February 02, 2006
The Gillete Fusion Razor
I just saw that Glenn Reynolds posted a review of the new Gillette Fusion Razor
, and I figured I should chime in too.
I've been using Gillete razors since I got out of college and ditched electrics forever. Most recently, I've been using the Gillete Sensor Excel, but only because I left my Mach III handle in a Santa Fe hotel over the Summer. Lucky for me I had a Sensor handle and a stash of blades in reserve. I've been using them ever since.
About a week ago I got a Fusion handle with one catridge in the mail along with a bunch of coupons. This isn't the first time, as I got my Mach III handle the same way a couple of years back.
I've been using the Fusion for about a week now, and I have to concur with Glenn -- the shave is noticably closer than with the old Sensor, and better than I remember it with the Mach III.
However, it was only a few weeks ago listening to Adam Curry's Daily Source Code, that Curry read an email from one of his listeners claiming that razor companies use a higher grade of steel in blades that ship with the handle than the replacement blades. That's something I'll keep in mind over the next few weeks and months.
I've got one other quibble with Gillete: As the surface area of blade catridges has increased, it's gotten tougher to get the blade into some tight spots -- most notably above my lip. Thankfully, Gillete has included a sixth blade for trimming on the reverse of the cartridge. It worked very well at first, but seems to have dulled pretty quickly over the last 2-3 days.
So, a qualified thumbs up for the Fusion. Anybody else?
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I've been using a Mach III for ages. This is a worthy read if you feel up to it. It basically says that the new razors are crap, and the old style razors are way better. It makes you want to head home and shave, if nothing else.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886845/
Posted by:
at February 2, 2006 05:35 PM
I missed out on the 3-blade era. I was using a Schick Diamond FX (2 blades). Then I got a Schick Quattro as a give-away. There's no doubt that the extra blades and tight spacing give a cleaner shave. But I don't like the size of the shaving head. It's impossible to line up my sideburns -not that I'm Elvis. The single blade for trimming on the Fusion sounds like a good idea.
My biggest beef about the newer multi-blade technologies iis the price of cartridges. There must be a theft problem with them because stores now have an alert system when you remove a package from the rack or they keep them behind the counter.
Does anyone remeber the Gillette Techmatic? The cartridge blade was a continuous band. When it got dull you advanced the next segment like a roll of film. Gillette advertised that you couldn't nick yourself because there were no corners. They were wrong.
Posted by:
at February 3, 2006 12:43 AM
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