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I used a cartridge razor before I switched to safety razors for cost reasons--and you're wrong. It's much easier to cut yourself with a safety razor than with
by Espressosaurus 13y ago
I used a cartridge razor before I switched to safety razors for cost reasons--and you're wrong.
It's much easier to cut yourself with a safety razor than with a cartridge razor. All it takes is being tired and in a hurry, or being clumsy when replacing the blade.
I've found the benefits (closer shave, cheap enough to replace regularly) worth the costs in time and (occasional) blood. But don't pretend that they're as idiot-proof as the cartridge razors, because unfortunately, they're not.
All that said--yeah, this was pretty transparently a PR piece with the moral of the story being "watch how people do what they do to make products that will appeal to them."
Um, duh?
- kemayo 13y agoI also switched to a safety razor a few years back, and I didn't notice any change in the likelihood of cutting myself. It's possible that I have particularly resilient skin or steady hands, or something, but our dueling anecdotes seem to cancel out.
- pandler 13y agoI've been using safety razors for a while now, and my personal experience has been that it depends on two things: the geometry of the razor (the tool, not the blade), and the brand of double-edged blade. I have used blades and razors where I can wantonly hack away at my face without fear of harm, and I have used combinations that require the utmost concentration if I want to make it out of the bathroom alive. If I had to guess, I would think that you two just have very different setups.