Norelco: Newer but not better?

Norelco may be an Autodesk customer. So perhaps I am biting the hand feeds me? But here goes: Newer is not better!

I have been using an electric shaver for the last 20 years. I have been through a few of them. The one I have now is several years old:

Old

Figuring that blades have dulled over time, I thought I would replace them. So I searched for them via the web and found a replacement.

Amazon

They attached to my new razor just fine:

New

I have been using the replacement blades for a short while. My problem is that newer is not better in more than one way.

The new ones are harder to clean. Note how the old blades can be easily rinsed by simply flipping open the head.

Old_clean

The new one requires that the head be removed, rinsed, and carefully snapped back into place.

New_clean

Cleaning aside, the real problem is that the new blades do not shave as closely. Here I am before shaving (This is about 5:00 am).

Before_shaving

As an experiment, I shaved one side of my face with the old blades (left) and the other…

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