Remington Smooth 'n Silky Epilator 6025 - AHHHHH!!!!

So....I'm kind of on the fence about this epilator. It's the first one I've ever purchase and I got it on Amazon for I believe around $50.00. This is kind of embarrassing but I let my leg hair grow out for about 5 days because I wanted it to be long enough for the epilator to grab onto. The sound is absolutely horrifying. Like...I contemplated just sending it back and going back to shaving when I heard the sound. But my boyfriend called me a wuss and tried it on a small spot on his leg. He said it hurt but it wasn't all of that. I'm not one to really inflict pain on myself so I had my boyfriend do it. The first 10 minutes involved me screaming bloody murder and yanking my leg away. It was like mini lightning bolts hitting my leg simultaneously. It was torture. My boyfriend gave up after the 10 minutes but I was determined to finish. So I continued by myself. My leg started to go numb after a while and it was bareable then. It took me about 20 minutes to do the lower part of one leg and then it died which I expected because apparently it comes half charged. So I just plugged it into the wall and finished the next leg. I used it on both the high and low setting and to me there really wasn't much of a difference. By the time I was done, the pores where the hair had been ripped out were definitely red and swollen but nothing too crazy. Only thing is, my skin definitely wasn't smooth. I had missed about 1/3 on the hairs on my legs. So what I plan to do is, shave. And then wait about 2 days and epilate again just so the hairs will be shorter because I think 5 days worth of growth was a bit too much. I really want to like this epilator and hopefully after I do my plan I will. But to answer the main question everyone is looking for...it hurts like nothing you've every felt before.



***UPDATE***

So I did what I said I was going to do, and shaved the next day after using this (which was last Thursday). Today is now Monday and my legs are still 99% silky smooth. Normally, the day after shaving, I have stubble and definitely 2 days after shaving I have visible hair on my legs, 3 days after, forget it. After using this epilator and then shaving the next day, I'm going on 4 days with no hair. It's almost upsetting because I wanted to use this epilator again. I plan to use this probably once a week now to keep my legs smooth. I am so excited about this. 4 whole days and it feels like I just shaved yesterday. It's unreal.