Edit: see comments for clarifications.

I am probably late on this one, but god damn this is one nasty trick by Philips.

Context; I recently decided to upgrade my shaver, from a Philips One Blade to Philips an all-in-one-trimmer-7000. As you can see on the pictures below, they changed the charger for the adapter by maybe 1–2 millimetres, just so the old charger could not be used by the old charger. Now, this normally isn’t a big deal, but with the new trimmer, the charger is USB-A only. Where’s the previous one had the plug on it instead. To me this is mildly infuriating as I know need to get an extra adapter just to charge my shaver in the bathroom. They had the exact same design for the chargers, yet changed it just slightly so they wouldn’t be able to be reused? Why… Philips… why?

Edit: many good points in the comments! I don’t know how to manually check the voltage, but seems like folks figured it out in the comments too. Should have just been USB-C!

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      8 months ago

      They used to be an insurance company. How can I trust them knowing that?

      Wahl for trimmers.

      • max@feddit.nlEnglish
        11·
        8 months ago

        Pretty sure they never were an insurance company. They’ve always made (consumer) electronics.

        • Dozzi92@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          8 months ago

          Yeah, think you are right and I got my wires crossed. I hear so many random facts at work and they all blend together.

          Regardless, still Wahl. Have used Wahl for a decade or more to groom and have had zero issues.

          • max@feddit.nlEnglish
            1·
            8 months ago

            Haha, no worries. Turns out there is a Phillips insurance company, just with a double L, rather than a single L.