If the tool charges over USB, almost any adapter or laptop will do; if it uses a barrel plug at a stated voltage, a replacement has to match that figure exactly.
The connector tells you which case you are in.
USB-charged tools — several Philips models here ship a cable and no adapter — will take a phone charger or a computer port.
Barrel-plug tools need the stated output, and the figure is precise. The two third-party replacements on this site state 12 V, 0.4 A for Braun shavers and 5.9 V, 600 mA for Braun clippers — same brand of tool, and neither supply substitutes for the other. Polarity matters as well as voltage on a round plug, and so does the barrel diameter: a plug that fits physically is not a plug that fits electrically. How to read input and output sets out which figure does what.
Third-party replacements are widely available and the good ones publish a compatibility list by model number. Buying on a brand name alone is how the wrong voltage gets ordered.
One thing not to count on. On the four tools here that run corded or cordless — the Remington HC5811 and MB5000, the Philips HC5630 and HC7650 — the mains cable IS the charger. There is no second lead. Forgetting it does not leave you a corded fallback; it leaves you nothing, which makes those the tools to pack the cable for first.
Check your own manual before you follow anything here. Temperatures, water ratings and supply voltages differ from model to model, and the maker’s own figures take precedence over anything written on this site. A supply of the wrong voltage is a failure rather than a slow charge, and the figure is printed on the tool — not inferred from a connector that happens to fit.
Last reviewed August 22, 2026