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I've been a Harry's customer since, I believe, the first day they went on sale. I like the product, but I desperately wish they offered a two blade razor. I fin

I've been a Harry's customer since, I believe, the first day they went on sale. I like the product, but I desperately wish they offered a two blade razor. I find four-bladed razors to be very irritating to my skin. My daily-use razor is the Merkur double-edged safety razor, which works very well for me - far better than any cartridge razor ever did. It's main drawback, of course, is that you can't take the blades on an airplane. So I use a cartridge razor for travel and for quick shaves at home. I was drawn to the Harry's razor because it looked to be a solid handle (rather than the cheap plastic ones from Gillette) and the blades were a reasonable price. It lived up to my expectations. A notch above Gillette in quality and a better price. I just wish they hadn't felt the need to put four blades in it - two is more than sufficient. My favorite non-safety razor of all time is the innovate, but unfortunately discontinued, Avid 4 Travel Razor: http://www.moderngent.com/avid/avid_razor.php http://www.moderngent.com/avid/avid_razor.php

jcampbell1 12y ago
I switch back and forth between the gillette fusion and harry's. I find the fusion to be slightly better but the price is double. Harry's blades are $1.60 each, and the fusion is about $3.20. The trimmer blade is nice on the fusion, and Harry's blades have an odd bend that requires more rinsing as the hair is more likely to clog rather than pass through. Some people have a strong preference about the handle, but I find both to be good.
- researcher88 12y ago
  I really want to use Harry's but I noticed similiar problems. The clogging and it just not working as well as my old Mach 3. Even with a new razor, it can be tedious. Maybe my face has adapted to the silly vibrating razor.
  - larrywright 12y ago
    The clogging is a big problem, and although I didn't mention it, it's probably my chief complaint with the razor - equal to the irritation.
MichaelGG 12y ago
I wonder how many millions in lobbying it'd take to reverse the silly no-razor-blades policy. Something like "only 1 blade, mounted and 1 spare" allowed. I'm also a bit puzzled how there are razor startups. Harry's blades are literally an order of magnitude more expensive than DE blades. And outside of proper shaves from a DE, I find even bulk disposables do well enough (whatever comes up on top of Amazon Prime).
- pbreit 12y ago
  You do realize that not many people share your views on DE blades and disposables? But for good, cheap 2-6 blade blades, I could direct you to Dorco.
  - MichaelGG 12y ago
    Share my views how? As in, they dislike DE blades? I was under the impression most people just didn't know of them or figured they were difficult or something. It would surprise me to find out that people actually dislike a DE shave. Maybe I'm extrapolating too much from personal experience :\.
andrelayer 12y ago
Check out http://getbevel.com http://getbevel.com.
- larrywright 12y ago
  I did see that when it came out. It looks like a great product, but it's essentially a DE safety razor, which I already have and use. I need something that I can travel on a plane with, and safety blades are out.

jcampbell1 12y ago

I switch back and forth between the gillette fusion and harry's. I find the fusion to be slightly better but the price is double. Harry's blades are $1.60 each, and the fusion is about $3.20. The trimmer blade is nice on the fusion, and Harry's blades have an odd bend that requires more rinsing as the hair is more likely to clog rather than pass through. Some people have a strong preference about the handle, but I find both to be good.

researcher88 12y ago
I really want to use Harry's but I noticed similiar problems. The clogging and it just not working as well as my old Mach 3. Even with a new razor, it can be tedious. Maybe my face has adapted to the silly vibrating razor.
- larrywright 12y ago
  The clogging is a big problem, and although I didn't mention it, it's probably my chief complaint with the razor - equal to the irritation.

MichaelGG 12y ago

I wonder how many millions in lobbying it'd take to reverse the silly no-razor-blades policy. Something like "only 1 blade, mounted and 1 spare" allowed. I'm also a bit puzzled how there are razor startups. Harry's blades are literally an order of magnitude more expensive than DE blades. And outside of proper shaves from a DE, I find even bulk disposables do well enough (whatever comes up on top of Amazon Prime).

pbreit 12y ago
You do realize that not many people share your views on DE blades and disposables? But for good, cheap 2-6 blade blades, I could direct you to Dorco.
- MichaelGG 12y ago
  Share my views how? As in, they dislike DE blades? I was under the impression most people just didn't know of them or figured they were difficult or something. It would surprise me to find out that people actually dislike a DE shave. Maybe I'm extrapolating too much from personal experience :\.

andrelayer 12y ago

Check out http://getbevel.com http://getbevel.com.

larrywright 12y ago
I did see that when it came out. It looks like a great product, but it's essentially a DE safety razor, which I already have and use. I need something that I can travel on a plane with, and safety blades are out.