The design inspiration for the Laifen P3 Pro and Laifen T1 Pro couldn’t be more obvious, though one of these electric razors is significantly better than the other.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| High speed cutters on the P3 Pro work well | T1 Pro’s cutting mojo isn’t all that |
| Simple controls including Airplane mode lockdown | Limited battery indicator |
Laifen T3 Pro Score: 3.5/5
Laifen T1 Pro Score: 2/5
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In this review
Laifen P3 Pro / Laifen T1 Pro Specifications
Laifen P3 Pro / Laifen T1 Pro Design
Laifen P3 Pro / Laifen T1 Pro Performance
Laifen P3 Pro / Laifen T1 Pro Verdict
Ethical disclaimer: Laifen sent me the Laifen P3 Pro and Laifen T1 Pro electric razors for review. Typically with health products like this you wouldn’t ask for them back for simple hygiene reasons, and I don’t expect that Laifen will be doing so.
I’m mentioning this upfront because disclosure is one of those details that a lot of sites (including, sadly, many Australian ones) view as an afterthought or a problem, not an opportunity to be honest and upfront with their audiences.
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Design
Imagine for a minute that you desperately, burningly wanted to work for Apple, designing products that looked like they came out of Apple’s particular design language… but for some reason you can’t, and your mission when you rock up for work on Monday was to design a couple of electric razors.
I can only think that this is the scenario that Laifeng’s designers faced, because both the Laifen P3 Pro and Laifen T1 Pro look like what you’d imagine an Apple-branded razor might resemble; indeed if you stuck one of those Apple stickers that Cupertino used to include with just about every product – I never understood why, and Apple would never tell me, but I digress – then you could claim to have a pair of iRazors if you felt like it.
That’s evident even with the packaging, which is 100% Apple style, right down to the use of the style of pull tags at the back of each box used for opening them up.
The Laifen P3 Pro is the showier and slightly more expensive of the pair, with a squat shape that’s meant to be more travel-friendly. The review sample sent my way was in a brushed aluminium silver colour, though searching around online – not always the easiest with a Chinese-market brand – suggests that it might also be produced in a space grey finish as well.
Its razor facing sits at the top of the unit with a front-facing window that shows off its linear motor, while the base has a rubber flap that hides its USB-C charging socket. A solo power on/off button sits on the side of the razor. Short presses here engage the power on or off, while a long press puts the razor into airplane mode. Not that it’s communicating via Wi-Fi or anything like that; this is so it doesn’t suddenly spring into life while it’s in a bag or suitcase in transit causing alarms to be raised.
The slightly cheaper Laifen T1 Pro has more of a traditional handheld razor design, and again the model supplied to me was in a brushed aluminium silver finish. It’s noticeably lighter in the hand than the P3 Pro model if you prefer this kind of style, with its power button and icon light sitting on the front face of the unit. Like the P3 Pro, charging is via USB-C from a socket at the base of the Laifen T1 Pro covered with a simple rubber flap.
Where the Laifen P3 Pro comes with a single magnetically attached foil, the Laifen T1 Pro gives you a secondary trimmer head with a trio of cutting guides for beard trimming. I’m sans beard at the moment so I’ve not really tested them, but they’re an interesting inclusion if you were after an all-in trimming and shaving appliance.
While it appears that Laifen does sell replacement foil heads in Australia for either model as needed, it doesn’t appear that stock is all that common in Australia — which is to say that the few places I could find the official replacement heads, they appeared to all be sold out — which could be a concern in the longer term.
Laifen says that both units are IPX7 rated for dust and water resistance. Given the way that most electric razors tend to slice and grind up hairs into what closely resembles dust, I’m a little surprised at the lack of formal dust resistance, though it’s fair to note that the X there means it’s untested, not that it’ll explode in a shower of sparks the moment any dust hits it. Or at least I hope it won’t.
If you’re not across how water resistance ratings work, here’s a full guide.
Performance
While I can’t quite claim that a lot of hair grows out of my head any more – though I can do a fine medieval monk impression if I let the sides grow out – I do need to shave every day in order to avoid looking eerily like an emaciated Homer Simpson.
Both models talk up their use of high speed 12,000 cut per minute linear motors; the pricier Laifen P3 Pro has dual motors and claims 24,000 cuts to the Laifen T1 Pro’s single motor 12,000 cut performance.
Do I have eyes that can catch each cut as it spins by to verify that claim?
No, because I’m not Superman, merely a mild-mannered reporter who has written for a major metropolitan… oh, what a giveaway! But still, while Laifen’s claims are impressive in theory, what matters is how they actually perform.
Here I hit a very definite point of difference between the Laifen P3 Pro and Laifen T1 Pro when it came time to shave my face. I suspected I’d get on better with the Laifen T1 Pro because its handle shape should, logically enough, work better in more cramped areas like the spot between my nose and lips, or around my ears where a lot of electric razors struggle.
While it’s easier to get the Laifen T1 Pro into those spots, I can’t say that I’m all that impressed with its overall cutting efficiency there, and it got a lot worse when it came to my neck hairs. The Laifen T1 Pro often missed them outright, and the last thing you want is to have to roll a razor over and over your face again in order to try to get errant hairs.
In this respect, while its squat shape isn’t quite as easy to slide around my face or head, the Laifen P3 Pro ran a lot better, albeit also a lot noisier. While I haven’t exhausted the battery on either unit yet, it’s also worth noting that the dual motors on the Laifen P3 Pro do require quite a lot more power. It’s packing a 1,000mAh battery with a claimed battery life of up to 100 minutes, while the Laifen T1 Pro’s 530mAh battery is good for up to a claimed 120 minutes.
Laifen P3 Pro and Laifen T1 Pro: Alex’s Verdict
The Laifen P3 Pro is slightly more expensive than the Laifen T1 Pro, although this does seem to vary a lot depending on where you’re buying it from; I’ve seen it being offered up on websites selling to Australians for anywhere between $250 up to $309 outright, further complicated by the fact that we’re in the middle of Black Friday season and online prices are even wobblier. Comparatively, the Laifen T1 Pro seems to command anywhere around $200-$270 Australian.
Of the two, while the T1 Pro has a pleasing light design that looks like it would be easier to use, I found it more frustrating in terms of missed hairs and needing to go over areas multiple times, something I had to do a whole lot less with the pricier Laifen P3 Pro.
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