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Grunt
14th April 2005, 11:29 PM
What the...?
Is the battery there just to make the handle glow a pretty green? Spin the blades like an electric plane?
Got me beat. I'm a power tool fan but ...
craigb
14th April 2005, 11:48 PM
Dunno,
Perhaps it's meant to be used "down there" :confused:
SteveAndBelle
14th April 2005, 11:54 PM
Yeah, just another marketing ploy to make you buy even more crap you don't need.
What's wrong with an old-fashioned standard double-edge razor blade in a nice handle ? It shaves your face 'as close as a blade' (because it IS a friggin' blade), it's much more environmentally friendly than disposable razors as it's just a simple piece of metal that will eventually rust away to nothing plus it costs a heck of a lot less than falling for the old tricks they try to get you with when they redesign the handles every month so you've then got to go and buy new handles & blades each time. Grrrrr.
I've been using this 'old-fashioned' method for years now and it works a treat ... I even have a shaving brush to cream up the shaving soap and it too works beautifully ! The blades are available from Coles for about $11.00 for a pack of ten which isn't cheap but when you consider how many 'handles' you have to buy over time it turns out much more economic in the long run plus the container of shaving soap I bought from a local 'natural' type shop has lasted me well over a year and it only cost about $10.00 and contains no 'nasty' things at all.
I reckon the best way to advance these days is to go 'backwards' every once in a while. This is a perfect example.
RETIRED
15th April 2005, 12:05 AM
Never worry about it. :D
SteveAndBelle
15th April 2005, 12:10 AM
Hmmm, 'the boss' wont let me :(
bitingmidge
15th April 2005, 12:10 AM
Never worry about it. :D
:eek: :eek: :eek:
When we are born we are given a certain amount of testosterone....why some people waste it growing beards and hair is Waaaayyy beyond me.
P
:D :D
RETIRED
15th April 2005, 12:14 AM
:eek: :eek: :eek:
When we are born we are given a certain amount of testosterone....why some people waste it growing beards and hair is Waaaayyy beyond me.
P
:D :D
'cause we can? :D
simon c
15th April 2005, 09:04 AM
What the...?
Is the battery there just to make the handle glow a pretty green? Spin the blades like an electric plane?
Got me beat. I'm a power tool fan but ...
Maybe be it is much more sinister, check this:
http://www.boycottgillette.com/spychips.html
goat
15th April 2005, 09:49 AM
a good marketing ploy would be to make a razor with resharpable blades:rolleyes: (imagine the guy's on this forum after a night on the turps with their scarey sharp blades:eek:)
Christopha
15th April 2005, 11:14 AM
:eek: :eek: :eek:
When we are born we are given a certain amount of testosterone....why some people waste it growing beards and hair is Waaaayyy beyond me.
P
:D :D
GO MIDGESTER
http://bald.com.au/
LineLefty
15th April 2005, 11:38 AM
I remember speakign to a truckie once who said, that the highest value load you can carry is disposable razor blade cartridges. at $18 for a 40gm packet of 6 it adds up pretty quick. A semi can easily hold a few mill worth of razors, certainyl more than cigarettes.
This industry seems to be stuck in the rut of change and innovation for the sake of change an innovation. Perhaps we should go back to cutthroats and a strop?
SteveAndBelle
15th April 2005, 12:14 PM
Hmmm, I wouldn't feel comfortable shaving with a 'cutthroat' ... it's kinda like renaming kettle to something like 'scaulding pot' or your car the 'mobile human masher' or something along those lines.
Ew.
Dean
15th April 2005, 12:49 PM
Maybe be it is much more sinister, check this:
http://www.boycottgillette.com/spychips.html
Some people have too much time :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
DanP
15th April 2005, 03:00 PM
Maybe be it is much more sinister, check this:
http://www.boycottgillette.com/spychips.html
Razors are one of the highest volume of thefts at supermarkets, hence the cameras etc.
Dan
Peter R
15th April 2005, 06:54 PM
a good marketing ploy would be to make a razor with resharpable blades:rolleyes: (imagine the guy's on this forum after a night on the turps with their scarey sharp blades:eek:)
Years ago with the gillette blade, the ones that went in and you screwed them down under a thingo that was on top of another thingo that was attached to a handle that gave the thingo its support for the screwing.......WELL I used to resharpen those blades by sliding them back and forth inside a glass.:confused: :D
Used to get anohter three of four shaves out of them before the blood really started flowing.:eek:
Peter R
PS another sensible post by old Pete
AlexS
15th April 2005, 07:29 PM
Razors are one of the highest volume of thefts at supermarkets, hence the cameras etc.
Dan
It's those bl00dy bearded no-hoping layabout hippies that are stealing them :mad:
Grunt
15th April 2005, 09:11 PM
It's those bl00dy bearded no-hoping layabout hippies that are stealing them
Yeah, give'em back
RETIRED
15th April 2005, 10:06 PM
ooooh!OK:D
journeyman Mick
15th April 2005, 10:52 PM
It's those bl00dy bearded no-hoping layabout hippies that are stealing them :mad:
Ummm, wouldn't that be bloody clean shaven no-hoping layabout etc etc etc? ;)
Mick
Grunt
15th April 2005, 11:09 PM
Ummm, wouldn't that be bloody clean shaven no-hoping layabout etc etc etc?
Mick
No, they are only clean shaven once they've pinched them.
scooter
16th April 2005, 07:11 PM
Dunno,
Perhaps it's meant to be used "down there" :confused:
Wot's the battery for... the headlight ? :confused: ;) :rolleyes: :p
Cheers..............Sean, prospector
Daddles
16th April 2005, 07:18 PM
Wot's the battery for... the headlight ? :confused: ;) :rolleyes: :p
Cheers..............Sean, prospector
Extensive product research showed that the standard, unpowered model, didn't remove enough skin so they installed the batteries so that the blades dig deeper and at random resulting in a deeper but more patchy razor rash.
Richard
kiwigeo
16th April 2005, 07:24 PM
What next? Battery powered toilet paper??
Peter R
16th April 2005, 08:22 PM
[QUOTE=Daddles]Extensive product research showed that the standard, unpowered model, didn't remove enough skin so they installed the batteries so that the blades dig deeper and at random resulting in a deeper but more patchy razor rash. Richard (Quote)
In fact, these razors were invented by Tally-Ho cigarette papers in an effort to offset the drop in smokers.;)
True, really. Would I lie to you? :rolleyes:
Peter R
ozwinner
16th April 2005, 08:59 PM
What next? Battery powered toilet paper??
Ohhhh Yeah, a tongue comes out of the paper and licks you to death.
Wwwhmmmmaaahhhhhh ( evil laugh )
Al :D
adrian
16th April 2005, 09:10 PM
Gillette owns Duracell.
It's a way of getting extremely gullible people to buy batteries.
Driver
17th April 2005, 11:30 AM
Ohhhh Yeah, a tongue comes out of the paper and licks you to death.
Wwwhmmmmaaahhhhhh ( evil laugh )
Al :D
Al!
You've been going outdoors without the foil beanie again, haven't you? Hmmmm?