I went down this road too. A long time Gillette Mach/Fusion/whatever is the top end of the year. I tried DSC and they were ok. I canceled and bought in bulk

I went down this road too. A long time Gillette Mach/Fusion/whatever is the top end of the year. I tried DSC and they were ok. I canceled and bought in bulk from Dorco. Exact same shave. Not quite a Gillette but at 20% of the price I could live with that. As I was about to order another bulk set of blades I decided to try the old fashioned double edge shaver for the hell of it. Amazon has a Merkur 180 for less than $35 and a can of Barbasol is $1.25 at Target. The DE shave is far better than the Gillette Fusion and much cheaper than DSC, Dorco, etc. Even as a complete novice I've had no issues with nicks or cuts and actually look forward to shaving again.