Tech Do you use an electric razor?

[Further]

I have always shaved using regular razors, right now the gillette fusion5 but I am thinking about getting an electric razor instead. Save time and might even save money. But certainly easier.

Is it worth it to spend lots of money to get an expensive one. The Braun Series 7 is at Costco for $130 and seems to get very good reviews.

What do you use? would you recommend it?

 

[jlprk]

The cheapest Norelcos used to be as good as anything else, but then Remington (American) bought their competitor Norelco (Swedish). Norelco shavers became as stupidly designed as American ones.

If you pay more than, say, $60-80, you're just buying nonsense features like a "wet shave" and you deserve to be electrocuted.

You'll have an adjustment period. Electric means that you go over and over the same spots on your face to get that last fucking whisker.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

go over and over the same spots on your face

Nowhere in his post did he say he's talking about using it on his face.

 

[jlprk]

Ever since your mother's Mohawk fell out I've said I like her better with a clean-shaven bald stripe up her back.

 

[jlprk]

BAM, FAMS!

 

[MarAzul]

Scissors only. Infrequent trim with electric hair clippers.

 

[barfo]

When I gets to feeling it's too long, I puts a bit of peanut butter on it, lay me down, and the ship rats chew it off.

But them newfangled electric rats sound like a good idear. Probly don't leave turds on your chest like the regular ones.

barfo

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Safety razors for me. I enjoy the process.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Safety razors for me. I enjoy the process.

You shave?

But you're asian.

 

[theprunetang]

I have used the same Gillette mach3 that they gifted me for my 18th birthday. Every year for Christmas my mom buys me a pack of blades. Lately, I have been digging stubble, so I just use my electric clippers.

 

[jlprk]

I have never used a razor in my life. I don't know how. In high school, my mother drove me to the store and I picked out a double-headed electric shaver. My father had only a single-headed one. We got home and he was surprised. Heh heh. The old Freudian rivalry, father vs. son.

 

[Further]

I’m going to get an electric. Just so quick and easy.

The first decision I need to make is rotary blad bs foil blade. From reading it looks like rotary does better with longer hairs or very coarse hairs but foil gives a closer shave and is more comfortable.

I like comfort and my facial hair isn’t too coarse so foil seems like a good choice.

Then I need to decide how much to spend and what features matter. I read that if the shaver doesn’t run a minimum of 10,000 cpm it can bite the face and tear hairs instead of cut. So that jumps me into the $50 and up category.

Wet/dry razors are nice for a couple reasons even though I don’t plan to shave wet often. They are easier to clean and they work if I’m not fully dry after a shower. So this is a feature I want.

After those features it’s 3/4/5 blad s, comfort rollers, cooling blades to reduce razor burn, how the heads pivot and multi-directionality, self-cleaning and all sorts of timers, charging speed, display features and so on until the top of the line systems at about $400. I don’t care about most of that.

I have narrowed my choice down to two. The $54 13,000 cpm Panasonic ES8103S Arc3
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001...X236_SY340_QL65&keywords=panasonic+arc3&psc=1

Or the $130 Braun 7series sold at Costco. I have no doubt the 7 series is the better shaver but I don’t think it’s worth an extra $76.
https://m.costco.com/Braun-Series-7---7893-Razor.product.100334962.html

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Tried it like 10 gears ago. Shit pulled my hair instead of cut it. Hurt like a mother fucker. I just order a 16pack from harrys and it lasts about a year and a half shaving face 4-5 times a week. I have a gillette fusion 5 i think for if i shave my head since i scalped myself with a harrys one time.

 

[Further]

Well I ordered the $54 one. If I like using electric, I might upgrade in the future.

 

[Chris Craig]

I use both

 

[SportsAndWhine]

You shave?

But you're asian.

Once a month whether he needs it or not

 

[santeesioux]

I don't go clean shaven, I just keep my pubey looking mess beard on my face. A pair of hair clippers is much better than beard trimmers for your beard though, ironically.

 

[jlprk]

I'm retired. Costco mails me a monthly coupon book.

So I leave the house once a month. I start with my monthly shower and shave after updating the black/white ratio in my whiskers. Takes hours to count.

A lot of work. Update my house food inventory on the spreadsheet, tie my shoes, etc. Turn off the computer, stop reading the news for the first time in a month, etc. Walk out, wave hello to the branches all over my yard that fell off my tree this year, check whether the car battery died, and I'm off to my big day.

 

[dviss1]

I'm using these guys. Better than Dollar shave crap..

https://www.harrys.com/en/us

 

[SportsAndWhine]

I’m going to get an electric. Just so quick and easy.

The first decision I need to make is rotary blad bs foil blade. From reading it looks like rotary does better with longer hairs or very coarse hairs but foil gives a closer shave and is more comfortable.

I like comfort and my facial hair isn’t too coarse so foil seems like a good choice.

Then I need to decide how much to spend and what features matter. I read that if the shaver doesn’t run a minimum of 10,000 cpm it can bite the face and tear hairs instead of cut. So that jumps me into the $50 and up category.

Wet/dry razors are nice for a couple reasons even though I don’t plan to shave wet often. They are easier to clean and they work if I’m not fully dry after a shower. So this is a feature I want.

After those features it’s 3/4/5 blad s, comfort rollers, cooling blades to reduce razor burn, how the heads pivot and multi-directionality, self-cleaning and all sorts of timers, charging speed, display features and so on until the top of the line systems at about $400. I don’t care about most of that.

I have narrowed my choice down to two. The $54 13,000 cpm Panasonic ES8103S Arc3
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001DNE3KQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510507524&sr=8-1-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=panasonic arc3&psc=1

Or the $130 Braun 7series sold at Costco. I have no doubt the 7 series is the better shaver but I don’t think it’s worth an extra $76.
https://m.costco.com/Braun-Series-7---7893-Razor.product.100334962.html

The Braun 7 series is what I have. Fantastic razor. Highly recommended.

 

[andalusian]

Have you considered gas shaving?

http://yolopapers.blogspot.com/2008/02/gas-powered-shaver-no-kidding.html

 

[Shaboid]

 

[Mediocre Man]

Safety razor only, for me. Great shave, love the process.

Plus it's way more economical

 

[stampedehero]

"I don't need no stinkin' razor"

 

[riverman]

View attachment 17017 "I don't need no stinkin' razor"

teeth work just fine...or the occasional Bic lighter

 

[crandc]

No.

 

[speeds]

I don't go clean shaven, I just keep my pubey looking mess beard on my face. A pair of hair clippers is much better than beard trimmers for your beard though, ironically.

Same. I use a barber style outliner with a metal zero guard. Doesn't shave all the way down but saves my face from ingrowns, bumps and cuts.