Newbie’s try too much stuff instead of just learning to shave with one soap one razor one brush and one blade. There really isn’t a spit and a hollers difference between one thing and the other.
+1. It's too easy to get caught up in changing equipment instead of perfecting technique. Granted there's some not-so-hot razors and blades out there, but most are good. For the last two days, I've used a rebranded Weishi and canned foam and it works. But the most telling is now I do a one-pass or one pass with a second pass on my neck, and getting DFS, with no special tricks. When I first went back to SE and tried DE, it was multi-pass for the same results.