OT: new Gillette Fusion is great!

[David]

I'm not one to fall for marketing blitzes, but I figured if I give the newest Gillette razor a try and don't like it, Costco would give me back my $17.99. I thought the price was incorrect on the display, as the battery version cost the same as the "manual" version. Turns out they are sold for the same price. Weird.

Anyway, gave it a try today in lieu of my trusty Mach III. I couldn't feel a thing, other than the odd buzzing of the "motor". It cuts with such smoothness that I thought I wasn't pressing hard enough. I got the closest shave ever and now I've got to figure out what I'll do with the

16 extra blades for my Mach III. Craigslist?

The thing works with or without power. the deciding factor for me to upgrade is that it's hard to accurately trim my sideburns with the Mach III. The fusion has a single blade on the back side and I find it works great for precision trimming.

Sometimes newer IS better...

oh, expect sticker shock when you see the price of the blades!

Dave

[Jimmy]

REAL men use these.

explains why they have been discontinued.

[David]

I can almost feel the blood running down my cheeks...

Dave

[Lenny]

The one at the bottom in the picture looks like it has blood on it.

Lenny

[Searcher]

I got one free in the mail, I have no Idea as to why, But I gave it a try and I too am hooked on it. best shave I ever had!

Searcher

[Doug Payne]

In Canada, real men use these:

[David]

link. I expected a hatchet. Now would that be honed via the Scary Sharp method or not??

Dave

[Upscale]

[David]

That would work wonders on those pesky toe hairs...

dave

[Jimmy]

GF thinks all men are big babies when it comes to hair removal.

[David]

Tell the GF that all women are big babies when it comes to spiders.

dave

[todd]

The Fusion was foreseen by the writers at The Onion.

[David]

I shared his sentiment until I tried it today. I thought the Mach III was as good as razor shaving would get.

Dave

[Swingman]

Did Gillette's enginidiots finally get the switch placement right? On my Gillette M3 Power you can't hold it in a shaving position without turning the power switch off. Great concept, poor design.

[David]

yeah, it's not a problem. It takes a reasonable amount of pressure on the switch to engage the "buzz". It doesn't buzz enough that SWMBO's will use it for their "personal" use.

dave

[Leon]

I am pretty happy with my new Braun, self cleaning, self lubricating, self perfuming, self charging, self monitoring....

[David]

Just don't drop it. My kid got one and promptly broke it!

dave

[Sweet Sawdust]

[Joe Barta]

I was thinking, I'll bet before there were Gillette razors or hand axes or sling blades or bowie knives, prehistoric man probably used fire to trim his whiskers. Now THERE'S a real man. Makes all you "sharpened steel" boys look like a bunch of girls ;-)

Joe Barta

[Wormwood]

shave??