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The new Accuthrive Med Prep, which replaced the Personna Med Prep, but is the same blade, is now 82$ for 100 on Amazon. What is this madness?
Why is Personna Med Prep so expensive now?
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I don't know about Amazon, but I was just contemplating 250 last week and the supply company has them for about that same price(for 250). I just noticed that they still have the older ones, but they are $41/100, I might have to consider stocking up. I would post a link, but I don't know how shipping would work for you.
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@Flanders, please post a link, I wanna check it out.
74-0002 Stainless Steel Surgical Prep Blades
The Accuthrive blades are down the page a bit.
These are the Personna (now Edgewell) lab blues I use sold on Amazon for under $18 for 100. Lab blue and meds are all the same which are stainless PFE coated.
From what I gather, and I could be wrong, but here goes...
Accuthrive, the blades the OP is talking about are the ones that say "hospital use" on them and they are marketed as a med prep blade, usually only sold to medical businesses in large quantities (like 5000).
Accuforge has a different part number, isn't engraved at all, and is marketed to the shaving world in lesser quantities, 250 per box as mentioned above. Replaced the old Personna Comfort Coat "lab blue" blade.
Probably the same blade, but marked, prepared, packaged, and marketed differently from each other.
I agree with you no matter what they say on the packaging it is probably the identical blade. I think the hospital blade says "for hospital use". They work for me and I have been using them a long time and they are always consistently good. Never fail.
I use exclusively Lab Blues in all of my razors. I do have a 250-pack of AccuTec AccuForge which are allegedly the same. Maybe it is psychological, but, they don't feel the same after three shaves.
Med Preps simply do not agree with my face. I haven’t gotten around to putting them on BST yet, but, I’m going tp sell 190-195 of them (unopened box of 100, plus the one I sampled from) in the near future.
Med Preps simply do not agree with my face. I haven’t gotten around to putting them on BST yet, but, I’m going tp sell 190-195 of them (unopened box of 100, plus the one I sampled from) in the near future.
Back in the day I often purchased 100 count boxes of each (something like $13 and $25). The rumor was always that they were the same blade, but the Med Prep had an additional (sterilization) wash for medical use. But they were made in two different locations on (obviously) different machines. I would typically find 3-4 "poor) edges in the box of 100 Labs and 1 or 2 in the box of Med Preps. Most shavers thought the half price box was worth the risk, but nothing is too good for me.
I have no information on their current manufacture.
I might know somebody that would buy those if you put it on the Contributors BST and priced it right.
(he would like to know which era they are from, recent or older)
Probably because the price is now tagged to what the "medical-industrial complex" will pay. America's health care is...something else.
Is a Personna Med Prep sharper than a Feather? I'd wager it isn't.
I have Med Preps because I'm an American and I wanted to own and use the best we can make. But I won't be buying any more of them.
Is a Personna Med Prep sharper than a Feather? I'd wager it isn't.
I have Med Preps because I'm an American and I wanted to own and use the best we can make. But I won't be buying any more of them.
If the only difference between the AccuThrive and AccuForge blades (Med Prep vs Lab Blue) is the extra sterilization step for the medical blades, then it's not worth paying extra. I have a bunch of Lab Blues I need to get around to trying out. I'm not sure I'd pay the extra that the rebranded AccuForges are selling for.
I agree with what @uptown said, for shaving there is no difference between the Lab Blue replacement and the Med Prep replacement.
Ah...but here's the question not ONE of us, as awesome as we all are, is asking.
Just WHAT the heck are all these American hospitals putting these Med Preps in? What razor?
Is that not the wet shaving question of the Age?
What are they using? Mass produced aluminum spiral handled British Techs? Like how if an American soldier living today gets a Purple Heart, it is actually a Purple Heart that was made for the planned invasion of Japan in 1945? We have not YET depleted that lot of WW2-made Purple Hearts.
Just WHAT the heck are all these American hospitals putting these Med Preps in? What razor?
Is that not the wet shaving question of the Age?
What are they using? Mass produced aluminum spiral handled British Techs? Like how if an American soldier living today gets a Purple Heart, it is actually a Purple Heart that was made for the planned invasion of Japan in 1945? We have not YET depleted that lot of WW2-made Purple Hearts.
That's a very good question, and I can't find an answer.
It seems like the medical prep razors I'm seeing online are disposable plastic DE razors with the blade fixed inside the enclosure. You can't change the blades on these, so I'm not sure who'd be buying the Med Prep blades.
Try a medical supply house - I got AccuThrives for 82/250 last year. I can't remember which one it was
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That is a good question.
I just found the Accuthrive blade for sale on The Razor Blade Club for $49.99, no shipping fee. This is $20.00 cheaper than found at other online vendors. Interestingly, they are selling the old packaged Med Prep, (same blade) for $15.00 cheaper. Go figure???? This is a great blade.
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I threw away Med Preps. period.
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