5-blade Razor... Its for real guys...

[madhatter256]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9340767/

Gillette wants to compete with schicks quatro razor blade, which has 4 blades, by adding one more. This doesnt mean it lasts longer, the blades get dull just as fast as their single disposable ones do.


I just don't believe it that they would make something like that.

[Mr. Casual]

First blade-Cuts the hair
Second blade-gets rid of dead skin
Third blade-cuts through live skin
Fourth blade-Cuts through muscle
Fifth blade-Cuts through bone

Now you can have that butt-chin turned into a business man's chin! :smt023

[Yakumo]

5 blades ! That's just crazy. I have been using the MACH 3 for years now which is good enought. That can get my face feeling like a babies bum so why would I nedd 5 blades? I have thought about getting one of those pulsing Mach 3 razors though.

Yakumo

[Topic Archive]

First blade-Cuts the hair
Second blade-gets rid of dead skin
Third blade-cuts through live skin
Fourth blade-Cuts through muscle
Fifth blade-Cuts through bone

Now you can have that butt-chin turned into a business man's chin! :smt023


Lol, so true...

...My theory is that blade number is related to the amount of gears the average car has, nearly all razor adverts feature a fast car in the background, i.e 4 gears is old hat 5 gears is the norm...

...A few 6 speed cars are on the market, so 6 blades will be here soon

[Greatsaintlouis]

I've been using the Mach 3 for quite a while, and despite taking off the top layer of skin when I shave, it usualy does the trick well enough. I can't fathom the pain that five blades would cause...

And the other issue is the price: Mach 3 cartridges are freaking expensive enough, and I shudder to think what these are going to cost!

[the_steadster]

5 Blades does sound mighty painful. I use a gillete mach 3 power, which is odd at first, but it is pretty decent. Blades are even more expensive than standard mach 3 ones though, so when I'm poor I'll just go hairy....

[zappenduster]

hmm just bought a new electro razor philishave 8000 something even got a lcd i wonder when it will need the first firmware update =)

[cahaz]

why don't they just Put a 8 blades razor right now? i mean, we know we'll be there in 6 years, so why don't we jump to the conclusion of all this right now?

Oh yeah, now i remember: they want to sell you the 3 blades one, the four blades after that, now the 5 blades, the 6 blades,....

The longer way is the best one to gain money.

[Taemos]

I use an electric razor. I've never even used a real one, save for cutting myself by accident when I was 3 :).

I never saw the point. Is there extra "smoothness" or something?

[cahaz]

i use an electric razor too, it's just quicker, and simplier.

[madhatter256]

I use mach3. My only gripe with it is that, I have to shave both up and down in order to have smooth cheeks. Also, I have to be careful that I don't get cut when shaving my chin. Its very hard for me to have that be completely smooth, especially when I'm half awake in the morning.

[Putzi]

I have a shick quatro actually it has a good feel to it but I got 11 vouchers for free one in the mail before that I was using a Gillette 2blade and that worked fine. Unless your that guy with the hair all over his body you don't need 5 blades. Ridiculous....

[arsenal]

" so when I'm poor I'll just go hairy...."

You win the thread :D

[the_steadster]

" so when I'm poor I'll just go hairy...."

You win the thread :D


Oooh what do I win! a razor? :smt042

[WolverineDK]

Well, Gilette sensor excell has now three blades, so perhaps it is the reason why they are making mach5.

Heck, Gilette has made the most famous razor (but perhaps not the blade).

My father used their razor with this razor blade form

http://justshaving.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/bs0021.jpg.w180h221.jpg

http://www.westons.com/acatalog/gil53b_large.jpg

http://www.anotherstateofmind.net/neck-razor.JPG

and everybody has copied the shape.

Wilkinson razors has given me some seriuos shaving scars, so I am using Gillette Mach3 .

Even though I started with Gillette sensor.

[Paulo]

i use mach 3 and its ok. Been thinking of getting a electric one for a while. Why the hell are the blades so expensive anyway?!

[Warakia]

Don't get the electric one, had one in a small case when I was travelling in Japan. Kept going off (loud vibration noise) and getting odd looks from people on trains. Also runs the batteries down, so I had to take the batteries out whenever I moved it.

The blades for that are like 8 quid a shot, which is crazy, absolute insanity. What I do now is get like 30 bic ones for under 4 quid and use them for about two or 3 days each = shaving perfection. Its all down to the foam you use anyway IMO.

[XerdoPwerko]

I use the "Extreme III" by Schick. It's throw-away, and cheaper as a unit than those Mach 3 cartridges. I have a beard (but no moustache), though, so I just shave "around" it.

[WolverineDK]

Hmmmmm I have a goatee and whiskers. And shave my neck area.

[The VGM]

I use the Schick Quatro.

[Mr. Casual]

I have a 3 blade razor that works pretty well. Using a Razor gets rid of more hair than an electric one, IMO. Just dont use shaving cream and an electric razor at the same time!

[Primergy]

whoa shaving habit threat ...
since my madame calls me a furball sometimes let me inform you about my "equipment"

Braun Tri-Control
and for the longer crap in my face etc.. Braun EP 100
to be honest.. I hate blades - I have tried a few and they all give me horrible razorburns :p

[Mr. Casual]

If I have a pimple or something, sometimes I forget and cut it off with the razor blade. It doesnt really hurt, but it wont stop bleeding for a long time. BTW, you are supposed to use water and shaving cream with razors. ;)
That'll keep the razorburns from happening I think.

[Primergy]

mh I know.. but my skin is an asshole... if not right after the shaving, I get red dots, sometimes pimples etc. the next day.
And by now I think I saved some money using my e-shavers instead of buying blades.

[madhatter256]

mh I know.. but my skin is an asshole... if not right after the shaving, I get red dots, sometimes pimples etc. the next day.
And by now I think I saved some money using my e-shavers instead of buying blades.

Wash your face before shaving and use after shave afterwards, no more pimples. Used to happen to me.

[wheelaa]

Alternatively shave the areas that get pimpled up in the other direction (ie go from with the grain to against the grain or vice versa). Voila, no pimples.

[Stone]

I just use disposable Bics :smt082

Way cheaper and just as good a finish as all this fancy multi-blade rubbish. Just so long as you don't slip ;)

Stone

[SuperGrafx]

I use the 2 blade Gilette Sensor Excel.
I tried the 3 and 4 blade razors, but either my skin is too sensitive or I'm pressing down too hard, because it's a painful experience for me.

[Putzi]

You're probably pressing down too hard, with my quatro I don't need to press down much at all it just takes the hair right off.

[cahaz]

i have acne scars below the nose area. It's painfull when you cut in that area, And it just plain sucks, Especially When you don't have acne anymore. It reminds you how bad it was. Damn, i wish there was something to make that disapear. :(

[Divine Evolution]

I used the Sensor Excel for a long time and switched to the Mach 3 and was very happy with the results. I recieved a free pack of Mach 3 Turbo blades and tried them and never got past the second one - for some reason it felt WAY too sharp and left my skin stinging for hours. So at the standard Mach 3 I stay.
~Krelian

[madhatter256]

I actually recieved my Mach3 for free in the mail like a few months after i turned 18 lol. Came with 2 extra blades. Thats how I ended up with mine.

[virtual alan]

Elcetric Razors a waste of time....none of them get a close as a blade and B@@@@@X to all the adds that say otherwise

I still use a 2 blade one in the morning and if I go out in the evening a 2nd shave is occasionally required. £1.99 for a pack of about 10 does the trick for a good few weeks. Why pay £4 for 2 of the 3 bladed refils that would probably last a week!

Admittidly have never tried 3 or 4 let alone 5 blades but why should I bother when 2 does the job sufficiently.

I suppose in the same way X-Box does almost the same as 360 so why bother!!!
:smt100 What am I talking about :-D



You youngsters have to much spare cash for all these new fangled gadgets. ....not like us oldies :-D