Gillette Fusion

INTRODUCTION I am a hardcore wet shaver. I've never tried electric in my life and I don't intend to any time soon. As with many blokes, I have my favoured weapon of choice; the Gillette Blue II Slalom. Unfortunately, in The Netherlands this isn't available, only the cheese grating Blue II fixed, and so I am pushed towards trying what is in the shops. The Gillette Fusion razor has been advertised amid much hoo ha and so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Here are the results. THE RAZOR When I first got the razor I felt like Luke Skywalker with his first lightsabre, as I've only ever used completely disposable razors before. It's certainly an ...

I started shaving as an adolescent using a disposable razor with cheap supermarket foam. Many nicks/cuts and lots of razor burn resulted. Shaving, I discovered, was an uncomfortable chore that society expected us men to perform for a presentable look. My father took pity on me and bought me a Gillette Sensor and some lime Gillette foam. I noticed a tremendous difference in the razor with almost no more cuts and the foam smelt quite nice. I believed at the time that Gillette made superior products, but that was based on my limited experience with dirt cheap products. My next razor was the Mach 3 which was slightly better in that it was easier to ...

The rise of “Metrosexual Man” in recent years has made the male grooming market a huge growth industry. However, the male need to shave was always present, so the razor manufacturers have had to increase their market share in the old fashioned way; by coming up with new and better products and stealing their rivals’ customers. It seems that better has equated to “more blades” in recent years. From the days of the simple twin bladed disposable razor, Gillette added a third to produce the Mach 3 and, later, added a battery for the Mach 3 Power. Wilkinson Sword went one better, making the four bladed Quattro. Now comes the latest innovation is wet shaving ...