Gillette Mach3 Turbo razor blades. 2 September 2004 at 1:50PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Health & Beauty MoneySaving 25 replies 24.4K views

manrow

I have used Mach 3 blades for many years since they were first introduced. Originally I found each blade was lasting for up tp 6 weeks before change necessary merely due to not shaving close enough. Note this is long after the rubbing strip colour has changed from blue to white.

Now I am finding that the rubbing strip colour is partially gone after using just ONCE! And the blade needs changing within a week to ten days.

Is this just Gillette reducing quality as a new product is about to be launched? Or are there counterfeit blades around - I do sometimes buy from markets?

Anyone else any similar experiences?

cathy_3

have sent this to my son 9he will know better than I ;)0who only uses the ones out of tesco and a web site who sends him them monthly

http://www.blademail.co.uk/acatalog/freegifts.html

Joe_Bloggs

Razor blades are a bit of a rip off like inkjet printer cartridges. It would not surprise me if counterfeiters were jumping in to further exploit the consumer and original manufacturer to boot.
J_B.

Angela

manrow
Its funny you say this,on tuesday my other half was moaning about these blades not lasting as long as they used to (all purchashed at tescos).
Anyway in my usual complaining way I have fished his old pack of four out of the bin and sent a letter of complaint to gillette.
Will update you when I have had a reply.

cathy_3

son says the most hes every had out of a blade is 6 shaves

but he has got a beard like desperate dan.

cathy_3

to revive old razor blades.

Rub them back and forth inside a drinking glass

Joe_Bloggs

@Cathy

The blades in question have guides at the side which prevent the blades from contacting a rigid surface longer than the blades lenght.

Of topic ,your picture is bugging me as it is taking an age to load each time. I'll look at my webcache but in my ignorance, it might non cachable or too high a resolution somewhere in the chain of things.
I only have dialup so total bytes to download are a minior gripe on this excellent site that is the stronger for your perceptive contributions.
J_B.

trafalgar_2

The pic is slow to load on dial up too Cathy

Joe_Bloggs

@Trafalgar
Your flag is instant.
I guess Cathy selected 'Warts and all' plus 'Desperate Dan feature eliminator' in some menu. Even Danny's Einstein mug loads a few seconds faster. I suspect the picture has to come from a slow third party site.
J_B.

trafalgar_2

Doh I meant to say it's slow on broadband too ::)

Sorry jb ;D
so it must be desperate dan then

cathy_3

ooops sorry about that I shall remove it forthwith

the dog is highly offended mind you and therell be no living with him now for days

but anything to oblige