Epilators ???

[WisteriaWoman]

I've heard good reports about epilators - can anyone recommend one?

Ah, the 'smoothie maker' of hair removal! Mine is now languishing in a drawer somewhere! Its painful, takes a long time and creates ingrown hairs, it wasn't for me at all!

not perfect, does not give the same finish as a professional wax, but almost as good, no more painful, much more convenient.

i think they are great. it is worth paying for the more expensive ones.

I really like mine, had it 3 years now.

I bought a cheapie from Argos to see if I could handle the pain - legs take ages, can't do bikini or arm pits for the pain, but good results on my arms hands and fingers - yes I really am that hairy

Have a Braun one-works fine, takes a while and DH has to help with backs of legs. Stings a bit but labour is a hell of a lot worse and I did that OK!

Oooh I love mine. Legs take a while, but I find it quite theraputic.

Armpits hurt the first few times, but now I can do them really quickly as the hairs seem to have become much finer with much shallower roots (been epilating for about 18 months.

Never managed to do bikini area though. Its just too painful.

I have the latest Braun one and it is excellent.
However I will be having my legs lasered in 6 weeks so will pass epilator to dd.

I never ever get ingrowing hairs with epilator. Suffered em mega when shaving though

I have a Braun one too. It takes longer than shaving and you do have to grit your teeth, but the results last for weeks.

I use it on my legs, and once managed my bikini line (eee-OWWW!), but have never tried it on armpits.

I've got an old Braun one, use it on my armpits - hurt like hell the first time but is fine now as long as I don't shave in between times - it's like shaving resets the hair thickness to super thick and painful again! I don't use it anywhere else though

Thank you - everyone is mentioning Braun - which one ? There are various ones...

my sister has the one you can use in teh shower and says it is v. handy

get a waterproof one - those little tweezers get grotty and a regular wash with some antibacterial handwash really helps - much easier than sitting there with a pair of tweezers picking out all the old hair and skin lol.

oh and one that is cordless so you can get into a place with good light

i have one of the new braun ones - it's a little noisy - sounds like my mum's ancient one (also braun and still going strong) and grazes sometimes on my armpits unlike my old gentle, quiet braun.

Mine sounds like a chainsaw!

I have a braun bikini one as shave my legs.
its ideal as has 3 attatchments, I can epilate, close shave or trim and its small so not too difficult to use. Oh and cordless

Noisy though!

I'm planning to get one, have been a bit divided on whether to get the cordless or mains-powered one (looking at the Braun Silk-Epil latest vs previous model). The cordless one is newer and probably better, and it would be nice to be able to use it in the shower and rinse it clean. But I've had a cordless shaver before that was a bit rubbish - you got about 10 minutes use out of it before having to charge again. And eventually it just wouldn't charge any more...

Make sure you get one with a headlight on.

Cripes a headlight!

wow a headlight