Showdown: Trac II vs Fatboy this morning

[kingfisher]

So this morning a did a little experiment. After superlathering Mama Bear's Spicey Lime soap with a tiny bit of Trumper's Lime cream, I shaved the right half of my face with a Trac II (brand new blade), but I shaved the left half of my face with a Fatboy on 5 (Kai blade on its 3rd shave).

I did this because I have been having some irritation issues with the Fatboy lately, especially on the neck, and I began to believe that the Trac II would provide a far superior shave.

I did three passes on each side.

Result? The Fatboy side is actually very slightly better than the Trac II side. I had some irritation on both sides of the neck, but actually slightly more on the Trac II side. HOWEVER, I did get one area of more intense irritation on the lower neck on the Fatboy side. This has been a recurring theme. The whole shave can be great but I might have a 0.5 cm area of irritation/redness, usually on the low neck.

1) I no longer think the Fatboy is inferior to the Trac II.
2) Anybody have any ideas about this problem of small, isolated areas on the low neck that suffer from irritation?

 

[mmack66]

Maybe dial down to a lower setting when you shave the troubled area?

 

[Fish Slayer]

Maybe stick to only 1 WTG pass on the trouble areas.

 

[lamina]

TracII are wonderful shavers!! That said is a BBS compulsory on your daily routine?Why? Regularity is the key..better to have 10 regular shaves without nicks than 5 BBS and redish neck!!

 

[Sluggo]

With my fat boy, I usually shave 2 passes on 6 or 7 and then dial it down to 3 for the ATG pass.

 

[ateace]

It's better to leave a bit of invisible stubble in the difficult spots than to have BBS and redness

 

[kingfisher]

Thanks, guys.

I think I do try way too hard to get that DFS/BBS every single day of the week.

I'll try fewer passes on those areas and also dialing the Fatboy down to 3 or 4 for the last pass.

 

[Angus Young]

Have you checked your direction of growth on the bit that flares up? You might need to aproach it from a different direction.

 

[Wil Dorenbos]

So this morning a did a little experiment. After superlathering Mama Bear's Spicey Lime soap with a tiny bit of Trumper's Lime cream, I shaved the right half of my face with a Trac II (brand new blade), but I shaved the left half of my face with a Fatboy on 5 (Kai blade on its 3rd shave).

Which blade/brand did you use on the TRAC II?

 

[kingfisher]

Which blade/brand did you use on the TRAC II?

I used the Walmart Personna "Twin II" blades without a lube strip. They can be a little rough on the first use, but I get 6 good shaves out of them, usually.