I currently use a Norelco 6424 rotary shaver.
It does a poor job of shaving, taking multiple passes and it also pulls hairs even with new blades.
Any recommendations on something better?
Preferably one whose blade replacements do not cost almost as much as a new razor.
Thanks, Andy
Gilette disposable. Under a buck, one a month.
The electric razor is seen by many as being a great invention of modern times that liberates men from the drudgery of soap-and-water shaving.
But the electric razor also produces an intense magnetic field that literally bathes the brain for the several minutes that are spent daily in using it.
Although still controversial, the effects of EM radiation of this magnitude can induce cancers of the brain.
I would prefer a wind-up mechanical razor but, in spite of my exhaustive searches, I cannot find any company on the planet that produces one.
A wind-up mechanical razor would be fantastic to own.
Since I cannot locate a wind-up mechanical razor I've gone back to the soap-and-water, safety razor method.
The magnetic feild on the rotary razor is very minor compared to the old vibrating shavers. They run for hours on a less than 3ah 3.7 volt battery foe crying out loud/
PanasonicArc4 Multi-Flex ES-LA63-s has a score of 77. The top score is
80 in their tests of other razors. Those are well over $200. This Panasonic is just over $100 at Amazon and Walmart. I've been using a blade for years. The prices of the electrics got to me.
Hi Andy,
You do realize that electric razors, also know as electric hair pullers or electric face massagers, are our Wives' revenge for buying them that $4.00 bottle of perfume from WalMart?
Never met one that actually worked.
:'(
-T
It would've been nice if I had mentioned that the tests I referenced are from Consumer Reports.
Nothing shaves closer than a new sharp blade and shaving cream! In my 40+ years of shaving experience! Electrics can't touch a blade.
John Kuthe...
When I was still shaving, I used a double edged** blade with no shaving cream. **Not 2 edges like a bic, but a classic blade, a rectangle sharpened on both sides.
I forget why I stopped using shave cream but I like it better without.
I found very light plastic razors for sale at an odd-lots store, that looked so cheap they were given out at hotels. I think they were 5c a piece and I bought two. I like them and next time I was there I bought
8 more. But it's been 40 years now and they've gotten lost or broken and I have only one now.I've found others almost as light.
A new blade is actually too sharp and I had to be very careful not to cust my skin, but after a couple times I could use it for 10 times or maybe more before it got too dull.
What is an electric *razor*?
What is an electric *razor*?
A razor that is electric. Have you never seen one?
They either pull your hair out or the gently message your face
The Ronson razor didnt' pull your hair out and it would cut so closely you had to be careful not to push it against your face, or, despite how small the holes were (substantially less than a mm.) you would push your skin into the holes and the blades would cut off a little bit. Blood would not gush, but it woould seep out from a bunch of places with the same pattern as the holes.
I first tried my cousin's razor, and after I made the mistake of pushing it againt my skin once, at most twice, I got a very close shave from it. But I think it encouraged pimples. I think it ground up the whiskers** and pushed them into my pores. It's surprising I didn't get more pimples than I did. Now that I'm older and don't get pimples anymore, I wonder if it would be perfect. But they don't make it anymore.
**When you cleaned the razor you could see the whisker dust inside it. Smaller than ground pepper.There was another brand that worked the same way but I don't know if the blades were interchangeable, and later they certainly weren't. . I replaced the blade once after about 5 years, and 5 years seems about right. The blade wasn't that expensive.
But I don't think they make that successor anymore now. There are mostly rotary razors for sale, which have stiff screens, so thick they coudn't be bent without permanently bending them, and were famous in the
60's for not shaving closely. The Ronson screen otoh was almost as thin and flexible as a Time magazine cover. Thinner than a Life magazine cover. It was replaceable too and came flat but had to be bent to go into its holder, and if you were really careless and bent it the wrong way too much, you could crease it and ruin it.Aha, the Braun is something like the Ronson, and is called a "foil shaver". That refers to the very thin screen.
Turns out the Panasonic is much better than Braun.
And then you discovered HRT. Problem solved.
In researching electric razors, I saw that many work wet.
So I decided to experiment with my "dry" only rotary razor.
I wet my face and put on foam shaving cream.
I was pleasantly surprised to see it shaved almost as well as a blade shave.
And NO pulling of hairs either. :-)
I just had to rinse it off about 5 times. No water got even close to getting much below the blades.
I would think the wet method should extend the life of the blades.
Andy
Um, dude, the reason we shave with an electric is to avoid the hassle of shaving cream, sinks, cleanup, and time. We give up a little of the closeness of shave for the convenience.
You've figured a way to combine the worst features of both.
Not sure about razors but I gave up on battery razors and went to plug in the wall type. You have to replace them every couple of years as the batteries die. At least all Im replacing is the blades, but I get full power all the time. Just my thoughts.
If your razor is corded what you did may not be safe. My Norelco which is attached to a recharging base is battery operated and the base current is low voltage. It can be used wet/dry but I never shaved with shaving cream.
I've been using electric razors for 20 years when I went on blood thinners for life. Rotary with slits works fine. Screens are fine except if you miss a stray longer hair they will not cut it as it flattens when you shave.
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