I'm not talking about trying out several brands of blades and encountering bad ones that you don't like. What I'm asking is, once you've found a brand or brands you like and buy a supply of them, how frequently do you come across a bum blade in your supply of favorite blades?
How frequently do you get a bum blade?
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Never ever had a bum blade for my brand of brands of de blades. Sometimes I wonder if people are looking for that pinging and knocking sound to their car engine? I am not saying duds DO NOT happen but there is so much complaining about products in here.
Out of the 300 Astra SP's I have used so far I have only gotten one bad blade. That's a pretty good ratio so far. It seems that I was getting bad Feathers in every pack...
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I was wondering because I put a 7 O'Clock yellow in my Cadet and had a pretty bad experience with it when this brand performed excellent in both my slant and in my Fatip. (four shaves then toss the blade) I thought it was the razor so I put the same blade in my slant and the experience wasn't much better. I'm thinking it was a bum blade. I think I'll have to pitch it and try another to see what happens. I was thinking that the chance of a bum blade would be pretty low.
I've had a couple bad 7 O'clock Blacks and a bad Lab. Med Preps are the only 100% blade so far - but others have experienced bad blades with them as well.
It may just be the price of doing business with such cheap blades - but that also means it cost virtually nothing to throw one away. I guess the trick is to notice before it does any damage.
It may just be the price of doing business with such cheap blades - but that also means it cost virtually nothing to throw one away. I guess the trick is to notice before it does any damage.
I've had one in about the last 30
With the Astra 100 pack I bought I would say it seemed that 1 out of 20 were not worth the effort.
Maybe one, but it was probably just a bad razor match or just me.
Rare to never.
Unless we're talking about BIC Platinums - then it's every single time.
Unless we're talking about BIC Platinums - then it's every single time.
Don't need a bum blade, mate. Me arse ain't that blinkin' 'airy ...
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I pitched the bum 7 O'Clock yellow and put a new one in my Cadet and got an excellent shave. I'm glad to find that it was the blade and not the razor. I was just surprised because I hadn't encountered a bad blade before this. I have about 60 yellows and this was the first box I opened.
I pulled out a blade a while ago and it had a big notch/nick in it. that is the only one I have come across.
Luckily the nick/notch was large enough to see so I did not use the blade
Luckily the nick/notch was large enough to see so I did not use the blade
Can't recall having one. The blades I've used extensively (Feather, Med Prep, SI, and Shark) have been of consistent quality.
I have not had a bad blade. I started DE shaving in 9/2012
Derby
Lab Blue
Meds
Astra SP
Derby
Lab Blue
Meds
Astra SP
I may have gotten one or two bad Shark Super Chromes in over 200, but the Derbys I'm trying to use up aren't as good as the last 100 I used. I tend to only use my Long Handle Black Beauty on setting 5.
