Jonathan Bailey
Well-Known Member
I don't know what to do about it.
For years, I liked to use the Gillette or Schick multi-blade cartridges and Barbasol shave cream to get that fresh and close shave. I can't use those cheapie Bics: they rip my face apart.
The good cartridges are now about $5 a cartridge. I'm not rich. I gave them up three years ago and went to electric. I didn't like electric at first but got used to them. I had a Norelco corded that I bought new in 2001 and kept for emergencies. About May of 2017 I gave up blades and used this Norelco. It crapped out for good in late 2017 so I bought two new electrics at Walmart. A Remington rotary with sideburn trimmer and a Braun foil without. Both are rechargeable. The shaver head on the Braun broke a few months back. It is about $23 to order a new one on amazon.com. The battery went bad on the Remington this summer already. It can't be replaced. I can't even get through one shave without it dying on me the battery is so weak. I can charge it up to trim my sideburns, but that is it. I have to buy a Norelco corded electric to have full power to shave. No battery to go bad. The Remington won't even run straight off cord power. Neither will the Braun. I have to use a rotary to cut my heavy beard and especially the neck hairs. I have to follow this up with the foil shaver to get even closer. So, now my bathroom is cluttered with three electric shavers. They don't even make a CORDED Norelco with a pop-up trimmer anymore. The one I bought a while back is corded but has no trimmer. I have to buy a rechargeable model to get the trimmer but I'm worried about the battery's going bad on a rechargeable. I don't think Braun or anybody makes a CORD foil shaver or a foil shave with a built-in trimmer.
What's the matter with all these shaving equipment companies? Crappy electrics or very expensive electrics these days. Ungodly priced disposable cartridges. I hate beards as they are very uncomfortable and unsanitary to me.
For years, I liked to use the Gillette or Schick multi-blade cartridges and Barbasol shave cream to get that fresh and close shave. I can't use those cheapie Bics: they rip my face apart.
The good cartridges are now about $5 a cartridge. I'm not rich. I gave them up three years ago and went to electric. I didn't like electric at first but got used to them. I had a Norelco corded that I bought new in 2001 and kept for emergencies. About May of 2017 I gave up blades and used this Norelco. It crapped out for good in late 2017 so I bought two new electrics at Walmart. A Remington rotary with sideburn trimmer and a Braun foil without. Both are rechargeable. The shaver head on the Braun broke a few months back. It is about $23 to order a new one on amazon.com. The battery went bad on the Remington this summer already. It can't be replaced. I can't even get through one shave without it dying on me the battery is so weak. I can charge it up to trim my sideburns, but that is it. I have to buy a Norelco corded electric to have full power to shave. No battery to go bad. The Remington won't even run straight off cord power. Neither will the Braun. I have to use a rotary to cut my heavy beard and especially the neck hairs. I have to follow this up with the foil shaver to get even closer. So, now my bathroom is cluttered with three electric shavers. They don't even make a CORDED Norelco with a pop-up trimmer anymore. The one I bought a while back is corded but has no trimmer. I have to buy a rechargeable model to get the trimmer but I'm worried about the battery's going bad on a rechargeable. I don't think Braun or anybody makes a CORD foil shaver or a foil shave with a built-in trimmer.
What's the matter with all these shaving equipment companies? Crappy electrics or very expensive electrics these days. Ungodly priced disposable cartridges. I hate beards as they are very uncomfortable and unsanitary to me.
