The Gillette Fusion

[Martin]

I use a hair trimmer once a week or so to keep my moustache + beard in check. Other than that, no maintenance. Never used a razor.

Beard!

[Big Plastic Head]

I would like to recommend shaving soap and a brush paired with your favorite razor (Mach III here). Using a brush with the soap warms the face and whiskers as Tyrone suggested. Also, a bar of shaving soap lasts me six months shaving every day. It is incredibly less expensive and you aren't throwing away an empty shaving cream can into the landfill every month.

[Mark in Helsinki]

Well, I didn't die. I did draw some blood beneath my nose and had to reach for my reliable 2-blade Sensor Excel to remove a stubborn whisker just below my septum. On the open plains of my face and neck, the Fusion did a pretty good job.

Hey! The first time I used the Fusion I cut *my* under-nose! It really bled like hell, too.

It is big and kind of weird to get used to, but at those prices, I'm not about to toss it in the garbage until I run out of blades.

The Fusion Power (the one that vibrates) does actually help to get rid of the soap and hair when you rinse it. I think that is the main feature of the vibration.

It does a good job, but I would have done just fine with the Excel.

I think Gillette has hit the wall on this evolution. I mean how many more blades do they really need?

[buffcoat]

The clipper can get through anything.  If I had an aluminum beard, I bet it would cut through that.


I have a Braun 7000 self-cleaning series.  Bad ass.  I keep trying Norelco stuff but it's garbage.  I wanted the wet-dry one that put shaving gel on your face to be better, cause it sounded like a cool idea, but it's awful.

Okay, guys ... answer a question for a female ... how come all guys don't use electric? Those who do use electric razors say pretty much what you guys say here. why don't more guys use them? what's the drawback? I thought it might be $$ but they can't be that much anymore, right?

If you like a really close shave, that's almost impossible to get with an electric.  Also, I think a lot of guys tend to stick with what their fathers did.  Shaving for some is a ritual, not a blah part of the morning routine as it is for me.

[jbissell]

The clipper can get through anything.  If I had an aluminum beard, I bet it would cut through that.


I have a Braun 7000 self-cleaning series.  Bad ass.  I keep trying Norelco stuff but it's garbage.  I wanted the wet-dry one that put shaving gel on your face to be better, cause it sounded like a cool idea, but it's awful.

Okay, guys ... answer a question for a female ... how come all guys don't use electric? Those who do use electric razors say pretty much what you guys say here. why don't more guys use them? what's the drawback? I thought it might be $$ but they can't be that much anymore, right?

If you like a really close shave, that's almost impossible to get with an electric.  Also, I think a lot of guys tend to stick with what their fathers did.  Shaving for some is a ritual, not a blah part of the morning routine as it is for me.

I have an electric that I received as a gift that I hardly use because it just doesn't give me a close enough shave. Sometimes it's handy for knocking down a lot of hair fast and then I'll bring in the razor to finish it off.

[Bryan]

True. I'm a slob, so I don't really care about a tidy shave.

[nec13]

I own both a Gillette Fusion and a Norelco. I prefer the Fusion because I get a closer shave and because it's far less time consuming to shave with a manual, at least for me. The primary drawback with a manual razor is that it tends to cause more nicks and cuts.

[B_Buster]

It's official! This is the manliest thread on the entire board!

[fonpr]

It's official! This is the manliest thread on the entire board!

I pluck my beard.

[colonel panic]

I recently switched from the Fusion to a waterproof electric after being anti-electric for decades; electrics always burned my face.

In a hot shower, I use this oil stuff as a pre-shave and this method produces a surprisingly close shave.

Where the plan falters is the sideburns; they just get continually longer until trimmed w/ an old Fusion (I now look like the drummer from http://onemanoneview.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/the-kentucky-headhunters.jpg). Also, razor burn is always a possibility especially near the corners of my mouth.

[effecT]

It's official! This is the manliest thread on the entire board!

I pluck my beard.

With your fingers?

[kiemzi]

onion jokes always come true:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930

[Harpsichord]

I use a cheap Merkur razor with a box of Derby Extra's I've been working my way steadily through for a year now.  It's a nice, close shave and it works just fine even with a week or two of beard growth.  Really easy to clean too.

[Sarah]

It's good to know you males can be as boring as women about this kind of stuff.  Don't get me wrong--I don't begrudge it at all.  Hell, I don't have to read this thread if I don't want to. 

[buffcoat]

It's good to know you males can be as boring as women about this kind of stuff.  Don't get me wrong--I don't begrudge it at all.  Hell, I don't have to read this thread if I don't want to. 

Way to talk yourself into a corner and then back out.