Personal care

The personal care category covers appliances for daily hygiene and grooming: rechargeable electric toothbrushes, electric shavers, epilators and intense pulsed light devices, hairdryers and hot-air brushes. It also includes washroom hygiene solutions, such as electric hand dryers and paper towel dispensers for professional bathrooms.

When choosing, think about how often you will use it. For an electric toothbrush, the intensity levels, sonic technology and battery life count; for a shaver, a Wet&Dry version that can be used with water; for a hairdryer, the power, heat settings and weight. With pulsed light devices, check compatibility with your skin phototype. In public washrooms, ease of maintenance is what matters. Brands include Philips, Dyson, Oral-B, Tork and Laifen.