Tampa Bay Times article

[AlanL]

An article in the Tampa Bay Times recommends a safety razor for economical shaving. "Here's the deal: You can shave costs, too, in the morning ritual." (Print edition: 12-November-2012.)

So if you're looking for the best shaves for the least amount of money, go old-fashioned and get a safety razor. You might get nicked in the process, but at least you won't get burned.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/busine...shave-costs-too-in-the-morning-ritual/1261136

 

[cwnidog]

But then RAD strikes and it's all over.

 

[Niles]

But then RAD strikes and it's all over.

Ha. Yep.

 

[BBrad]

Just my luck . . . I'll be in Pinellas county next week for Thanksgiving . . . the local shops will have raised the prices if they read the article!

 

[alex2363]

I like this part:

The safety razor's benefits
Now the question: How much does it cost to shave with an old-fashioned safety razor?
For this, I turned to an expert.

Mark Herro, known as Mantic59 on YouTube or the Sharpologist on his blog, has done a long study on shaving. Since 2006, the telecommunications worker at Texas A&M University has put out instructional videos which have been watched 5.5 million times on YouTube. Herro, 53, contends that multi-bladed systems are "largely unnecessary" substitutes for shaving skillfully. In return for using three, four or five blades at a time, he argued, "You pay more and more for an increased efficiency you may not even notice."
He buys double-edged blades online at a cost of 17 cents a blade. He goes through one blade a week before he has to replace it.
For a seven-day week, that's 2.4 cents a shave.

Compared with my 20.8 cents per shave with the Mach 3, that's more than eight times what Herro is spending with his old-fashioned system. Grinding out 20, mostly uncomfortable shaves with the Mach 3 makes it only four times as expensive as shaving with a safety razor.
I am not claiming my test of the Mach 3 is somehow definitive. I started a similar experiment with the five-blade Fusion, Gillette's most popular razor. It lasted a bit longer — but also costs a little more.
Safety razors do mean higher start-up costs. But if you are saving anywhere close to 18 cents a shave, that pays for a $50 chrome safety razor within 10 months.

So if you're looking for the best shaves for the least amount of money, go old-fashioned and get a safety razor. You might get nicked in the process, but at least you won't get burned.

 

[Invicta]

But then RAD strikes and it's all over.

It does not have to. There are many out there with 1 razor and 1 shaving brush.

 

[Markh3rd]

It does not have to. There are many out there with 1 razor and 1 shaving brush.

Not me! I was smitten with all the cool new toys and was never happier lol!

 

[jansob]

I went through the RADs, and now my best performing soap is Arko, my best blade is Astra SP, and my 3 favorite razors cost less than a year of Fusion cartridges. Best brushes (Semogue 1305 and a cheap Chinese Badger) ran about $30 combined.

 

[mistercitizen]

It does not have to. There are many out there with 1 razor and 1 shaving brush.

I admire those of you.... but I also feel a great deal of sorrow for you as well.


Ben

 

[tmurzz]

My AD is done till the new year. Period.

 

[michiganlover]

It does not have to. There are many out there with 1 razor and 1 shaving brush.

Yes, but they also tend to be infrequent posters to this board.

 

[MACGI98z28]

It does not have to. There are many out there with 1 razor and 1 shaving brush.

You mean they finally got an R41 after they spent $1000 on 25 other new and vintage razors and wound up selling them.

 

[Maxime D.]

But then RAD strikes and it's all over.

It's sad but if you stay away from here, there will be no RAD......for obvious reasons, I failed loll

 

[cwnidog]

It's sad but if you stay away from here, there will be no RAD......for obvious reasons, I failed loll

The cure would be worse than the disease. After all, I can stop buying razors anytime I want to - just ask my SWMBO.

 

[NCJack]

Even with a middlin' case of AD, this is still a lot cheaper hobby than most. You can get five different types of DE razor, five good, even custom brushes, five soaps (in cute little bowls), five creams, and five *** of some sort for less than my big gun telephoto camera lens alone, and have enough left over for a lifetime supply of blades, and probably your water bill for luxury shave sessions on top of that.

 

[mharris127]

The day I can get a week of smooth shaves from a single blade without bleeding profusely I will go to Russia or Japan and kiss the of the manufacturer. I get two shaves max from anything I have ever tried.

 

[DutchmanRiver]

But then RAD strikes and it's all over.

boy, lol you are right

 

[Mad Man]

2.4c a shave.

I categorically spend more on shaving today than prior to September 2011 when I started this. Wet shaving has not saved me money.

I am however, categorically HAPPIER with my shaves and therefore a happier person when I step out the door in the morning.

And that, I can't put a price on. Thank you B&B.