the head on it is quite wide. I fired it up which is done by the well designed switch in the front and applied the head to the lower part of my leg. SWEEET Giant shredders from hell!!! it instantly grabbed my hairs and yanked them out without mercy. I was hopping around the shower in agony rubbing my leg which was now bleeding I might add!!! How I didn’t fall over in the shower and do myself a miss justice I’ll never know. OK so now I know what pain threshold my beautiful wife has. There was absolutely no way I’d volunteer to do that again. I think maybe if you numbed your legs in ice first or something it may help with the pain a little, but to be honest if your after one of these you’ll have to have been used to having your hairs ripped out first, so that you can bare the pain!
Well done to all those brave souls out there that have no issues with these devices I tip my hat to you. But I will not be going near this machine again. As far as epilators go I’m sure this is one of the better devices out there. You get 7 heads for it for different parts of your buddy and skin treatments. It’s fully rechargeable and I’m sure will last a long time. If my wife dares to try this again I’ll update this review with part 2 of the saga but there’s no plans for that just yet.

First time use of an epilator! That was an interesting experience, which seemed to rest quite a bit on having some dexterity and a decent pain threshold – but I imagine both are likely to improve with time and practice.

The epilator appears to be of good quality, with smooth curves for an easy grip and a useful extra wide head that allows for a better reach. It also comes with different attachments to try out for comfort, such as an exfoliation head and an underarm guard (the exfoliation head, for instance, can be used beforehand to soften and prepare the skin, which it does fairly well). As a sidenote, I much prefer the T shape of this epilator compared to others I’ve seen.

While it might take some getting used to, the device itself performs well – better so far on wet skin, and on leg hair as opposed to underarm hair (which it somewhat struggled to pick up). I think for those who have never used an epilator before it would be wise to leave more sensitive areas for later. Also, it would definitely be best to follow the guidelines and use the epilator on short hair as opposed to long hair for better results as well as less pain.

Overall, this made for a decent experience on short leg hair in the shower! I would recommend that other newcomers try it out in a similar setting to be able to assess their tolerance for this sort of thing – but the Panasonic ES-EL8C epilator is probably a good choice for a first time use (and generally a well made instrument).