Razor Blades

adsk

When you look at the feedback given to many of the sellers offering cheap branded razor blades you'll see comments from buyers saying that they are counterfeits. I'm sure that you can save some money on ebay compared to normal retailers but Aldi blades will still come in cheaper.

MATH

the_other_mce wrote:

Are you sure this isn't an OS thread. Surely shaving with water and no electric is...!

pmsl:rotfl: My son does a lot of bodyboarding and stunt skating, it doesn't use electric either but that don't make it OS!

Pink.

MATH wrote:

pmsl:rotfl: My son does a lot of bodyboarding and stunt skating, it doesn't use electric either but that don't make it OS!

I happen to agree. I'll move this thread over to the Shop but don't drop board where it should get even more replies.

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siva

adsk wrote:

I've used the Gillette Mach3 system since it was launched and I've easily spent several hundred pounds on blades over the years (it would have been even more if Wilko's didn't exist!). Now that a new Gillette system has been launched with even higher prices I baulked at the idea of upgrading.

As a happy user of many own brand products I've tried 2 much lower cost alternatives.

Tesco's triple blade system - £3 approx for 4 blades. Doesn't shave as close as Gillette but the blades seem to last as long (5-6 days or so).
Big down side is the very fiddly replacement of blades.

Aldi's Excite For Men triple blade system. £1.59 for 4 blades. Shaves 90 to 95% as well as Gillette. Blades also stay sharp for the same amount of time.

Was paying about £6 for 4 Gillette blades. No contest. Aldi wins hands down.

I use MACH 3 and only change my blades once a month and don't notice much difference. Do they really need to be changed every week? I am seriously thinking of getting an electric shaver which is likely to be cost effective over time.

Siva
Siva

Schamansky

siva wrote:

I use MACH 3 and only change my blades once a month and don't notice much difference.

Same here. At 4-5 shaves per week, a mach blade lasts me more than a month.

Were it different, I'd go for cheaper alternatives.

owey

adsk wrote:

When you look at the feedback given to many of the sellers offering cheap branded razor blades you'll see comments from buyers saying that they are counterfeits. I'm sure that you can save some money on ebay compared to normal retailers but Aldi blades will still come in cheaper.

If I found them to be counterfeit I would hope I could get my money back from paypal?, but his feedback looks o.k. Then again people might of left there feedback before trying the blades?. I will soon find out, and he has just put his blades up by £1.00, still cheap at £23.99.

outbidder

I only ever got Mach 3 blades once from Ebay. The looked identical to shop-bought ones here but there was definitely something wrong with them.

At the first time of using them they felt as scratchy as cheap disposable razors.

Buy in haste...

robinson79

adsk wrote:

Doesn't shave as close as Gillette but the blades seem to last as long (5-6 days or so)

:eek: are you mad?!! i use the same blade for at least a month!!!

photome

My gillette blades also last about a month.

I have also herad many comments about counterfeit blades on ebay

talksalot81

The timescale does seem a bit short to me. I simply would refuse to change them that often, even if I thought it was needed! That said I do not believe that they last months... if you are getting them to last that long you probably have quite tough skin or have quite easy to cut stubble. A couple of weeks and it definitely takes me a few goes to get a clean shave and I will immediately be able to appreciate the benefit of a fresh blade.