You're not running out of all the big blocks of Suneko blades,are you?
The 100-blade Suneko block on Aliexpress is out of stock.
The 100-blade Suneko block on Aliexpress is out of stock.
They're available in 100-blade blocks on Temu as I post this. Same seller.
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Interestingly, I bought a block on Temu for about $7 this past weekend, and the price has jumped by $3 in just a couple days since then. Very weird pricing structures.
I pushed my evaluation Suneko to seven shaves, but determined that five was optimal. But it is rare for me to use any blade even five times. Each shave day is, for me, kind of like deciding what I want to have for breakfast that morning. And I don't care for repetition or leftovers.Day 3 with the Suneko and the Game Changer .68P
The Suneko is still a very smooth shave on day 3, even more so because I shaved on only a single day's growth this morning.
The efficiency dropped off noticeably, however. I achieved only somewhere between CCS and DFS on 3 passes (WTG/XTG/XTG), probably closer to DFS. This shave was about what I get from a Nacet on two passes.
Every day is a different shave, though, so I'll see where it lands on my next shave in a couple days. I do a four-shave cycle when I'm evaluating blades (Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday), and it'll be interesting to see whether today was just an aberration with bad shaving vibes, or whether the Suneko is a "two-day blade." At least it hasn't gotten rough as it ages, the way other budget blades do for me.
Day 4 (last one) with the Suneko and the Game Changer .68P.
I noticed slightly more roughness and tugging with this combo on day 4. Efficiency dropped below where I want. CCS shave with three passes (WTG/XTG/XTG).
Because of the low efficiency of this combo, I might have been pressing a little this week. Backing off to a proper technique brought back the smoothness of the first three days, but made the efficiency level untenable.
My conclusion after a week with the GC68P/Suneko is that this combo works for two days as a solid, no-drama DFS shave. If you've overdone it, this combo can give you a couple very nice "recovery shaves." I wouldn't go past two shaves, however.
For regular shaves, the Suneko clearly requires a more aggressive razor than this. I'll be testing out that theory in the near future and reporting back in this thread. Stay tuned!
May I ask how you would characterize your whisker growth? Heavy?
I believe someone that lives in China said the Sunekos are quite cheap there, like $2-$3/100.Price keeps rising - up from $11.something yesterday.
Will y'all quit ordering these blades so I can afford to try them?!?
In order to revisit this again, I'd basically have to start over and use a commonly encountered blade as a baseline for comparison. It has been awhile since I started this thread. And what baseline? In the past it would be the Russian Astra, but now? New guys aren't going to know that baseline.I believe someone that lives in China said the Sunekos are quite cheap there, like $2-$3/100.
I roughly paid the same price as the current one. The listing I bought was $10.18 a pack and then $1.99 added for shipping and there was no combined shipping discount for multiple units bought at the same time. All said and done, I don't regret the 5 packs I bought but I am in no hurry to hoard more. It's a good blade, yet in my opinion does not offer compelling value over its competition at this price. Maybe if you took a trip to China and came home with a few packs at $3, it would be different.
I am trying to think of a reasonable comp for how the Suneko feels. Anyone got one?