Shaving experiment – is cheapest best?

Can Disposable Razors Hack it?

In the interests of my readers I have conducted ‘research’ today.

I was in Sainsbury’s yesterday and remembered that I needed new blades for my Gillette fusion razor – The shopping fairy normally organises for them to arrive with the Tesco delivery, I rarely have to buy them.

Consequently I’ve not had a conscious reminder of their cost for a long time, but £5 raised my eyebrows.

Finn pointed out that I could buy a pack of 5 disposables for 13p and I wondered – surely something with just one function couldn’t be that bad?

So, the question is – are the disposables good enough, or are they a false economy?

Well, I had a three day growth, but even so, I don’t regard this as a challenge – I know people who look like Desperate Dan from the Dandy by mid afternoon and shave twice a day, I’m not like that, I can still get away with it on day 2.

The Gillette (Other brands are available), even though it’s a bit aged, would have breezed through this job.

The disposable – well, ‘hacked’ is the word I need here – actually quite painful and bizarrely it left patches unshaved, with no sense that it was doing the job. I actually returned to the Gillette to ‘just finish off’. My cheeks still feel strange even now.

Conclusion

Well folks – I was going to say ‘gents’, but I guess the research applies to all -  Disposable Razors -  The economy will have to get pretty bad before I use these again.