So they've got five blades now?!

[coco]

can't beat Wilkinson Sword Extra 2 Sensitive coz its got " Push-clean bar to clean off debris between the blades" and Extra 2 has been designed for precision and to help you get into all those tricky to reach areas.........

[Ruggerbugger]

Extra 2 has been designed for precision and to help you get into all those tricky to reach areas.........

I've got a Mach 3 turbo, but only because it was bought for me. I've got to it from boggo disposables and can't honestly say I've noticed an improvement. My stubble grows in all sorts of weird directions, so the old "shaving advert single stroke" is never going to be an option for me.

It'll be a success though, some people will just buy anything.

[ExceededGoku]

I use a gillette mach 3 the vibrating one... I like it

[leeglf]

i usually use a mach3 but my other half went shopping the other day and brought me back a fusion and i have to say it actually did give me a better shave!

it was not necessarily closer but it felt more comfortable and left no shaving rash at all!

so the fusion gets two thumbs up from me!

[Funkstar]

I've got a Mach 3 turbo, but only because it was bought for me. I've got to it from boggo disposables and can't honestly say I've noticed an improvement. My stubble grows in all sorts of weird directions, so the old "shaving advert single stroke" is never going to be an option for me.

You shouldn't shave like they do in the adverts anyway. Shave first in the diection the hair grows, and then for a closer shave, do it at 90degrees to the direction it gorwn. Shaving against the hair helps it get caught in the raser and is more likely to pull. Also it will pull it out slightly before chopping it off at the base, meaning you are more likely to get in gorwing hairs too.

[Ruggerbugger]

Pretty much the way I do it. I find the weirdest bits are the front of the chin (I have to wrinkle it up to get everything) and the parts between my jawbones and my ears. I'd give anything for something that would banish shaving forever.

[JPreston]

... I'd give anything for something that would banish shaving forever.

Castration will do it?

[Ruggerbugger]

If they keep adding blades the next shaving slip will probably make that happen

[Whiternoise]

Surely just buying an electric gizmo would be better than being ripped off for a 5 bladed stick?

[charleski]

Shaving against the hair helps it get caught in the raser and is more likely to pull. Also it will pull it out slightly before chopping it off at the base, meaning you are more likely to get in gorwing hairs too.

I distinctly remember the ads for twin-blades that claimed the advantage was that they did just that - the first blade shaves you close (animation of blade pulling hair out and cutting it); the second shaves you closer (animation of 2nd blade cutting the hair again and the hair then slipping back in with the end below the skin).

Although you're right about the possibility of in-growing hair this is much more likely if you have curly hair. I've been shaving against the grain for years and never had a problem.

[ACiD303]

I still have a mach 3 - still with the same razors I bought it with - and thats going on 5 years. . . . if it still cuts, it still does the job.

Then again, I also have an electric which shaves closer and those blades havent been replaced in 10 years!

[Rys]

I still have a mach 3 - still with the same razors I bought it with - and thats going on 5 years. . . . if it still cuts, it still does the job.

Then again, I also have an electric which shaves closer and those blades havent been replaced in 10 years!

Still cutting after 5 years? Do you mean cutting as in ripping your face, completely off, or are your facial hairs made of thin air? Madness.

Just got a Fusion with the battery. Worse shave than a Mach 3 Nitro if you're not taking your time and the precision blade isn't brilliant.

[ACiD303]

I said "razors" - as in plural

Then again, I only shave every 4-5 days - I cant be bothered with it most of the time . . . my attainment is to reach the white bearded master in Kill Bill 2 stage. But Ive got a lifetime ahead of me to do that!

[bad boy]

true how many blades do we
really need im still appy with my
mach three nitro even tho the blades
do cost about 8 pound for 6 blades

[vschwager]

My humble opinion is one face one blade. Have you ever considered the advantages of switching to DE Blades? Cost per shave approx 3 pp.

Vincent

First Gillette launched a razor with three blades, and the world was in awe.

Then Wilkinson Sword just the proverbial and launched a razor with four blades.

Gillette must have decided it was about time to respond, with the 'Fusion', which has FIVE blades, six if you count the 'precision trimmer'.

I wish I could find that picture I made of the Gillette Mach 10...

[vschwager]

I have never enjoyed shaving so much ever since I dropped the cartridge crap they sell, People should also know that the more blades a cartridge has the less a blade is capable of holding its edge (after the first shave is pretty much gone).

Vincent

true how many blades do we
really need im still appy with my
mach three nitro even tho the blades
do cost about 8 pound for 6 blades