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?
Yea, id fix that with a lil creative carving with a pocket knife. Recently did this with a brita pitcher. They go to great lengths so you cant refill the cartridges with activated carbon. They underestimate my determination.
Bad idea in this scenario.
The previous model of shaver in this case took straight AC power with the transformer inside the unit, while the new shaver take 5V from a USB charger as the transformer. You’ll blow up the unit if you do this.
My guy this is why they changed the plug, so people wouldn’t plug the wrong cord into their shaver. They both come with one; did you think they were just like “fuck people who want a spare”?
Man Apple really got into all your heads with their lightning cable shit didn’t they
A few companies make reusable Brita cartridges which are designed to be taken apart. But I’m glad you found a way 😁