What the maker puts in writing
- “For use in the Philips Norelco Bodygroom QG3398, QG3392, QG3390, QG3384, QG3380, QG3280, BG2020, BG2022, BG2026, BG2028, BG2029, BG2038, BG2036, BG2034, BG2030, BG2039, BG2040, BG5025, BG7030, TT2020, TT2021, TT2022, TT2030, TT2040, YS521, YS524”
- “Fits AXE models XA525, XA2029”
- “Fits Satinelle BRE615, BRE630, BRE635, BRE640, BRE648, BRE650, BRE720, BRE740, BRL131, BRL140”
- “Fits Remington models BHT-300 and BHT-1000”
- From the description: the same lists, with BG3010 added to the Philips Norelco series
That is the entire page. Four bullets, all of them lists. No material, no mechanism, no piece count, no interval, no instruction, no warranty.
Forty models, four brands — and one of them is a competitor
Twenty-six Philips Norelco Bodygroom models. Two AXE. Ten Satinelle. Two Remington.
Why that is genuinely valuable on this category.
A replacement head is bought by someone who already owns the machine, and the single thing that can go wrong is buying the wrong one.
A head that does not fit is worthless. A head that almost fits is worse, because it will seat badly and let clippings into the drive — which is the failure the Skull Shaver page at $24.97 names: “the replacement head keeps hair clippings out of the transmission.”
So compatibility is the question, and a named model list is the only form of answer that is definitive.
Compare the rest of the shelf.
MANSCAPED, $24.99 — one product: “The Lawn Mower 5.0 Ultra”
Freebird, $29.95 — one family: “the freebird flex series PRO”
Skull Shaver, $24.97 — three families with “all” in front: “all Pitbull, Palm, and Butterfly Kiss shavers”
this — about forty models, four brands
A family name answers “will this fit mine” probabilistically. A model list answers it definitively.
And the Remington bullet is the one worth pausing on: naming a competitor’s models is a commercial decision most manufacturers do not make, and it is useful.
The forty-model span also tells you something about the part itself.
A head that fits twenty-six Bodygroom models, ten Satinelle models, two AXE and two Remington is a part built to an interface that has not changed across years of products — which is a reason to expect it to be available again in three years. On a consumable, that matters.
Its own description lists a model the bullets omit
The description names a BG3010 in the Philips Norelco series. The bullet does not.
So the two lists on the same page do not agree.
Which is a small discrepancy and it is the defect that matters most here, because the accuracy of the list is the entire value of this page.
The practical consequence: check both. If your model appears in one and not the other, you have found the same ambiguity we did, and the page gives you nothing else to resolve it with.
What you can work out about the part, and what you cannot
What the model families tell you.
Bodygroom, Satinelle and the Remington BHT series are body grooming tools rather than head shavers.
Which means this is a foil-type shaving head rather than a rotary one — a perforated sheet over an oscillating cutter, the mechanism used on flat and gently curved areas.
That places it with one other item on this shelf and against two.
Foil — this, and the MANSCAPED at $24.99: a “SkinSafe foil blade” for “groin hair in a single stroke”, with “bi-directional foil blades” where “the foil brings the shave down to the skin”
Rotary — the Skull Shaver Carver PRO 4 at $24.97 and the Freebird at $29.95 (a “ScalpSafe rotary blade”)
Why the distinction decides what the part can do.
A foil holds your skin off the cutter with a sheet a few hundredths of a millimeter thick, which is why it cuts closer than anything else — and it is flat and rigid, so it bridges across a dome rather than conforming to it.
A rotary is circular cutters under slotted caps that float on springs or pivots, so the set follows a two-way curve like a skull, giving up a little closeness for contact.
The mechanism follows the body part. Every head shaver is rotary; every body and groin shaver here is a foil.
So that much is inferable — and it is an inference, which is why it is not in the specification table above.
What cannot be inferred at all: what is in the pack.
Whether this is one foil, a foil and a cutter, or a complete module.
And on a foil part that is the gap that matters most, because the two components wear differently.
The foil is the thin sheet, and it thins as it wears until it perforates — and a perforated foil is a cutter against bare skin.
The cutter underneath is the toothed blade, and it blunts.
Replacing one without the other is a common and expensive mistake, and this page gives you no way to know which you are buying.
The MANSCAPED page at $24.99 answers the equivalent question explicitly: it is a “snap-in blade module”, so the foil arrives already mounted in its frame and the delicate assembly has been done for you.
No page on this shelf publishes a piece count — the nearest is the Skull Shaver’s model name, “Carver PRO 4”, which implies four cutting modules.
No replacement interval, which is the most consequential silence here
One page on this shelf publishes one.
Freebird, $29.95 — “Replace the ScalpSafe rotary blade every 4 weeks, to maintain buttery smooth blade performance keeping them sharp and rust-free.”
At $29.95 a set that is roughly $390 a year, which is worth knowing before adopting it — and it is a figure, which is more than the other three pages offer.
Why an interval matters more on a foil than on a rotary.
A foil has a shorter working life than most people assume.
The sheet is the thinnest component in the whole machine, and every stroke abrades it from the inside as the cutter sweeps underneath — so it thins, and eventually it perforates or tears.
Up to that point the shave gets gradually worse and nothing looks wrong. After it, the cutter is in contact with skin.
So “when it stops shaving well” is not a safe trigger for replacement on a foil, and this page gives no other.
And the best reason for keeping to a schedule is on a third page: the Skull Shaver at $24.97, “the replacement head keeps hair clippings out of the transmission.” A worn head lets debris into the drive, and at that point the failure is the shaver rather than the twenty-five-dollar part.
One page gives the figure, one gives the reason, and this one gives neither.
No fitting instruction, and no word on what the part arrives coated in
“Easy to install” is not even claimed here. The page says nothing about installation at all.
One page on this shelf publishes a full procedure.
MANSCAPED, $24.99 — “push the bottom of the blade head with your thumb in the direction of the arrow to snap it out. Then, insert the lug of the new blade head into the slot in the top of the trimmer. Then, press it back until it snaps in place.”
Which matters because you buy this part to fit it yourself, having last done it long enough ago to have forgotten — and the specific thing you forget is the direction. A snap-in part has one release direction and feels solid in every other, so the failure is force rather than confusion.
On a foil specifically there is a second reason: a bare foil sheet has to be seated without creasing it, and a creased foil is a ruined foil. If this pack is a bare sheet rather than a module, the handling instruction is not optional.
And nothing here says what the part arrives coated in.
A new cutting part always arrives under a film, because ground steel rusts in a warehouse — and the question is whether that film is a lubricant to keep or a preservative to wash off. They look identical and the consequences are opposite.
One page on this shelf answers it: the MANSCAPED at $24.99 — “Each foil comes pre-lubricated to run smoothly, reducing wear and tear while helping you hit max RPMs.”
And this site holds the other half on two further shelves. On GroomVerdict’s blade-care shelf, the Oster Blade Wash at $15.88 is the only product of its family to say it: “Removes factory applied preservatives from new blades.” And on the cutting-scissors shelf, the Equinox shears at $8.90 arrive “coated with lubricating oil” and instruct you to “wash them with gentle soap and lukewarm water, then dry with a soft cloth.”
Two opposite instructions, both correct for their own part — and this page gives neither.
What thirty-three dollars buys
The shelf, by price.
$24.97 — the Skull Shaver Carver PRO 4: a steel (Japanese stainless), a spring-loaded design, wet-or-dry use, and the only statement on this shelf about what a worn head does to the machine
$24.99 — the MANSCAPED: a step-by-step fitting procedure, a pre-lubrication statement, a mechanism explanation, and a published disclaimer on its own safety trademark
$29.95 — the Freebird: the only replacement interval here, and one of its five bullets printed twice
$33.33 — this: about forty model numbers and nothing else
So the most expensive item is the one you can learn least about, and the cheapest is the one that explains the most.
What justifies it, and this is not nothing.
A manufacturer part for a specific machine is worth paying for precisely because it fits — and on a shaving head the fit is not cosmetic, because a head that seats badly lets clippings past into the drive.
The honest summary: this is the right page to confirm compatibility on, and the wrong page to decide value from.
If your machine is on the list, the question is answered. If it is not, nothing else on this shelf will fit it either — the other three parts are tied to one product, one family and three families respectively.
What is not published
Everything except compatibility.
No material. The Skull Shaver at $24.97 names “Japanese stainless steel” and the MANSCAPED at $24.99 names “stainless steel” with a purpose attached — “designed to withstand dirt, oil, and buildup that can lead to irritation”. No page on this shelf publishes a grade or a hardness, and the trade behind it is real: a shaver blade fails by going blunt or by corroding, hardness decides the first, chromium content the second, and chromium is added at the expense of hardness.
No mechanism, as above — foil is an inference from the model families rather than a published fact.
No piece count, as above — the gap that matters most on a foil part.
No replacement interval, as above.
No fitting instruction, as above.
No wet or dry statement. One page on this shelf addresses it: the Skull Shaver at $24.97 — “Whether you prefer wet or dry shaving, this razor blade for men adapts to your routine.” No IP rating appears anywhere here, which is fair on a passive part: the rating belongs to the shaver. What belongs to the blade is corrosion resistance, and the Freebird page at $29.95 is the only one to name rust as a failure mode at all.
No dimensions and no weight.
No warranty. No item on this shelf publishes one, which is unsurprising on a consumable and worth recording at the highest price here. Across GroomVerdict, published terms are the exception: five years on one nose trimmer, two years on another and on one air styler, a lifetime guarantee on one comb, 365 days on one brush, 30 days on one clipper blade and one guide comb, and a “90-DAYS Unconditional Return + 12-Month Quality Promise” on the CIICII scissors kit at $19.98.
No country of manufacture, which no item on this shelf publishes. The only one anywhere on this site is on the nose-ear-trimmers shelf: the ROYAL manual trimmer at $15.99, “Manufactured in South Korea by an established company with 60 years of metal product manufacturing experience.”
Availability
Read on the day this page was built: $33 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-05. The live price is at the top of the page.
