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  • 11-02-2013 11:36am
    #1
    IK09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭


    Mach 3 or any other razor blade last you?

    I always used the old fashioned simple razor blade, started using the Mach 3 at Christmas (Thanks Mom), and its great got 4weeks out of 1 blade. Thats a fairly solid performance.

    How long does it last 27 votes

    1 week
    0% 0 votes
    2 weeks
    25% 7 votes
    3 weeks
    14% 4 votes
    4 weeks
    14% 4 votes
    Atari Jaguar
    44% 12 votes


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    #2
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    Less than a week, 5 days tops. After that it's a blunt as fook.


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    #3
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Don't bother with'em. With as thick as my beard gets before I consider shaving I'd need a hedge trimmer to get it down short enough to use a regular electric shaver, let alone a razer.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I get a few weeks out of a disposable razor. I only shave every 2nd or 3rd day though.


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    #5
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    You can sharpen the blades with your jeans..!
    Amazing lifehack tip, I've been using the same blade for the guts of a year at this stage..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Kxiom83Js


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    #6
    Sergeant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


    I hack at my beard with a machete, before going back to hunting animals.

    I have no time for your modern disposable grooming products.


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,410 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Sinfonia wrote: »
    You can sharpen the blades with your jeans..!
    Amazing lifehack tip, I've been using the same blade for the guts of a year at this stage..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Kxiom83Js

    Spent fifteen quid on a razor pit,didn't know about the jeans method.


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    #8
    IK09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭IK09


    Seriously? Does that sh*t work?


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    #9
    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    About a week, shave me face once and me head 5 or 6 times in that period!


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    #10
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    Shaving is quiet annoying. I look like Bin Ladens twin at this stage.


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    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,127 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    kfallon wrote: »
    About a week, shave me face once and me head 5 or 6 times in that period!

    I get about 5 or 6 shaves. I shave my entire head. But i do tend to wait a few days between shaves sometimes.


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    Ush1
    Registered Users Posts: 11,461 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    Depends what I'm shavin'.


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    #13
    Melion
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭Melion


    Tesco are doing packs of Mach 3 with 5 blades for €9.99 at the moment.


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    Sergeant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


    Ush1 wrote: »
    Depends what I'm shavin'.

    Lifestyle Tip of the Week: Don't attempt to shave your balls using a disposable bic razor.


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    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    haven't used a mach 3 or any gillette razors since i was like 16. much better value in a safety razor with double edge blades.


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,410 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    IK09 wrote: »
    Seriously? Does that sh*t work?
    Razor pit definitely works,can't vouch for the jeans.


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    9959
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭9959


    IK09 wrote: »
    Seriously? Does that sh*t work?

    Well yes, but I slashed my legs to bits, take jeans off before trying.


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    Bad Santa
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 381 ✭✭Bad Santa


    THE BLUEBEARDS REVENGE SCIMITAR.


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    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    Jeans work, but a proper sharpening belt is better.
    You can also use a strop, though technically that doesn't sharpen the razor...it just refines the edge.


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    Ruudi_Mentari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Ruudi_Mentari


    I get about 3 month out of a fusion blade, tbh. No issues... I even use the same blade on my nuts


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    #21
    HTML5!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭HTML5!


    First shave is good.
    Second is decent.
    Third is just about OK.

    3 shaves. And I always have facial hair, because f*ck paying 15e for blades every few weeks.


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    #22
    Corkfeen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Corkfeen


    DE razor means you don't really have to worry about the cost of blades so I move on to a new blade after 3 or 4 shaves. Costs about a tenner for 100 blades so it works out rather nicely, bit of a learning curve starting off with them though.


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    #23
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    People re-use blades?:eek:


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