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AVGWarhawk 08-02-09 03:40 PM

I was using the Gillette 5 blade razor but switched to this:

http://www.personna.com/personna/ima...dle_FG_lo2.jpg

Same great shave as the gillette but at half the price.

Takeda Shingen 08-02-09 03:56 PM

I, too, use the Gillette Fusion (5-blade). I got it as a birthday present last year and have been hooked ever since, as it is absolutely the best razor that I have ever had. However, the blade price is quite painful. I think I'll look into that one, AVG.

AVGWarhawk 08-02-09 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen (Post 1143742)
I, too, use the Gillette Fusion (5-blade). I got it as a birthday present last year and have been hooked ever since, as it is absolutely the best razor that I have ever had. However, the blade price is quite painful. I think I'll look into that one, AVG.

I would not say the Magnum is better than the Fusion. I think the Fusion is a far superior blade however you pay the price. The Magnum is not as smooth but the price is much lower and I can overlook that aspect. The Magnum does come with straight edge for hard to reach places.

Aramike 08-02-09 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai (Post 1143554)
I love how they keep adding blades to the damn things, I'm waiting for the 10 blade razor that takes most of your face off on the first pass.

:haha: :haha:

mookiemookie 08-02-09 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai (Post 1143554)
I love how they keep adding blades to the damn things, I'm waiting for the 10 blade razor that takes most of your face off on the first pass. Personally i prefer single or double edge blades. Any more then that and it will tend to irritate my face.

Precisely why I went back the other way! One blade, close shave, no irritation.

antikristuseke 08-02-09 06:13 PM

Real men shave with smooth river rocks! But sinze im lazy i use my hair trimmer to keep my face fungus in check.

Shearwater 08-03-09 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke (Post 1143808)
Real men shave with smooth river rocks! But sinze im lazy i use my hair trimmer to keep my face fungus in check.

If I have the time, I sit still and concenrate very hard until my facial hair falls off all by itself :D Takes a little practise though.
But about that magnum 5 ... Isn't there a battery powered razor for wet shaves? :hmmm: Nobody I know has ever bought it, and to me the very idea seems kinda stupid. I think it looks a bit like that magnum 5, but afaik, said razor has also a non-powered version.

AVGWarhawk 08-03-09 11:09 AM

I have used the powered one. It does a nice job. They claim the vibrations make the hairs stand up. So does sticking you finger into a socket. :o I have tried all of them really. My beard grows fast. I usually have 5 o'clock shadow by 0900:shifty: So, I have spent time looking at good shavers. As far as those damn Bic plastic ones.....run like hell. It is like shaving with a garden rake. :doh: Really, the best I have found is the Gillette 5 blade but it is very expensive. The Magnum is not as good but the price is very good IMO for the shave I do receive from the Magnum.

FIREWALL 08-03-09 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk (Post 1143736)
I was using the Gillette 5 blade razor but switched to this:

http://www.personna.com/personna/ima...dle_FG_lo2.jpg

Same great shave as the gillette but at half the price.

Chinese knockoff ? :haha:

Task Force 08-03-09 12:44 PM

everything is a chinese knockoff nowdays...

FIREWALL 08-03-09 12:55 PM

How many use the Kitten and Cream method. :haha::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

AVGWarhawk 08-03-09 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force (Post 1144120)
everything is a chinese knockoff nowdays...

Never a truer statement! I looked at straight blades....damn they are expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jimbuna 08-03-09 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL (Post 1144127)
How many use the Kitten and Cream method. :haha::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I rub sea salt on my face and put a dish of water on my bedside table.

Now set your alarm for 3am and go to bed.

When the alarm sounds, jump out of bed as quick as you can, the hairs should be thirsty at this point in time and be out looking for a drink of that water...now quickly tie a knot in them to prevent them jumping back inside your chin.

SteamWake 08-03-09 02:04 PM

Yea disposables are cheaper but how many shaves do you get out of them two, three?

The Mach three blades will last me at least a week probably two or three weeks.

And (cant belive I'm saying this) what about the enviroment man ! :cool:

AVGWarhawk 08-03-09 02:53 PM

I get about three weeks out of both the Gillette and the Magnum. Those nice little strips they put on to indicate the blade is used up is nonsense. Both have them and both are useless.

As are as the environment, I remember seeing the USS Coral Sea getting cut up.
She was being cut up for razor blades from what I was told. So, we are thinking about the environment. :D


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