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This review is a specific warning for existing owners of Series 3 razors who need to replace an older one. If you don't have a Series 3 clean and charge system already, you can ignore this review. But if you are replacing an older Series 3, learn from my mistake. I had an older series 3 that came with the docking station that let you clean and charge it at the same time. Turns out that is a very useful feature for busy people, so I've come to depend on it, even though the little cartridges are kind of expensive and definitely not exactly eco-friendly since they can't be refilled. After a few years, the trimmer piece broke on my razor, so I needed a new one. Fair enough, they don't last forever. So I wanted to just buy a new razor that fit in the dock I already owned and that still works fine. I look up and find a new series 3 just like the one I had. Get it and come to find that this razor fits EXACTLY in the docking station and will charge it. Awesome. However, Braun puts a sensor in the docking station to specifically make sure that you cannot use this razor in the clean/charge station. It looks for something on one of the little bumps on the back of the trimmer - if the razor doesn't have it, then no activation of the cleaner. This razor does not have it. So basically, they force you to buy a new docking station every time the razor dies, you can't just replace the razor and keep the existing docking station. Or at least you can't replace the razor with this one, which seems to be the top of the line series 3 that you can buy without a new cleaner. This is a good razor, it works well - as long as you keep it clean and change out the heads occasionally. But be aware that Braun has deliberately designed their cleaning system not to work with this razor, because they want to soak you for a new docking station. There is zero excuse for deliberately omitting the thing the dock looks for on this razor - it is an exact clone of my older razor in every other respect. So now I have to either go buy a more expensive razor to get something I don't really need or give up on the self-cleaning feature and pitch the half-full box of replacement cartridges for it that I already have. Awesome. Braun sure knows how to treat its loyal customers right. I think I've bought half a dozen Braun razors - but this might be the last one I ever buy.