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The Cutting Edge Electronic Five-Blade Razor
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The Sapphire Cut, Atomically Sharp Razor
Gillette Fusion Power: Gamer
Follicles are the enemy, and only the latest in facial warfare technology is worth fooling around with. The idea of a razor with anything less than five blades is worth a laugh, and if your blades aren’t being electrically vibrated for friction reduction… well frankly, what the fuck are you even doing? One may as well grab a rock from outside the house and smear it around one’s face if the neanderthal approach is to be taken during your morning shave. Only a complete jackoff would avoid every incremental advancement in shaving technology.
Consider for a second that you’re taking a sharp object –one that could kill you at the right angle, speed, direction– and you’re sliding it across every important inch of your own face. How could that process be taken lightly by anyone who values their face? It’s the thing people look at, so you might want to take care of it. There are scientists that are trying to help you out, and their efforts have produced the Large Hadron Collider and the Fusion Razor. This is not the 17th century, nor are your required to shave like you live in it. Rather, you can do so like a modern gentleman with minimal investment. [~$20.00]
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Dual-Blade Zafiro Iridium Precision Razor
Only a fool would involve gimmicks and gadgets into a process that men have made work for thousands of years with results that are as satisfying as the effort one puts into it. The inherent logic of turning your razor into a slice-ready vibrator aside, is there any chance that it’s taken all this time to figure out that it’s actually five razors that one needs for the perfect shave? Or will it be six? At what point do the gimmicks end and the true innovation begins? No, what any rational face-shaver realizes is that there’s no improving the basic design of a basic tool, there is only to increase the quality of the materials and components that go into it. With that in mind, if you’re searching for the best shave on the planet, it comes in the form of a mere two-blade razor, one built with some of the highest-grade materials on earth. With 100 atom-width sapphire blades (that’s right, sapphire), and a handle made iridium (and fastened with platinum), this is no tricked out whip to roll down the street in style. This is an unbeatable device for kicking unwanted stubble out of town. No batteries required. [~$100,000]
It would take serious means to buy the most expensive razor on the planet, but it offers a shave like no other. Of course, the highest tech route is also the cheapest by a profound chasm- so shaving ethics may never even get to enter the equation.
Sapphire blades on the iridium one? Too cool…
and….
The very best razor out there is the GILLETTE MACH 3. The VENUS DIVINE is supposedly the women’s version of the MACH 3, but IMHO it’s vastly inferior. It may be more colorful and have a wider plastic footprint around the blades (in theory this is to prevent nicks), but the reality is that it’s made from cheap plastic and features an unwieldy and over huge handle that is difficult to grapple IMHO. Additionally, the “bumper” around the blades make them less agile, and you’re more likely to have difficulty navigating various topographical features. The MACH 3 is sleek, precise and easy to hold. It has an attractive and classy steel and black rubber design (there are various colored versions floating around out there too I guess though), and the spring loaded pivoting head mechanism works wonderfully. By comparison the pivot on the VENUS feels loose and awkward
MACH 3: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IMJq7wgj2GY/SLQV9HMHR3I/AAAAAAAAAKY/_O2DXZwKgww/s320/gillette_mach_3_razor_incl_2_blades_1588.jpg
VENUS DEVINE: http://www.gillettevenus.com/en_US/products/refillables/divine/images/Divine_Img_Hotspot4.jpg
PS Four or Five bladed razors seem pointless IMHO. Three work fine, and any time I’ve tried a razor with more blades than that it’s been a frightening ordeal. Additionally, the whole “vibrating razor” fad is completely incomprehensible. Who was clamoring for their razor to shake and shudder before companies declared that feature to be a marvelous new “innovation? The last thing you’d want while trying not to cut yourself is for your shaving implement to begin writhing in your hand with a life of it’s own. I used one once and I immediately turned off the buzzing. It’s scary and will likely lead to injury
@Kate Funny you mention the Mach 3… I wouldn’t shave without it. It’s a higher price point, and even though I make less money now, I still won’t buy anything else. If it’s good enough for a man’s face it’s good enough for EVERYTHING on my body. Most of the stuff out there marketed toward women is CRAP. Don’t put a pink fucking handle on it and expect me to believe you made it for me! Not when it cuts the crap out of my legs, etc.
Also, how did two opinionated women end up with so much to say about men’s razors? Haha.
It is pretty much the only razor I’ve used for the past 10 years, and at this point I feel the same way, I wouldn’t switch. It’s superior to every other razor I’ve ever tried, and that’s a pretty compelling reason for brand loyalty. The cost of the blades is admittedly crazy expensive (It’s like 19$ for 8 of ‘em here in MA) but IMHO they actually last a really long time for the most part so it kind of evens out. Anyway, I have been waiting for a chance to winge about the VENUS, whose existence irks me to no end. I think what bothers me most is the gigantic gel grip handle. It makes no ergonomic sense for women, who have smaller hands on average, to have a razor whose handle is far larger and wider than the men’s version. I think the clear implication is that Gilette assumes the best way market razors to women is by making them look utterly foolproof (what with the bumper around the blades), since clearly women are terrified of razors and don’t know how to use them. Throw in some grubby neon plastic, and who could resist?
Anyway, I firmly believe the MACH 3 is a winning product and they’d do well to market it as the ultimate unisex shaving implement, but then I guess that would make it harder for them to continue hocking new, ever sillier razors every product cycle
As a Gilette enthusiast (more like slave) for the past 18 or so years, I believe the sweet spot for razors lies somwhere between the Mach 3 and the Pro-Glide. I shave my face daily and my head about every 3 days, and whenever I feel like going cheap and switching to Schick or any other off brand of razor….the difference is felt immediately (and 5 o’clock shadown comes in at 1PM).
In my opinion, I think Gilette dilutes a form of crack-cocaine into the aloe-strip of the razor (also explains the high price of razors/diminshed blades per pack) in order to get your skin hooked on using a particular blade. I used to solely use Mach 3′, but once I tried a Pro-Glide via a tester being included in a Mach 3 pack (they even use crack distribution methods), I could not go back. The blades cut closer, it required less pass overs, and believe it or not….the blades seemm to last longer.
I eagerly await the dawn of the $19, 7 blade, 3 pack.
I don’t have a problem paying $100 for a razor but………how much are replacement blades and how often do you have to replace them??
It’s a hundred thousand dollars, not $100 : (