Can’t imagine this. I buy the generic “for sensitive skin” throwaway razors at Wally World. Do a good job.
Dollar shave club is pretty good and should be pulling the price downward. Maybe the response is a higher prices alternative that shifts demand.
So, I’m axing....just why don’t these guys just produce a No-no hair eradicator that works on a man’s beard.
I mean, apparently all the stigma of being a p@ssy, er uh, excuse me, metrosexual —— no, no...that ain’t right, either. A man who likes his forearm and chest to feel like they’ve just had a fresh wax.....dammit! That ain’t it, either. As bald assed as a baby? Nope, that ain’t it, either....
Hell, I just give up. I shave once a week, maybe. I use some old Braun electric shaver I’ve had for 20 years. Smooth, soft? I don’t give a crap...I just shave when the man-stubble irritates me.
All you manginas out there need to get a grip. [Not directed to you, Red in Blue PA]
I’m 60. I got a free multi-blade razor in the mail once with the idea that I’d buy their blades. I used the original blade for three years and it is one of the items that somehow got lost in the divorce.
But I mainly just use a norelco electric I get at costco and replace it every ten years or so...
A traditional wet shave is the best. That trend is coming back. For some, it never left.
what happened to the foam brush?
what happened to the ELECTRIC razor?
what happened to the invetigations over blade price fixing?
I recently grew a beard and couldn’t be happier. If I ever shave again I will avoid the Gillette crap and buy the el cheapo Dollar Shave Club folks instead.
I think three blades are optimum using the Gillette products. Dry the razor on a towel afterwards and store it outside the bathroom.
I still use the two bladed Gillette sensor. I only change the blades a few times a year. Shaving is something I do, but it just isn’t a big deal. I tried the 3 blade version and it is OK, but I won’t upgrade until I need to. Battery powered? Why?
Simple products have an innate problem in the marketplace, they can’t generate separation from the competition. Your basic two blade razor is a piece of infallible technology that any idiot company can make en-mas cheap and effective. So how do they get you to buy their product vs others? There’s really two paths: find some minor difference with your product that you can claim makes it better, or make a much more complicated trademark-able hard to replicate version that you can claim makes it better. The problem with the first path is there just aren’t that many potential minor differences and they are, after all, minor. The problem with the second path is it becomes an arms race that quickly has companies adding ridiculous “features” that nobody really wants.
I read that Gillette’s patent on their older double blades ran out in the USA. Personally, I get just as good a shave with 2 blades as with 20, so I bought these from Amazon:
Actually, I bought the 100 blade package a few months back at $11...so 11 cents/shaving head, including shipping.
Another very good alternative is something like this:
I find the single blades harder to get a good shave in spots like the chin and jaw, but they give a very good shave everywhere else. Again - at 11 cents a blade, it is obscene to pay $3+ for a single cartridge with a zillion blades!
Announcer (V/O): Triple-Trac’s third blade, a finely-honed bonded platinum instrument, cuts cleanly through the whisker at its base, leaving your face as smooth as a billiard ball.
[ Finally, the cartoon shows the Triple-Trac completely shaving the whisker ]
[ DISSOLVE back to the announcer against the black background, holding up a Triple-Trac ]
Announcer: The Triple-Trac. Because you’ll believe anything.
This reminds me of an old Saturday Night Live skit for the “Billette Triple threat Blade”. Whose head had three blades. With the middle blade being duller than the enclosing two.
The ad’s animation showed.
The first blade cuts the whisker cleanly.
The second blade pulls at other errant whiskers.
So the third blade cuts the errant whisker even more cleanly.
The tag line was delivered by a Styptic penciled and Band Aid adorned Chevy Chase smiling as he said:
“Billette... Because you’ll buy anything!”
I usually use disposables or a Trak II.
I found the key is to dry the razor after use. The blades don’t last when put away wet. One blade will last 6 months with a comfortable, smooth shave if put away dry. I use the Gilette Fusion. No batteries.
I bought an old fashioned double-edged razor on EBay for $10. A 10 pack of replacement blades is $3 at Kroger.