I love my razor

I think my razor is pretty well designed. Razors don't really have many requirements: a place to hold the razor, and something sharp to cut your face with. However, electric razors have all sorts of fun settings - You need to be able to turn them on and off, for starters. The big blue thing in the center is a button where your thumb rests. The cool thing about it is the two halves both fold in to the middle, making it very easy to press with the side of your thumb (which is how you hold the razor according to the comfort-grip dots lining the sides), and the tray the button is on slides up when the button is down to cover the "off" symbol where the dot indicates naturally. I think leaving the "off" label to be covered by the tray is a very clever way to instruct you how the plate should slide up (because then "on" is where "off" should be) as well as point out that subtle little indicator dot. The head of the razor is silvery and you can just barely see the whir of machinery when its on, and it swivels - i think that's a pretty clear indicator that this end goes to your face, not the rounded end with an indicator light. (the head also swivels to match your face's curve, so the "fix" setting fixes the head in place). Sliding the plate up to the "trim" setting actually slides it up to the point where the trimmer pops out from the plate - it's actually really neat and a lot of fun to play with. There's also a nice status panel that has a battery icon showing battery life, last shave time, etc - all useful functions, but not an overwhelming amount of functionality either.  So affordabilities here are "clearly a button that is easy to press and slide with your thumb", "comfort grip", "sharp edges to cut face with", "LCD panel to show dynamic information".

-Zach Alexander