Jonathan Bailey
Well-Known Member
Did the popularity of beards drive the price of premium disposable shaving cartridges sky high or did the high price of such shaving equipment cause men to give up being clean-shaven?
Did Gillette have to jack its good-quality razor cartridge prices way up on account of lost revenue due to the current beard fashion? Are low-income men who hate to wear beards suffering because of this?
For me, premium disposable cartridges mean Gillette Mach-whatever or Fusion. These stupid things can retail anywhere from 4 to 5 bucks for one cartridge. IMHO, they should not cost the consumer more than 1 dollar per cartridge in these times.
Did Gillette corporation jack these things up for high profit? Did they jack these things up to promote beard wearing?
Suffice it to say, low-income men who prefer to be clean-shaven while not tearing their face up are worst hurt. Very few American men have the skills, time or patience to master a double edge or a straight edge. I want solid shaving convenience, comfort, safety and speed. An electric is still more irritating than good-quality cartridge, the likes of which are pathetically $4.00+ dollars a copy these days. Any electric (Braun, Remington, Norelco) won't dare match the closeness of a good cartridge to boot, especially on my neck. Electrics generate a lot of irritation by having to go over and over and over again to try to get stubborn hairs. I use rubbing alcohol as pre-electric because Williams Lectric Shave is priced way to high for me. $5+ for dinky bottle of that green stuff. The Lectric Shave does a much better job of making the beard stand up than plain alcohol and lubes the face much better to boot. There is a closer electric shave with less irritation with Lectric Shave.
Nothing shaves as close with such safety and comfort as a high-end multi-bladed cartridge. Nothing is convenient and easy to use like a good cartridge for a decently-close shave. Gillette Trac II was the ultimate in the 1970's. My father promptly threw away his double edge as soon as Trac II hit the market circa 1970. Schick Super II competed with Gillette. Atra then came in the 1980's with a pivot then in the 1990's came Sensor followed by 3-plus blade Mach followed by Fusion in the 2010's. I don't know what advantage Sensor had over Atra.
Electrics never get so close and double edges are prone to many bad cases of GOTCHA! Cheap twin bladed razors tug the beard like a freight train locomotive.
I have a wire beard and sensitive mug. Even with one brand-new Fusion cartridge, I can get 5 GOOD shaves at best. That's a dollar a shave in blade consumption costs alone!
Did Gillette have to jack its good-quality razor cartridge prices way up on account of lost revenue due to the current beard fashion? Are low-income men who hate to wear beards suffering because of this?
For me, premium disposable cartridges mean Gillette Mach-whatever or Fusion. These stupid things can retail anywhere from 4 to 5 bucks for one cartridge. IMHO, they should not cost the consumer more than 1 dollar per cartridge in these times.
Did Gillette corporation jack these things up for high profit? Did they jack these things up to promote beard wearing?
Suffice it to say, low-income men who prefer to be clean-shaven while not tearing their face up are worst hurt. Very few American men have the skills, time or patience to master a double edge or a straight edge. I want solid shaving convenience, comfort, safety and speed. An electric is still more irritating than good-quality cartridge, the likes of which are pathetically $4.00+ dollars a copy these days. Any electric (Braun, Remington, Norelco) won't dare match the closeness of a good cartridge to boot, especially on my neck. Electrics generate a lot of irritation by having to go over and over and over again to try to get stubborn hairs. I use rubbing alcohol as pre-electric because Williams Lectric Shave is priced way to high for me. $5+ for dinky bottle of that green stuff. The Lectric Shave does a much better job of making the beard stand up than plain alcohol and lubes the face much better to boot. There is a closer electric shave with less irritation with Lectric Shave.
Nothing shaves as close with such safety and comfort as a high-end multi-bladed cartridge. Nothing is convenient and easy to use like a good cartridge for a decently-close shave. Gillette Trac II was the ultimate in the 1970's. My father promptly threw away his double edge as soon as Trac II hit the market circa 1970. Schick Super II competed with Gillette. Atra then came in the 1980's with a pivot then in the 1990's came Sensor followed by 3-plus blade Mach followed by Fusion in the 2010's. I don't know what advantage Sensor had over Atra.
Electrics never get so close and double edges are prone to many bad cases of GOTCHA! Cheap twin bladed razors tug the beard like a freight train locomotive.
I have a wire beard and sensitive mug. Even with one brand-new Fusion cartridge, I can get 5 GOOD shaves at best. That's a dollar a shave in blade consumption costs alone!
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