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I'm a longtime Gilette Sensor Excel user (holla!), and last weekend I was duped at the drugstore into buying this new and more expensive "Excel Plus" razor, with the three blades as opposed to the two. As far as I can tell the third blade does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, and seems to increase the likelihood that I slice up my face mid-shave (especially around the upper lip). Any other experiences with this new crop of razors? And what the fuck is with this new vibrating razor with the LED light???

― antexit (antexit), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:20 (twenty-one years ago)

'Tis the devil's work

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:24 (twenty-one years ago)

How come someone hasn't come out with chepaer razor replacement blades?

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:27 (twenty-one years ago)

There are generic drugstore brands that are "in the style of" Mach 3 and Sensor Excel, but if you're going to do that, why not just slice your cheeks off altogether and be done with it?

― antexit (antexit), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Yea, I might as well use a rusty one blade bic

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:43 (twenty-one years ago)

There aren't any cheaper 'compatable' blades for the big co's razors because they've got hundreds of patents on the things for just that reason. Wilkinson Sword are in the middle of a big legal battle against Gillette; they're accusing them of abusing 3 seperate patents just for the mechanism that holds the head to the handle, for crying out loud...

― Simon (né flameproof) (Flameproof), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

The blade in my Gillette is now one year old. Replacement blades are so expensive I'd rather be scarred for life than give my money to those bastards.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Hell, I like the three blades. Maybe my leathery mug is impervious to third-blade slice. But yes, having seen Mr. Antexit's elaborate lathering technique, I have to believe that he has no idea where his face is underneath all that fluff.

L, drop me a line, let me know what's going on.

― Dickerson Pike (Dickerson Pike), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate the three blades with fire, I still stick to my two-bladed version.

However, at the grocery store last time I need blades, the two-blade replacements where some RIDICULUOUS amount of money, like $15 for a little box of razors. I rebelled against my Gilette masters and bought a pack of like ten disposeable razors for $6 or something.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I sometimes go to Superdrug and then forget which Gillette model I have and then I get the blades home and find they don't fit. THIS IS VERY ANNOYIMG. Is Mach 3 turbo a real improvement on Mach 3?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

i used to rock the sensor excel with its moisturizing strip until my dad gave me a spare mach 3 he had. and i love it!!

it's cheap though because you get less blades for the same inflated amount of money though!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

and apparently the mach 3 turbo is like the mach 3 if it was a sexy 80s sports car.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Btw, did anyone get a free Mach 3 from the MILITARY somewhere around the time they turned 18?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The blade in my Gillette is now one year old. Replacement blades are so expensive I'd rather be scarred for life than give my money to those bastards.
Part of me agrees with these sentiments 100% but you really can't beat a shave with a brand spanking new razor.

What gets me is the speed at which those Blokes That Never Need A Shave drag the blades across their faces in the ads. If I shaved that quickly I'd still be bleeding the next morning.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

You've clearly not being using one of the next generation razors with integrated dampening suspension technology - only £89 a blade.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the advert for the mach 3 where the hair is cut down in little pieces, rather than the more obvious idea of just cutting it from the bottom. I don't shave anymore anyway, but when I did it was just a bic.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, they've got FOUR blade razors now. All you suckas still shaving with only THREE blades are living in the past.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

They should just cut the bullshit and make a face-shaped razor mask that will cut every hair simultaneously.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Wilkinson Sword went for four blade one-upmanship a while ago, in response to the Mach 3. I didn't get the impression it was a huge hit. Do Gillette now have 4 too?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Colby from Survivor is pushing it on TV.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

(My idea of what Dada looks like just flipped from Kevin Coyne to Catweazle, which is making me smile.)

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Why don't they market chemically based hair removal systems to men?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"How come someone hasn't come out with chepaer razor replacement blades?"

That's kind of what Mr. Gillette was trying to do in the first place, create a cheap razor. So he made it disposable and time's insane progress has now made the Quatro.

x-post - what would be macho about chemicals?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.usatoday.com/money/_photos/2003/10-14-razor.jpg

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I went to Boots (the Chemist) for shaving gel; have they suddenly realised that men might be pursuaded to buy cosmetics too? They had so many different types I stood there in bewilderment for a good 5 minutes. Did I want oil, gel, foam, anti-spot, natural, silicon... Anyway, this rant was caused because I saw one was called stubbleStop or something similar, and it promised to slow hair growth. Thing is, in the back of my mind there's a little voice that says "yeah, it'd be great to not have quite such an abundance of hair on your face, but what if in the future you want to grow a beard?"

― Simon (né flameproof) (Flameproof), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I've got about 4 different types of post-razoring oils, balms, cremes and lotions (yup, about 4) and I don't even use them.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I switched to electric about 10 years ago - just out of laziness. I have never changed the blade in the electric & it still does fine. (72 blades, mofo. Beat that. And .. they spin!) Not super close, but then, who really gives a shit? I use a cheap bic single blade to catch the strays that the electric doesn't get. (dry shave)

And then I only shave 2-3 times a week .. the stubbly look is back...

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

instead of "sensor excel plus" they should have called it "Gilette Ex-sensior" obv.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"Gilette Sensor Excelsior OTM Classic"

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"...Plus". First thing they teach you in Marketing School. Plus and/or Pro on the end of something makes it better.

― Simon (né flameproof) (Flameproof), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I've had some heated arguments with people over what causes the most cuts, a new blade or an old one, but since I stopped using Barbasol shave cream and kicked it up to Colgate my cuts have decreased. This might also be due to fact that I'm shaving with a butter knife.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I must try the toothpaste on butter knife approach tomorrow.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Some of the best shaves I've ever had were just soap and a 45¢ razor.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Man, I love that cent sign.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I still don't believe this "vibrating razor" exists.

― Allyzay, Friday, 28 May 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

P.Diddy used it!

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

King of Shaves seem to believe it exists, because they take the opportunity to take a side-swipe at their enemy... (they've signed up to co-promote with Wilkinson Sword, but are developing a 'hardware system' of their own)

King of Shaves - in the know

― Simon (né flameproof) (Flameproof), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:10 (twenty-one years ago)

P.Diddy is not a reliable witness!

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard it was really his driver what used it, and the Did just took the credit.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Does anybody remember the Onion where Gillette Chairman says, "Fuck it!" and greenlights putting like 6 blades in new razor?

― Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i go to a turkish barber's once a week and get a proper straight-razor and hot towels job. it costs £4 and is well worth it. after a week i have about as much stubble as i would if i'd shaved myself 2 days ago.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Problem is that those things just look so likely to cause an upset...

― Simon (né flameproof) (Flameproof), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

what things? turkish barbers are very nice, as it happens.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I like my barbers like I like my, uh, I got nothing.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The blades... They make me whimper like a little whimpering thing

― Simon (né flameproof) (Flameproof), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

Gillette has just announced Fusion and Fusion Power featuring... wait for it... FIVE BLADES. link

Slow loading flash site http://www.gillette.com/men/index_fusion.htm

― superultramega (superultramarinated), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

5 blades! Cost per cartridge = 48 dollars.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

In the dystopian bladeless future only the rich will be able to afford to shave. The rest of us will be branded with our facial hair, forced to wax our ever expanding moustaches like common thieves.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

Shaving is for suckers anyway.

― superultramega (superultramarinated), Thursday, 15 September 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

F*ck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

I read that two blades is pretty much the optimum for shaving - anything more shaves far too close and can cause ingrown hairs.

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 16 September 2005 00:41 (twenty years ago)

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