Shaving for as little as $1 a week? What a Deal!
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Hahaha 
I don't think so.
If I try to push my Fusion more than a week, odds are 50/50 that some time during the 2nd week I'm going to be sorry.
Maybe I could push a facial shave for a couple of weeks, but not my headshaves.
So the carts are $30 for a pack of 8... that's $3.75/week for my headshaves.
If I try to push my Fusion more than a week, odds are 50/50 that some time during the 2nd week I'm going to be sorry.
Maybe I could push a facial shave for a couple of weeks, but not my headshaves.
So the carts are $30 for a pack of 8... that's $3.75/week for my headshaves.
There, fixed that photo for you.....
You have to use the same cart for 4 weeks to get that cost per use. They did a big commercial last year about a guy traveling the world for a month using the same cartridge. The guy probably had some new age super soft baby whiskers that required one pass for a BBS. Fusion was the cart I was using, along with a Sensor for cleanup/edging, when I switched to DE shaving. A few times I pushed a cart through the 2nd week, but the last few shaves were very rough. Shaving in the shower helped with extra hydration and slickness, but the quality was severely degraded after the first week.
Maybe your average 16-21 yr old could get a 2-3 weeks out of one, but once your whiskers start to thicken up a bit it's game over. No offense meant to younger shavers.
Maybe your average 16-21 yr old could get a 2-3 weeks out of one, but once your whiskers start to thicken up a bit it's game over. No offense meant to younger shavers.
Thanks for clearing that up.
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Lol! I do feel Gillette has done their best to produce a less effective and more expensive product to reach a $1/day goal in the past fifty years. That's why I can't get myself to even try any of the old Gillette razors. I'd much rather give my money to small Japanese or Russian or German firms that are not trying to financially rape their customers.
Actually I am one outside that 16-21 age range that probably could get the $1 a week out of a fusion cart (I would usually use one cart a month and change it the first shave of the month), but as someone else pointed out $.13 or so a week is a whole lot better.
"Shave for as little as $0.00 a week (for a lifetime) with a straight."
No offense taken Jeff, but I'm 20 and I'll tell you that I have one (they sent it to me) and it doesn't work THAT good. I tried it for awhile. I can use a Derby blade probably like...I don't know, a week and a half straight if I really wanted to, seriously. But, uh, that's pushing it.
Seriously though... JUST face shaving, if I could accept the equivalent of what an electric does to my beard, I probably could get a month on the Fusion.
That would be single pass, WTG, and done.
But ever since I began to shave I've always chased, and achieved, BBS.
A fusion won't last a month on that.
That would be single pass, WTG, and done.
But ever since I began to shave I've always chased, and achieved, BBS.
A fusion won't last a month on that.
Jeeze $30 for a pack of 8! In Australia they are around $20 for 4!
This past week I used a Perma-Sharp Super, Treet Platinum, and a vintage Wilkinson Super Sword Edge, which has at least one more shave left in it.
The Perma-Sharp and Treet Platinum were free samples that came with orders, and the Wilkinson was part of an eBay lot that cost about 25-30¢ a blade.
Total cost for the week, counting half of the Wilkinson, about 15¢. That's not counting the soap and creams I used, but Gillette isn't counting the
overprice gel in a can they push either.
The Perma-Sharp and Treet Platinum were free samples that came with orders, and the Wilkinson was part of an eBay lot that cost about 25-30¢ a blade.
Total cost for the week, counting half of the Wilkinson, about 15¢. That's not counting the soap and creams I used, but Gillette isn't counting the
overprice gel in a can they push either.
I stopped shaving and started using only a beard trimmer because of those prices. I could never get a cartridge to give me a good shave on the 2nd DAY, and on the first one they usually scratched me all up, especially my neck. I still get a few nicks here and there every now and then with me DE, but it's a million times better on my whole face. It actually makes me want to shave!
