When I started shaving, cartridges had taken over the market. For some reason I remember John McEnroe doing adverts for the Bic disposable one blade, and emphasising that he did not use the Orange "for guys with sensitive skin." I used that for a while before "progressing" to Atra and then Mach III. I refused to use four or five blades. Last year, I gave up on cartridges and canned foam to revert to the civilised world of pre-shaves, shaving soap, brushes, and DE blades in a quality safety razor. Life is better.
The Mach 3 has been my favorite out of all the Gillette carts. It’s been my daily razor since it came out. The Mach 3 with Gillette Foamy regular was my everyday shave for many years. I’ve enjoyed this series thanks
The Mach 3 is also my favorite razor. I’ve tried all different brands of cartridge razors, double edge safety razors, double edge razor blades, fancy shave soaps, creams, and brushes, and the good old Mach 3 and Edge shave gel works the best for me for shaving my head and my face.
Excellent video, I think 2 blades is the max you need in a cartridge razor. When they went to 3 blades they opened the flood gates for mire and more blades. Im waiting for the first 20 blade razor, the perfect one pass shave, removes hair, skin and the need to ever shave again.
Even though I mentioned that the Mach 3 was my go to Gillette cartridge razor, you make a good point about having to apply more pressure to get a decent shave.
I agree. Gillette's double blade razors (Trac II, atra & sensor) are better razors. Personally, I have mostly gone back to Atra (which in my country was sold under the name Gillette Contour). The Trac II is also an excellent razor and the one I started shaving with as a youngster. I still use it from time to time. But the german supermarket chain Lidl sells 20 Atra/Contour compatible cartidges under there own brand name "Cien" for just under 6 Euros ( about 0,29 euro per cartridge). That´s a steal.
Great video Ben, great series! I did like the Mach3 if I shaved every couple of days. However, I have to keep it real, it's why I switched to DE razors as well. Like you, I do go back and try the Mach3 from time to time to remind myself why I switched. If I haven't shaved for 7-10 days, I'm not picking up a cartridge razor. Sometimes companies don't evolve with their tools and Gillette is a perfect example of that in every way. Gillette has devolved. However, due to our small businesses and artisans, we have the best shaving products in the history of shaving. Cartridge razors are what happens when your Marketing Department takes over your company. Cartridge razors are all about making money with gimmicks. Here are a list of ridiculous gimmicks: 5 blades, lubrication strips, exfoliating bar, electric heating, electric vibrating, ball technology and TURBO. RAWR ! I no longer shave to save money. I use a DE safety razor because it feels better, it's pleasurable, and my skin feels better ever since I started,
If nothing else the M3 change the game in the razor world. The razors prior to this one were all an extension of the Trac II. I definitely remember the first time shaving with one think wow this is really different than what I used before. I like you used one for a while but I ended up going back to 2 blade cartridges.
Another excellent video in the series. I agree with you; Gillette was at this point just not innovating at all, and each iteration of the sensor and mach3 are just marketing and PR efforts to get people to buy more razors and buy more blades to try the 'new improved version' that really is not so new. Understandable, of course, from a business perspective, and they did extremely well with this approach. As an aside, their other real moment of innovation was the canned soap in moving people off pucks and brushes to what you used today. Pretty amazing stuff really to see how that goes from blue goo to a good slick lather in seconds.
Canned foam is quite an achievement, no question about it. My only problem with it is that it’s not very slick. Shave soap has slickness in the bag, but it’s hard to beat foam in a can in terms of ease of use.
The Fusion yes, the SkinGuard no, just because it’s practically the same razor, just with a slight variation to the cartridge. It’d be like doing a separate video on the Sensor Excel, there’s no need for that.
Honestly the Catridge Razor doesn't need a lot of technique...and he gave u the reason why he holds the razor by pressing his finger on it coz it has a pivot and tends to rotate a little...not everyone likes to shave with a Catridge Razor...
