My experience with Personna Med Preps

[chrisf8657]

I tried some Personna Med Preps thanks to Toothpick's Blade exchange.

The first shave was OK, had some weepers, but the 2nd shave with it was horrible. Tore my face up.
I decided to just ditch it.

I'm not sure why this blade is so highly rated, I get better, BBS shaves with my Gillette Silver Blues.
Seems like it wears down quite fast.

 

[Wingnut]

Just another case of YMMV, Chris. Blades are the poster child for the YMMV campaign, too!

 

[chrisf8657]

Yep yep...so many YMMV's...how is a guy supposed to find what works without shelling out $$$$$$?

 

[Toothpick]

I think I used a med prep a long time ago and had the same experience, wasn't impressed. I'll have to revisit them though now that my technique has improved.

I used to be surprised at how each blade give me a different result and how everyone's opinions are vastly different. But not anymore. Blades are the most subjective thing there is.

I would do laser hair removal on my face before I press a Bic DE blade to it again.......and yet i've read numerous posts how they are the best blade ever.

 

[Chadao]

Just another case of YMMV, Chris. Blades are the poster child for the YMMV campaign, too!

+1 Wingnut, you and Toothpick speak the truth.

I decided to try Personna Lab Blues. I bought a five pack and really liked them. So I bought 100. Turned out to probably be different blades. The 5 pack blades are probably Personna Barber grade, not supposed to be as good as the Lab Blues. But the Lab Blues shave really rough for me. I am in a definite minority here with most folks preferring the 100 pack blades. I've been thinking about trying the Med Preps, but I don't want to buy 100. Yet where I can find small numbers, the blades and shipping are so much, I think I might just go ahead and buy 100. I got some blades I want to PIF, anyway. If I don't like the Med Preps, I'm sure there's lots of folks who will take them.

 

[Toothpick]

I've been thinking about trying the Med Preps, but I don't want to buy 100. Yet where I can find small numbers, the blades and shipping are so much

I'm just going to leave this link here

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/332992-The-Great-Blade-Exchange-2013

 

[Nomad1600]

I just tried a Personna Med (blue wrapper, also thanks to Toothpick and the TGBE). Previously I had used a Feather and Astra SP, so I had a blade known for it's sharpness and a blade known for its smoothness to compare. When I first started shaving with the Personna (using a Slim in the #5 setting) I wasn't impressed right off, as it didn't seem as sharp as the Feather nor as smooth as the Atra. In fact, it almost seemed that the Atra was sharper. But as I continued through the second (XTG) and third (ATG) passes I started to notice the Personna was doing a really good job of mowing down my beard. And except for a weeper or two (one I know was my fault... sloppiness bit me), the resulting shave was as comfortable as the Atra and as close... maybe even closer than the Feather.

 

[El Judio Bravo]

Yep yep...so many YMMV's...how is a guy supposed to find what works without shelling out $$$$$$?

<Sigh!> You pays yo' money and you takes yo' choices.