I'm a few months in as a DE shaver, and have been using a Fatboy exclusively and decided to get a Heritage for travel. I have a trip coming up so thought I'd give it a whirl in case it wasn't my thing. I was a little apprehensive given the mixed reviews here and me only ever using an adjustable, but I gotta say, it gave me a fantastic shave ... certainly equal to the FB if not a little better. In the interest of science, I used my daily driver prep/cream/alum/balm (Gillette Platinum & Proraso)