Best Shaving device

Mercury_Tilt

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Dont be at yourself

No complaints with my Mach 3.

chernobyl

I detest shaving.
Annoyingly i have really sesitive skin and i often get an "itch" from shaving.
Considering that lazer = no more shaving root.

Mach twee works the best for me.

b20uvkft6m5xwg

"Other"...

Philishave cordless, rechargeable Coolskin.

Its what you call an "intelligent" shaver- Trains itself to learn your average shave time and then calculates how many shaves you have left before needs recharging among many other features.

It cost a lot but heck, its a pleasure to use:)

As for my hair,
I shave my own with a wahl barbers razor. Cost me £20 in argos in 1995 and I haven't been to the barbers since. Now theres a money saver if ever there's one;)

chernobyl

pssss...

fukers with their fancy "intelligent razors"..christ what next?
Water in a bottle?

Mercury_Tilt

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BuffyBot

I use Wilkinson sword Extra II disposables - they good

sceptre

Mach 3 is king.

Almost never use it due to laziness. Usually use my old Philishave 990 (you can't get them any more though it was fairly pricey when I picked it up)

That smooth feeling on your face after shaving properly with a proper unelectric razor can't be bate.

Cork

I use "Total Shaving Solution" _ It is very good.

I hate shaving - I usually shave at night to avoid shaving in the mornings.

Razors - Gillette disposables or even WSword or BIC

Monkey

I'm not sold on the Mach 3 surely 3 blades means more irritation as you've got 3 blades dargging across your skin and if you do happen to cut yourself doesn't it make 3 cuts?

rymus

Braun electric something or other... The parts are DAMN expensive for it anyway...

Cant use normal razors, they irritate my skin somethin awwwwful (bloody painful it is). thinkin of getting one of those coolskin electric razors tho cos they look fairly funky.. or one of those things that have those huge self cleaning water tanks with them..

po0k

At the moment I'm using Gilette Sensor Excel, simply cos I've had since i started shaving years ago, blades are cheap, and I throw on a tiny bit of some Nivea stuff the mother got me last christmas, takes a bit of the irritation away, and fills in the roughness, leaving me with a chin/neck/etc. as smooth as Jessica Alba's hips

Might give one of the 'leccy shavers a whirl later, but we've no shaving light in the jacks I usually shave in.

Mills

I'm not sold on the Mach 3 surely 3 blades means more irritation as you've got 3 blades dargging across your skin and if you do happen to cut yourself doesn't it make 3 cuts?

I cut myself once with the Mach3 (almost impossible to do in fairness, don't know how I managed it) and it did leave a 2 barred cut, which looked a little odd .

Cake Fiend

I ****ing hate shaving, but when I do, I use the Mach 3 I bought years ago. Why would I bother changing razor?

sceptre

Originally posted by Mills
I cut myself once with the Mach3 (almost impossible to do in fairness, don't know how I managed it) and it did leave a 2 barred cut, which looked a little odd .

Oh, it's easy to do. I managed to nick myself 17 times using a Mach 3 with a nice new blade about six weeks ago (mind you it was my first time using a wet razor, having taken up unelectric shaving at the tender age of 27:D)

EL_Diablo

Oh, it's easy to do. I managed to nick myself 17 times using a Mach 3 with a nice new blade about six weeks ago

I can only imagine what you looked like with all those little suares of toilet paper all over your face. lol

I use a mach 3 mainly because I've tried to use a leccy razor a few times but every time was left with this horrible itchy rash on my neck, and that doesn't happen with the wet razors. And since there was a mach 3 lying around my house that no one had used I nicked it. So far its the best one I have used

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

the facial hair pixie has yet to grace me with it's presence, but for those times that I *have* to shave to get rid of that horrible bum-fluff goatee (every two-three months), I use the cheap disposable ones.

strat

mach 3 user here
never drew blood once

DeadBankClerk

Originally posted by Mills


I cut myself once with the Mach3 (almost impossible to do in fairness, don't know how I managed it) and it did leave a 2 barred cut, which looked a little odd .

i found out how two days ago

you need to swipe yourself with the head *lengthways*

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azezil

and yet another mach 3 user

Cork

As a rule of thumb - how many shaves do ye get using a razor blade?

Well, having started shaving at 13 Ive had plenty of experience. I've used electrics and disposables and i have to say i prefer the mach 3. It does however lose its sharpness very quickly and blades are expensive.

Redshift

Originally posted by Cork
As a rule of thumb - how many shaves do ye get using a razor blade?

I use Mach 3 I normally use a blade two or three times then chuck it.

Slydice

mach 3 but i havent got much hair yet so it lasts a fair bit

Static M.e.

Mach 3 definatly
I hate shaving , such a waste of time ,was considering the laser jobee its around 700 yoyos but then I reckon youd just look like a child all the time
I usually get 2/3 shaves per blade but me mate uses one per week, Tried using disposibles but they hurt when i use them , Ive realy thick faciall hair, but if i had the money Id definatly go for
one of those new electric ones but at 200 yoyos , dont know
if it would be worth it

kayos

Other I find the Lynx blades very good actually. I used to use a Mach 3 but the lynx ones seem to be kinder to my skin . Also use either Total Shaving Solution (which I can not find in Boots anymore ) or one of the King of Shaves oils as they really releave the shaving rash.

kayos

Shinji

I cut myself once with the Mach3 (almost impossible to do in fairness, don't know how I managed it) and it did leave a 2 barred cut, which looked a little odd .

I managed to do this once as well - dragged it across my lower lip by accident, and filleted the thing - three parallel cuts quite deep into the lip. There was really quite a stunning amount of blood, and there's still a small scar.

Shaving while hung-over kids, don't go there.

seamus

Originally posted by Shinji


I managed to do this once as well - dragged it across my lower lip by accident, and filleted the thing - three parallel cuts quite deep into the lip. There was really quite a stunning amount of blood, and there's still a small scar.

Shaving while hung-over kids, don't go there.

I cut myself with the Mach 3 all the time. Then of course I shave against the grain. Mmmm...smoother skin for longer . Of course if you then shave too frequently you remove quite a few layers and will draw blood regularly. Once every 4 days is enough to let my skin recover. And yes, hitting your lip hurts. I clipped my upper lip (upwards) one day, and it wouldn't stop bleeding for an hour and a half, and hurt for 2 days. Mach 3's are sharp. They 0wn.

alb

Mach 3, always cut myself numerous times in a certain part of my face if I shave in the morning, shaving in the evening my skin seems more durable or mebbe i'm just more awake i dunno i also have to wait at least another 2 days before shaving again, or my skin gets destroyed. Once it slipped sideways on my cheek and left a rather stupid looking three parrallel line cut. I tried electrics but they just don't give a close enough shave at all. I'd love to go for a wet towel shave some day anyone ever done it whats it like?

GoneShootin

im lazy, so i use an electric one. some ol Philps thing that dad bought long ago.

does the job just fine )

DeadBankClerk

i must have been doing something wrong.... or maybe my towel was blunt

Kairo

Mach 3. You could shave yourself in half a minute and come out without a scratch!

tribble

i must have been doing something wrong.... or maybe my towel was blunt

Remington jobbie - have to use for 2 weeks until your skin gets used to the way it works - (lift's hairs then chops) - for the first week it feels like you're shaving with wasps - after that v. good (close)

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phobos

Not only do I have a Mach 3, my mammy got be a limited edition blue one there around Christmas. Oh I was soooo popular, but now everyone has the supposedly limited edition ones too .

It's 50/50 with me, as regards nicking myself during a shave. I fukkin hate it though. Especially when you're in a rush, you look like a complete tosser, leaving the house, like you are about to star in the next Mummy movie. :rolleyes:

Actually I've heard about these total shave sollutions, and it sounds good. Never got off my ass to get it. But I am getting kinda sick of spending 8 yoyos on 4 bloody blades for my Mach 3. Having said that, I'll never go back to electric shaving.

;-phobos-)

Panda

I never have time to shave in the mornin and if i do then i just use my electric shaver.
But if im going out then ill use a blade, a mach 3 if i can find one.

I think it takes a while for you and your skin to get used to any method of shaving and can leave you with unsightly razor rash for a while, but it beats walking around looking like a bum.

Borzoi

I am cursed with the combination of very heavy stubble and particularly sensitive skin. Any electric I've used (moderate priced Philips and Brauns) have falied to do the job and left my skin in bits.

I'm currently using Gilette excel, which is ok, especially using King of Shaves gel - works a hell of a lot better for me than foam or oil.

I used to use Hemp oil as an afterbalm, which was terrific, but I can't find it in Boots anymore, as for that Nivea - awful rubbish, brings out spots like nobody's business.

The latest improvement in my shaving saga, is shaving in the shower in the morning - no mirror, all by feel. It's totally reduced the amount of nicks. I'm not sure entirely why, but I think it's mostly that I can stretch the skin properly without trying to look at a mirror. Anyway , give it a try.

Fidelis

You guys are saying that you get 2/3 shaves out of each blade? Hmmm... I've been using the same Mach 3 blade for the last 4 months. Like Seamus, I also shave upwards, sweet and smooth, that's if I don't lacerate half my neck in the process

I really do hate shaving, can't do it more than 2/3 times a week or my skin just turns bright red and itches and flakes i.e. not good.

Can I just ask something here; seeing as though I'm using a 3 bladed razor, is one sweep over an area of my face sufficient? I sometimes need to get the odd hair that got away and end up shaving the same area a few times, this is inadvisable I presume?

Finally, does anyone swear by a post shaving cream of sorts? Something to not only cool down my skin but to close the pores and stop it from being irratated. Cheers

Mercury_Tilt

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b20uvkft6m5xwg

Vasoline Intensive Care Mosturiser.

Very good stuff.

po0k

I've cut myself about twice. Ever. and that was with my trusty excel.
Getting rid of the clogging is half the fun.

I tried my brother's Lynx one time when I ahd no blades handy.
Wasn't too bad, byt the blades stuck out too far, dangerous. The little white thing for pushing out the cloggage is handy though.

Cork

I saw 3 blade cartridges at Tesco - Can these be used on many razors or just Tescos?

Lukin Black

I hate shaving, so I usually only do it every other day during the week, and not at all at the weekend if possible. I use a Mach 3 and still manage to cut myself all the time. Ten years of shaving, and still not doing it right?

Also, I always hear that older blades pose more of a risk of cutting yourself, but I always shred my face with a new blade, but after a few uses it stops. I change blades bout once a month. Also, I find that having hot or really hot water for rinsing helps a lot. Which is crap cause our water is always flipping lukewarm in the morning :mad:

quank

mach3 for me...



:O just noticed that none of these smileys have beards/facial hair! :O

TacT

Mach 3 too with total shaving solution, good rinse and some "Simple" moisturiser to get rid of the ickyness after.

woosaysdan

mach 3 all da way

pickarooney

So, has anyone gone all the way up to 4?

amp

Sensor Excell reprasent. Tried a Mach 3, too harsh on heavy stubble. I also occasionally use my philips electric thing, which I have in my car for those "oh ****, meeting with important client and I look like a badger" moments.

davros

Mach 3, normal soap. Streets ahead of anything else I've tried - blade or electric. I never get nicked which is what completely sold me on it originally.

I find the blades last a couple of weeks at least, used daily. Till the blue strip goes white - it's about right.

Capt'n Midnight

Originally posted by bedlam
I use the single blade disposable type, I find anything else a chore to use as they tend to clog up far too easily.

You could always rip out the little white plastic tab between the blades with your teeth !
Or use a hooky thing to break it away..

AL][EN

the results speak for themselves really

And yes yet another mach 3 user have no complaints really about the mach 3

The_Goose

mach is the bestest, expensive but worth, dont notice any difference in turbo though!