Philips Norelco Series 8000 and Series 9000 Bottom Shaving Unit Replacement Part

I've returned 2 other suppliers' versions. This was more expensive than those but, it works like the real thing. The replacement from Norelco is more expensive if they still have it. This unit checked all the boxes: the unit moves around like the original retaining the "Floating Head" effect. It sounds like the original, quiet. The others I tried were annoyingly loud and with a high-pitched whine and were sent back. As for longevity, it appears to be of similar quality to the original and I would expect it to last as long as the shaver.

This is the OEM version of the replacement head and works exactly as expected. I have been using this replacement head everyday for over 7 months without a single issue. I suspect issues reported by others may not have been with the OE heads. Also, I chose to replace the razor blade heads, as well, just in case the razor blades caused the head to fail. This replaced the original head which lasted over 4 years before it started making squealing noises and shaving performance dropped significantly. I am back to "as-new" performance and am completely satisfied with this purchase.

I thought my philips shaver was toast when it was making weird grinding noises. Replaced the blades etc with no results, but then changed the bottom shaving unit and everything is working just like new again. A bit pricey, but well worth it to have a 'new' shaver back.

Works fine, restored my razor to like new.

I have owned a materials testing lab for 24 years and happen to have two identical digital display S9731/84 Norelco shavers and I noticed the battery lasted much longer with one compared to the other. I exchanged the shaver heads. To my surprise the rapid battery drain was the shaver head, not the razor. I ran them from 100% to shutdown (about 2 or 3 shaves after digital readout went zero) by shaving one side of my face with one, the other side with the other and logged the usage every day for several months repeating the experiment both ways twice. This was with used heads. Then I bought a brand new genuine Norelco "Philips Norelco Series 8000 and Series 9000 Bottom Shaving Unit Replacement Part" $32.99 + "Philips Norelco Genuine SH98/82 Replacement Shaving Heads compatible with Norelco Shaver Series S9000 and 9000 Prestige" $69.96 (over $100 total for one set!) and these, much cheaper knockoffs: "2 Pack blades for SH98 Philips Norelco Shaving Heads, Durable Blades for Norelco 9000 Replacement Heads, Skin-friendly Blades for Norelco 9000 prestige" $76.89 (Two complete sets: 2 bottom units, 2 sets of heads) that is $38.44 each... equal to one third the cost of the genuine set. The difference is HUGE. Norelco heads sound like a well oiled sewing machine, the generic crap sounded more like a helicopter. The battery drain was right on double. Whichever razor had the generics would run all the way down 100 to 0 twice by the time the genuine heads ran down once. After two weeks the generics started scratching my face. It did not bleed, but it was painfully raw. I figured, it might just have been a bad one, so I tried the second generic head... just as lame, noisy, energy draining as the first one. Bottom line... Don't waste a penny on these cheap generics. I have no financial interest in Norelco or any alternative motivation. I'm just sharing what I saw and found to be curious, so I investigated further. It's just what I do. Jon at FAI.US

My shaver head would fall off during shaving. I found this product and not only fixed this problem but now my shaver is so much quieter. The product is well made and saved me from buying a new razor. Great product and arrived quickly.

I have been shaving with Norelco products for 40 years or more. I have upgraded the razor every few years. The current one is a 9000 model. I found after about a year there was a very loud piercing sound when I shaved. I called Norelco and explained the problem and they sent me a replacement shaft when I sent them a receipt to snow it was within warranty. The shave still made that awful noise. I then bought new shaver heads from Amazon, but that did not solve the problem. It was only after I bought the bottom shaving unit that it solved the problem. I now get a much closer and quieter shave. The lesson is to replace this part every 2 or 3 years. When you replace the shaving heads, the bottom part is not included.

My Norelco 9000 series electric razor blades were falling off while using it. The razor was over the 2 year Norelco warranty and while researching a replacement, I noticed Amazon offered a replacement base. This base fits the razor body firmly and it no longer falls off while using it. While it is disappointing that a $200 razor contains plastic parts that fails within two years, having a replacement available for purchase was way less costly than a new razor.