How many shaves in a sample?

[sofauxboho]

After spending my first couple months concentrating on soaps, I'd like to give creams a go.

I'm lucky enough to have a few of these:

(Tech and quarter shown for scale.)

As I've not used creams before, I'm not sure how much is in there. It's marked "1 gram" and I've heard one should use a dollop about the "size of an almond" but I'm not finding either of those terribly enlightening.

So. When I go to lather up tomorrow morning, should I use half of it? All of it?

 

[Leche]

I'd say 2 to 3 shaves.

 

[Timmy Dee]

I got 2 very generous amounts of later from my GFT Almond sampler, so I agree with Leche.

They're a great way to see if you like the scents - I thought I'd hate the almond, but it wasn't too bad.
Wouldn't buy it, but was still pleasantly surprised.

 

[Matt555]

i'd say 2 to 3 shaves.

+1

 

[goby]

I could get 5 shaves out of one of those. Trumper is amazing.

 

[LinuxMintyFresh]

I could get 5 shaves out of one of those. Trumper is amazing.

Yeah, it doesn't look like much, but a little goes a looong way. 5 might be pushing it though

 

[chrislols]

I have one of these but ToBS, what do you fella'rs say I could get out of it? I was thinking maybe two

 

[Timmy Dee]

What brush/bowl are you using?

 

[Tom Ford]

2.75

 

[cvac]

Enough for 1 3 pass shave with lather left over but not enough for two 3 pass shaves. If you try to get more than two out of it you'll probably get some nasty razor burn, either that or you have skin like a crocodile. This is my experience with a 22mm knot brush and average quality water.

 

[michiganlover]

I have one of these but ToBS, what do you fella'rs say I could get out of it? I was thinking maybe two

What size is the sampler container??

If it is a TOBS sampler from Shaving Essentials, and is .5oz in size, his website says 3-5 shaves, which I always thought seemed on the low side. Using that math, one would receive 31-53 shaves per full sized TOBS container.

 

[njpaddy]

I get 2 shaves from samples. It's just easier to split into 2 than 3 or 4. If your shaves are only 2 passes and you have really soft water, you might get 4 from one. For full size cream containers I use a level 1/2 teaspoon to measure it out.

 

[xriley]

I can get at least 6 shaves easy (probably closer to 10) from 1 sample container. I use them for travel. Even at this rate the lather is falling off brush.

GFT will lather.

 

[cvac]

Those GFT sample containers are really small. 6-10 multi-pass shaves out of them doesn't sound right at all and just isn't going to be possible for most people.

The containers Shaving Essentials uses for TOBS are larger and I could see getting about three 3-4 pass shaves out of them.

IMHO, don't worry about stretching your samples...they exist so you can TRY the cream one or two times maybe. If you want something for extended use, pick up a tub or tube of some cream.

Another thought: I wonder how many people who try the GFT creams actually end up buying a full pot of one? My hunch is most go for TOBS or some other less expensive brand with equal or greater performance.

 

[Barbash]

I got 3 nice multi pass shaves out of my GFT samples. I might have been able to get 4 shaves, but it would have been pushing it.
I also have the TOBS and T&H samples and they seem to be much larger and I can another 2 quality shaves out of them compared to the GFT samples.
I have had the same thought as cvac because after trying all of the different samples I bought a full size container from both T&H and TOBS, but not from GFT.

 

[kingfisher]

I probably got 4 good shaves out of those samples. The T&H samples usually yielded about 3.

 

[Torcams]

3-4 from the GFT sample size.

 

[Sterling Cooper]