Gillette is releasing a 5-blade razor...
 

This is not exactly new, but I havent seen it posted up here and I noticed there was a topic discussing what was the best razor you could get. It seemed that almost everyone said the Mach3 and its variants was hands down the best razor you could get. Would you give you the 5-blade Fusion a try? Or would you not solely on how ridiculous it is to use 5 blades?

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I knew it! The engineers at Gilette were KICKING themselves after they released the Mach 3 and Schick came out with the Quattro. Now they have their revenge.

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I got paid $3 to take an opinion survey about the Fusion advertisements that are in magazines. They basically showed me the same ads, but one was sideways, and I had to give feedback to which caught my eye better.

I folded

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i actually use the one that vibrates....it works.

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the onion predicted this a long time ago

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does the electric one work? that is all I want to know!!

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You must be really hairy to give this a try.

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Does each blade lift as it cuts? Cuz that would be great.

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the onion predicted this a long time ago

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F it! We're going 5 blades!

That was such a good one.

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I can see this being like the 7-minute abs in 'There's something about Mary'

"Guys, were going to...wait for it...5-blade razors!"

"That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-blade razors. Then you're in trouble, huh?"



"No! No, no, not 6! I said 5. Nobody's comin' up with 6!!!"

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the onion predicted this a long time ago

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F it! We're going 5 blades!

That was such a good one.

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Two mentions and no link. *sigh* I have to do everything around here.

[censored] Everything, We're Doing Five Blades

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Do you know how Gillette makes each razor better than the last?

Quality of the blades. They basicaly put blades that arnt as sharp and go blunt quicker (read cheaper) and are made of inferior steal etc into there old razors and put the good stuff only into their latest creation.

If you could find one of Gilletes older razors but with the blades it had when it was first release it would give you just a good a shave as a Mach 3 currently does.

The reason they do this is simple. Notice how the blades and the thing they go into get steadily more expensive? Gillete cant just release a razor and then sit back, it has to keep selling us new and expensive razors to make $$$$$$$. It does this by basicaly nerfing the razors for older shavers. Thus you are basicaly forced to go out and spend X on a new razor if you want a decent shave.

On release date there has been basicaly no improvement in performance over the last 3 generations of razor and most the new features are gimmicks.

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OMG, they stole my idea, but gave it a worse name.

"The Cinco" By Larry David

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the onion predicted this a long time ago

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F it! We're going 5 blades!

That was such a good one.

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Two mentions and no link. *sigh* I have to do everything around here.

[censored] Everything, We're Doing Five Blades

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Having heard jokes about this numerous times, I almost didnt click on the link. I should have known the onion never disappoints. Even with used subject matter, they still kick ass.

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OMG, they stole my idea, but gave it a worse name.

"The Cinco" By Larry David

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I claim for the 6-blader the 'sexo' (Copyright application filed)

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I think they were always going to do this, and have a 40 year plan for the rollout of "new" products. What else are you going to do to make disposable razors seem "exciting?" They also know what they're going to roll out 5 years from now.

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Great article in the Onion. I think SNL did a skit about three blades when Gillette went to two. Then Gillette went to three. So SNL did some crazy "ocho" skit or something. Hilarious. I can't wait to buy it 'cause I'm a hairy mofo.

ScottieK

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I'm way more pumped about this than any balanced person could possibly be.

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Oh great. Now it will only cost $50 for a 4 pack of blades.

Bastards.

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This reeks of BS, but it may be worth looking into...
bk

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Do you use these? Testimonial, please.

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"The Schick launch has nothing to do with this, it's like comparing a Ferrari to a Volkswagen as far as we're concerned," said Chairman, President and Chief Executive James Kilts.

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You've got to be kidding me. This is complete [censored] madness.

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Meh.

These are coming back to fashion. I'm ordering one this week.

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecent...ages/g140n.jpg

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Do you use these? Testimonial, please.

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they're great and it's not like they're expensive or anything, a pack of four is $12.

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People still use blades?

I thought everyone had discovered that a good electric is 10x better.

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I guess it will be handy for shaving this guy's ass(es)

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Regards,
Woodguy

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The adverts for these kind of razors always say something like: "5 blades, each cuts closer than the last". If that's the case, why not just put the closest shaving one (i.e. the last one) in the razor and take out all the rest? What are the other 4 supposed to be: some form of shaving foreplay? They need to think their PR through a bit better...

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they're great and it's not like they're expensive or anything, a pack of four is $12.

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Yeah I saw that. So they actually last substantially longer than normal blades?

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Meh.

These are coming back to fashion. I'm ordering one this week.

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecent...ages/g140n.jpg

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Where can I get a good straight razor these days?

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Way back in the early days of SNL, when 2 blade razors were becoming popular. they ran a spoof ad for the "triple track" three blade razor and a bogus explanation of why three blade were better than two. The last line was "Triple track, because you'll believe anything.".

I guess truth is stranger than fiction.

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OMG, they stole my idea, but gave it a worse name.

"The Cinco" By Larry David

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I claim for the 6-blader the 'sexo' (Copyright application filed)

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Too bad. You should have filed for a trademark.

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Do you know how Gillette makes each razor better than the last?

Quality of the blades. They basicaly put blades that arnt as sharp and go blunt quicker (read cheaper) and are made of inferior steal etc into there old razors and put the good stuff only into their latest creation.

If you could find one of Gilletes older razors but with the blades it had when it was first release it would give you just a good a shave as a Mach 3 currently does.

The reason they do this is simple. Notice how the blades and the thing they go into get steadily more expensive? Gillete cant just release a razor and then sit back, it has to keep selling us new and expensive razors to make $$$$$$$. It does this by basicaly nerfing the razors for older shavers. Thus you are basicaly forced to go out and spend X on a new razor if you want a decent shave.

On release date there has been basicaly no improvement in performance over the last 3 generations of razor and most the new features are gimmicks.

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Here is a tip for anyone that uses a razor. After each use, put the blades in mineral oil. You will get a good 3 months use out of one blade. I don't know what it is about the oil, but it does not allow the blade to go dull. Just do a google search and you can see that this works. At places like sharper image you can buy some rip off fluid that claims to do the same thing, but this is basically mineral oil. A huge bottle will cost you 4 bucks at your local drugstore.

This works for me and I have the fastest, thickest beard growth of anyone I have ever seen....I can literally grow a full beard in like 8 days........

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People still use blades?

I thought everyone had discovered that a good electric is 10x better.

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i had a really good electric, but after a while i developed some really itchy bumps under my chin. a dermatologist said it was because of the razor, as the most expensive ones cut it so close, you eventually develop ingrown hairs. he recommended single blade BIC. the bumps were gone in 2 weeks.

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Meh.

These are coming back to fashion. I'm ordering one this week.

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecent...ages/g140n.jpg

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Where can I get a good straight razor these days?

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I'm looking around the site http://www.shavecenter.com/.
I'm still researching what razor will suit me. Amazon and eBay also have them.

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Meh.

These are coming back to fashion. I'm ordering one this week.

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecent...ages/g140n.jpg

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LOL a single blade OMG ur such a n00b111!!

In all seriousness I applaud this idea. The multi-blade stuff is ridiculous. When 2 and 3 blades came out, they said it was better because you didn't have to go over the same spot on your face multiple times, thus reducing irritation. Well I'm pretty sure going three strokes with one blade will be less irritating than one stroke with five blades. But I was no math major, so I could be wrong.

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didnt gillete have the commercial saying
"Where will it stop?, Here?"

Referring to the 4 blade sensor. Man will this might be good to all you chewbaca look alikes....

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I'm only using this if Patrick had something to do with the design process.

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Meh.

These are coming back to fashion. I'm ordering one this week.

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecent...ages/g140n.jpg

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Where can I get a good straight razor these days?

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I'm looking around the site http://www.shavecenter.com/.
I'm still researching what razor will suit me. Amazon and eBay also have them.

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I just read that these were far superior to any of the new stuff, the old double edge safety razors

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecent.../cc178_med.jpg

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/conk/merkur.html