I just bought one and I freakin hate it!! The manual claims that it will take three weeks for my skin to adjust to my new shaving method and after that time they guaruntee the closest best shave ever. Is there any reason I should believe that bullshit??? I’m thinking that after three weeks, people just forget what a good close shave feels like and they grow accustomed to the shitty electric.
Anyway, I’d like to know if anyone actually gets a decent shave from an electric and, if so, did it take three weeks for your skin to adjust??
For the record, the one I bought is a Remington thingy with Titanium coated blades. Titanium is the way to go these days! Though I wish it would have had a magnet or two in there and maybe some ion shaving blades or maybe a crystal in the handle or something… but I’ll just have to settle for titanium alone…
I bought a nice Remington a few years back. I gave them their 3 weeks. I never got a shave as close as a real blade. One thing I noticed was after three weeks the blades had dulled and it started tugging at the hair. It started to hurt to use it. I took the hunk of crap back to the store and bought a pack of real blades.
The only thing I liked about it was shaving at the computer.
And the damn thing says I will only need to replace them every 12 months. . .
I’ll tell you guys why I bought one. Up until last week, I never even considered it. But we were in the field for the entire week and some guys brought electric razors. None of my prior units allowed anything that noisy in the field. But this being a mechanized unit, the whisper of an electric razor is nothing compared to the noise the Bradleys make!!
Anyway, shaving in the field is a big pain in the ass. Shaving cream is too messy and too time consuming and dry shaving hurts like fuck. Not during, but for the entire rest of the day my face hurts and hurts to touch. A buddy let me share his razor and it was like a dream!! Shaving took all of three seconds and I was ready to go and pain free for the rest of the day. Though the shave was not perfect, it was decent enough for the field. I had figured that if I took more time and put more effort into it, I could get a decent shave from it in garrison. That’s where I went wrong!! The damn thing sucks!
But I think I might keep it in my field hygiene kit. I’m a bit spoiled on it as far as that goes. But for 80 something dollars. It seems pretty expensive for something I’ll hardly use.
I used electrics for most of my post-pubescent life, and they’ve always given me good shaves. Oddly, though, I’ve never gotten a completely close shave from either electrics or “real” razors. Electrics seem to have a hard time near my ears, and manuals always leave stubble on my upper lip. Dunno why.
I go a step lazier from even an electric razor and use one of those beard trimmer things. Without a guard, it leaves me about a day or two worth of rugged, manly stubble. It takes about a minute flat and I think I look better than I would with a close shave.
Oh, I’m a girl so I have no idea. But I think it’s significant that my dad used an electric razor when I was little, then bought a good manual razor one day, threw out his electric the next and never bought another. I can’t imagine how being shaved by spinny little blades can be comfortable, especially once they start to dull.
Manual razors work wonderfully on my face, but I have trouble getting a decent shave under my chin with them. I use my electric unit once in a while.
Regarding dry shaving in the field, I’ve used soap and water when I’ve run out of shaving cream and it isn’t that bad. It has to be much better than dry shaving.
Has anyone had luck with CVS brand blades? I’ve just bought a pack to try.
I’ve used various Philips 3-head rotary shavers for about 25 years. It does a fine job, except for the stubborn hairs on my neck, which no electric razor seems to want to catch. For those I use an Atra cartridge razor.
I’m a girl so I can’t speak for face-shaving, but I certainly won’t use an electric for woman’s shaving. I prefer to be able to replace the blade when it dulls right away, plus the electric just doesn’t seem to be as nice. And you can afford to be prickly on your face I suppose but I really like my legs smooth.
There is a SD Staff Report that discusses the best way to shave with blades and electric razers.
To answer the OP, I perfer an electric razer because I never got the hang of using a regular blade. I was constantly cutting myself and my face would ultimately end up a bloody mess when I was done. So I went electric and never looked back. I get a decent shave… probably not as close as a blade, but I can live with that as long as my face isn’t all hacked up.
I got a pretty good electric razor last Christmas. I used it for two weeks before I went back to a blade. It just wasn’t that comfortable to use and it irritated my skin a little.
I can shave with a blade in less than one minute despite having a pretty thick beard so it just isn’t worth it.
Here is a related question I have been meaning to ask;
What is the obsession with a “close” shave? I don’t mind feeling smooth but my beard grows fast and I have to shave every day no matter what. Even I get the closest shave of my life, it is only going to last for a few hours. Why do people care so much about that?
For a field kit, I’d suggest taking the expensive one back, and buying yourself a cheapie for occasional use.
I never really was happy with electrics either. At the end of the day, to get a good shave, I’d have to spend just as much time with it as with a blade, trying to get the stubborn hairs trimmed.
I used to use an electric, and it was very convenient, particularly when camping. I also wasn’t particularly concerned with how good a shave I got. It didn’t do as good a job a blade.
Also, I have very pale skin and a very dark beard (well, the part of it that isn’t gray…). Immediately after shaving, I have a 5:00 shadow because you can see the stubble below the skin. Even though my face is smooth as an android’s butt, I look like I haven’t shaved.
You never, EVER cut yourself. Unless you bought a really crappy electric razor, or you did something wildly wrong.
The best electric I have used so far is the Braun Synchro. It gives a nice, fairly close shave (you have to stretch the skin this way and that to get the hairs to stand up in order to cut them), and leaves your face pain free. Occasionally, I will switch to a regular blade shave for a while, because I like the feel of it on my face, but if I’m tired or hurried, it’s electric all the way, because I won’t take huge gashes out of my adam’s apple or chin with an electric.
Same deal. I use an electric while in the field, but use blades at home. I shave my whole head, so I go for the closest shave possible. That is a Mach3. No electric can match it.
