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Electric razor or razor blade? (Original Post) Swede May 2012 OP
Electric Razor Here cantbeserious May 2012 #1
ultrasonic blade, ala triple, quadruple, or five blade vibrator, ala Saturday Night Live! NYC_SKP May 2012 #2
First night in bootcamp we had 15 minutes to SSS Kaleva May 2012 #3
Neither if I can avoid it. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2012 #5
When I use the electric I get more breakouts it doesn't exfoliate like a razor does. jp11 May 2012 #6
Razor. But shit hell the good ones are expensive. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #7
I use a razor Gore1FL May 2012 #8
Nothing. The beard grows on its own. MineralMan May 2012 #9
I used a pocket knife once... OneTenthofOnePercent May 2012 #10
Facial hair trimmer with no attachment... it's easier and faster than an electric shaver or razor. OneTenthofOnePercent May 2012 #11
Gileete Power Fusion in the shower MicaelS May 2012 #12
Tried every razor under the sun Broderick May 2012 #13
I might be the only person in the world to get cut with an electric razor. MrSlayer May 2012 #14
Razor. Electric doesn't work on me. Behind the Aegis May 2012 #15
Double-edge safety razor! G26 May 2012 #16
Same here. Clames Jun 2012 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #17
You're too easy I expect molecules in my shaving cream to lubricate not be all lazy NOT doing that. jp11 Jun 2012 #18
Razor, but.... Old and In the Way Jun 2012 #20
I use both in a two-stage process RZM Jun 2012 #21
Nobody uses a chainsaw and mace? Clames Jun 2012 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #23
depends on where on the body one is shaving loli phabay Jul 2012 #24
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
2. ultrasonic blade, ala triple, quadruple, or five blade vibrator, ala Saturday Night Live!
Sat May 26, 2012, 09:23 PM
May 2012

SNL actually anticipated the triple razor long ago. This clip isn't the one, this is newer.


Kaleva

(38,064 posts)
3. First night in bootcamp we had 15 minutes to SSS
Sat May 26, 2012, 09:48 PM
May 2012

(Shit, Shower & Shave)

Apparently most never used a disposable razor that we all were given and with the pressure of time, the head (bathroom) looked like an over the top Hollywood murder scene.

Response to Swede (Original post)

Gore1FL

(21,825 posts)
8. I use a razor
Mon May 28, 2012, 01:05 AM
May 2012

I use soap and shave in the shower.

I'm almost 50 and I don't have to deal with it everyday. The disposable blades last for over a month.

 

OneTenthofOnePercent

(6,268 posts)
10. I used a pocket knife once...
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:51 AM
May 2012

Yes, you can get knives hair-whittling shaving sharp. I had gotten to work only to discover I had missed a rather prominent chunk of hair... so I whipped out my pocket knife and remedied it.

 

OneTenthofOnePercent

(6,268 posts)
11. Facial hair trimmer with no attachment... it's easier and faster than an electric shaver or razor.
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:56 AM
May 2012

It leaves the look of 1 day stubble, which I'm fine with. Light stubble is alot better than completely unshaven or looking scruffy. And it doesn't matter if I let it go a few days. With a razor, if I let the hair go for a week or so then it's a bitch to shave just because the hair is tough & long.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
12. Gileete Power Fusion in the shower
Tue May 29, 2012, 10:01 AM
May 2012

Tried electrics several times, and they always gave me a rash on my neck, even with Williams Lectric Shave.

Broderick

(4,578 posts)
13. Tried every razor under the sun
Tue May 29, 2012, 05:45 PM
May 2012

Every type of electric. Every new 2 blade, 3 blade, 4 blade, and what are they up to now??? 6 blades??

Bic. Cheap and the only thing that cuts through the jungle without painful repercussion.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
14. I might be the only person in the world to get cut with an electric razor.
Tue May 29, 2012, 11:32 PM
May 2012

My skin is so sensitive I can't shave more often than every ten days. A week is the very earliest I can and be comfortable. I prefer Gilette good news twin blade with the lubricated strip. In fact, I insist on it. Gives me the best, cleanest shave.

I have considered laser treatment or something that will keep it from growing back for a long time or permenantly. I hate shaving that much.

G26

(31 posts)
16. Double-edge safety razor!
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:21 PM
May 2012

I rebelled against the big razor companies and the relentless race to add more blades. This year I got an old-fashioned double-edge safety razor, a supply of disposable razor blades, plus a mug for shaving cream (I like Col. Conk's Almond shave soap - smells nice), and a brush (maybe $75 total).

I was afraid there was going to be a steep, bloody learning curve, but I really haven't cut myself once in about 5 months of daily shaving. I've had a few tiny blood spots, but no more than I got with the latest-greatest triple-bladed disposable.

I won't go near a straight razor, though. That's just crazy.

 

Clames

(2,038 posts)
19. Same here.
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:30 PM
Jun 2012

Nice DE with Merkur blades. Better quality shave and less cost. Think the Mach 3 blades are $17 for package, rip off. Got a lot of good info from the Blade and Badger forums.

Response to Swede (Original post)

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
20. Razor, but....
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 12:11 PM
Jun 2012

I'm starting to think about switching over to an electric razor. Seems faster, can use it anywhere, less nicks, etc.

I do like multi-blade razors and the shave you get when they are new, but unless I shave everyday (which I don't), I spend as much or more time banging the razor on the sink to knock out the hairs that jam up between the blades than I do actually shaving. Drives me crazy.

If I'm Shick or BIC or whoever, instead of spending $ on hi-tech looking razors with 8 blades, design a blade cartridge that expands to release the hairs that clog up...it'd cut down the shaving time by 50-100% or more and I'd be a customer for life.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
21. I use both in a two-stage process
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 12:13 PM
Jun 2012

Blade for the neck and electric for the rest of the face.

Works for me

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loli phabay

(5,580 posts)
24. depends on where on the body one is shaving
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 02:39 AM
Jul 2012

i like the smoothness of a good razor, though i will use electric in real stubborn areas then use a razor to smooth it out.

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