Personna sample pack. Which one first?

[Cornishman]

Hi,
Just arrived in the post today was a Personna sample pack that I ordered a few days ago from Connaught Shaving UK.
Which one shall I try first?
I was thinking about using one from each pack for 2 days.

The only one that I've used before is the Personna Double edge that I purchased from my local supermarket.

I'ts difficult to find outlets for some DE blades here in the UK with out going to Ebay.
I'm a bit put off purchasing blades from Ebay because of the risk of counterfeit blades.
Can't find any online UK shops selling Super Iridium or Gillette 7 O'clock blues or blacks and I would like to try them all.

Here's my sample pack

Crystal / Super + Platinum ‘Israeli Personna’ (10)

Personna Double Edge (10)

Personna Platinum Chrome (10) - ‘Red Personna, Israeli Reds’

Personna Super Medical Prep Blades (10)

Personna Super (5) - ‘Lab Blues’

 

[abrowncrayon]

I got the same pack. I've got to say that the med preps were my favourite but my sample from connaught contained a few dud med preps that felt scratchy on my face. That might have been because I had kept them loose inside my blade container and and they may have been damaged during my scrabble around inside the container to pick out a new blade. The Lab Blues in that pack didn't live up to expectation - somebody on this forum said they could have been the Personna Barber Blades as the Lab Blues only come in the 100 packs not the plastic dispenser packs.I must try the others some time.

I've only ever bought blades from Connaught, apart from a 10 pack of feathers from ebay, and they certainly looked and felt like the real thing. I'm not sure you should be too worried about counterfeit DE blades. I know there's a big market for counterfeit cartridge razor blades but I don't think DE blades get counterfeited. Maybe if you ask on this forum they could give you more advice about this.

Happy shaving with your personna pack!

 

[mastershake]

labs or meds. imo i have a couple packs of labs and used the meds and both are the same blade to me. i saw no difference at all in them. i hated the crystals used 3 times to be sure and will not again. the reds are okay very smooth but not as sharp as the labs or meds which are almost just as smooth.

 

[Chadao]

I bought a sample pack of Lab Blue and loved them so much I bought 100. They just came. The first shave was a lot rougher than any from the sample, but it smoothed out second shave. I'll try another new blade tonight.

 

[ackvil]

I believe in saving the best for last so I would save the meds and labs for use at the end. If you go with them earlier you will have a lot of blades you may not use.