# The Gillette Fusion razor, P.T. Barnum was right.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795 "2006-02-23T15:35:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/21 "2006-02-23T23:43:01Z")
This is a very welcome discussion. My wife replaced my Sensor with a Mach3; while it now takes me less time to shave, I find it more difficult to properly get my upper lip (right under the nose and bordering my lip) and chin dimple. All in all, a tie; both have good and bad points. I figured the fusion was a bunch of hooey, but wasn’t going to knock it until I tried it. I’m still not sure, but hearing others’ opinions is good. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/22 "2006-02-23T23:57:24Z")
> [@YellowTail](#): > > Please feel free to elaborate! [/pant pant pant] You know, I started to do this just now, and immediately had to stop. Why? Let’s just say that I’m still at work, and the shared bathroom is not a good place to bark one off. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/23 "2006-02-24T01:07:45Z")
Rookies. You should be shaving yer bits 'n pieces with an electric razor. That’s what they were made for. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/24 "2006-02-24T01:58:23Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > that was “three blades - because you’ll \*\*\*buy \* \*\* anything” Isn’t that the one where the first two blades did just like with the Trac 2, then the third blade shaved off the top layer of skin? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/25 "2006-02-24T02:08:46Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > don’t bother wasting your money, more blades are _not_ better From\* The Onion\*, which once again justifies it’s tagline as “America’s Finest News Source”, I give you the eerily prescient [Fuck Everything, We’re Doing Five Blades](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930). I seriously used to work for this guy’s soul-mate. “Can you believe–a paintbrush _that will fucking revolutionize how people view painting! We’re going to fucking kill those bastards at Wooster! We will take their fucking paint rollers and shove them up their goddamn asses sideways!_.” And this is why I now work on ballistic missiles. It’s a much more peaceful business. We now return you to your regular complaining. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/26 "2006-02-24T02:28:26Z")
I bought the Fusion and like it. One thing, though. I started with the regular Fusion and switched to the Fusion Power Razor after a week or so. I looked at both of them carefully, and really can’t tell what the difference is in the cartridges. But the ones sold for the Power Razor cost more ($27 vs $25 for eight of each). ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/27 "2006-02-24T19:25:24Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > Actually, David Hannum was the one who said, “there’s a sucker born every minute.” Hannum, a rival of Barnums, bought this giant stone statue thing named the Cardiff Giant for forty grand. People thought it was some acient, magical, or whatever statue, and so Hannum believed he could get a huge ROI on it. In acuality, though, it was an elaborate hoax from a tobacconist named John Hull, who had him carved, placed in New York, than dug out. > > Barnum, realizing a profit was to be had, carved his own and called it the real taquito. When people flocked to his, Hannum remarked, “there’s a sucker born every minute.” For the trivia minded. The Cardiff Giant is on display at “Circus World Museum” in Baraboo Wisconsin. Now you don’t have to search for that missing piece of history. The Mach 3 was the first razor in my lifetime that didn’t leave my face a mess after a couple shaves. Anybody that shaves and gets ingrown hairs, should give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/28 "2006-02-24T20:24:57Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > I’ve tried all the razors, 2, 3, 4, 5 blades with all the assorted gels, creams and mixtures, and I’ve tried electrics like braun and norelco, and still, nothing beats my Dovo straight with a cake of Williams’ shaving soap and a medium grade badger brush. Nothing. Now, I don’t shave my head, and I can’t imagine doing it with a straight razor, but for the kisser, a properly maintained straight is unbeatable. My boyfriend’s roomate shaves his head with a straight razor - used to maintain his mohawk with it, but recently he shaved it all off. He is a real man. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/29 "2006-02-24T21:46:44Z")
One more vote for the Fuzion. I bought it (powered version) on SuperBowl Eve only because they were giving away two 2-Liter bottles of soda with it, and I was curious. I’m pretty happy. It’s not miraculous or anything, but it’s one of the smoother shaves I’ve had, and I can barely feel it as I run it across my skin. Fairly pleasant to use, truly. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795/30 "2006-02-25T04:38:52Z")
> [@Faruiza](#): > > Funny, that this subject should pop up again today. I did some watching of the other thread, and for the first time last night, I tried the fusion on my legs… > > AND my parts. :eek: > > It was wonderful. It was better than the quattro. I am not just a victim of the marketing. There was a noticeable difference. And NO nicks or cuts. Even on the parts. :eek: > > I have the vibrating one, but that’s not why I liked it. Heh. > 😃 I tried the Fusion on my parts too but it scared the shit out of me…it was so unbelievably hard to keep a hold of, I was afraid I was about to cut my naughty bits right off :eek: It still did a great job, and my legs stayed noticibly smooth for a couple days after I shaved. I was happy with it, though. Except for the fear that I was going to cut off my naughty bits. -foxy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gillette-fusion-razor-p-t-barnum-was-right/345795.md?page=1)