I run Google News Alerts to check out what people are blogging about, especially on the shaving hardware front.
This posting is worth a read...note his last comment!
Changing razors is a big deal for a man. I felt strange tossing my Mach 3 out this morning - like it was blasphemy or something.Given that a new Gillette Fusion came in the mail, trying this new 6 blade behemoth couldn't hurt anything, right?
Good news or bad news first?
Starting with the good:
-Smoother shave
- Less strokes
- the back blade comes in handy for tough spots (namely under the nose)Bad:
- Anything more than 2 day stubble HURTS! ( I went 4 days without shaving)
- Tough to clean blade
- Still have to go against the grain
- Expensive
- Risk of razor burn even with the fewer strokes
- Back blade takes some finesse to use.
- Greater risk of toilet paper cutsI've got very coarse hair though, so the mileage someone else may get will vary. All in all, I really don't see why I need to play for something like this when 3 blades gets the job done quite well. More blades might mean less strokes but the resulting risk of razor burn would have been the same or less with the 3 blade model using the compensated number of strokes.
I also had to modify my technique a bit which I didn't really find kosher.
And the ladies may or may not think TP cuts are attractive or cute but I don't wanna walk around with more than I need to. And right now, I have quite a few of them.
In a few years, they'll probably come out with a 10 blade monster that will give a smoother shave at the cost of losing a few layers of skin.
