I have a Slim that I have only used on a handful of occasions, but never got a great shave from it. Yesterday, I got the Slim out for another try & this time I decided to throw caution to the wind, by cranking it up to 9 & loading in a feather that had been used once before. Previously I had never gone past 6 on the Slim. To my surprise the shave was very good, not a BBS but definitely a DFS. Thankfully, despite my bravado with the Slim's settings, I suffered no irritation after the shave.
Today I decided to shave with an English Fat Handle Tech, which I had never used before, owing to the fact that my son started using it on the day it first arrived in the den. I used the same prep as yesterday, the same Feather blade & the same 3 pass shave with touching up (less than was required with the Slim yesterday). The end result was a closer shave than I achieved with the Slim. In particular, my top lip (which is my main trouble spot, as my beard is very dense there) was a lot smoother.
I don't think I was applying extra pressure with the Tech, as my face shows/feels no sign of burn. I am reasonably confident that the settings on my Slim are OK, as it was unused when I bought it & I do see movement when I go through the settings from 1 to 9. I also feel the difference in the shave between the settings. The only thing I did notice was that the Slim was quite noisy during the shave, as if the blade was moving up & down (I do know about the 1/4 turn to lock the blade). My FaTip is even noisier & still gives me my closest shaves, so I don't know if the blade chatter led to me not getting as close a shave as I should have. Previously, I had used the Slim on lower settings, with one of my favourite Astra SPs loaded & it sliced through my stubble in total silence like my other Gillette TTOs (Rocket HD & Red Tip).
Does anyone have any theories on how my humble Tech defeated my Slim on 9? The next time I try the Slim, I will try it set to 9, with a new Astra inserted & set how I get on.
Today I decided to shave with an English Fat Handle Tech, which I had never used before, owing to the fact that my son started using it on the day it first arrived in the den. I used the same prep as yesterday, the same Feather blade & the same 3 pass shave with touching up (less than was required with the Slim yesterday). The end result was a closer shave than I achieved with the Slim. In particular, my top lip (which is my main trouble spot, as my beard is very dense there) was a lot smoother.
I don't think I was applying extra pressure with the Tech, as my face shows/feels no sign of burn. I am reasonably confident that the settings on my Slim are OK, as it was unused when I bought it & I do see movement when I go through the settings from 1 to 9. I also feel the difference in the shave between the settings. The only thing I did notice was that the Slim was quite noisy during the shave, as if the blade was moving up & down (I do know about the 1/4 turn to lock the blade). My FaTip is even noisier & still gives me my closest shaves, so I don't know if the blade chatter led to me not getting as close a shave as I should have. Previously, I had used the Slim on lower settings, with one of my favourite Astra SPs loaded & it sliced through my stubble in total silence like my other Gillette TTOs (Rocket HD & Red Tip).
Does anyone have any theories on how my humble Tech defeated my Slim on 9? The next time I try the Slim, I will try it set to 9, with a new Astra inserted & set how I get on.
