I saw this video and thought it was going to be very different as well. I think she took Gillette's word on everything, questioned nothing, and basically gave them great promotion which they don't deserve. I think a real reporter should get in there with some real questions. I bet they wouldn't even accept the interview. I would love to see head to head challenges with Fusions, DE razors and straights. I'm sure Gillette wouldn't agree to that.
Evil Gillette or "how a relatively respectable professor was fooled by "science""
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I would really like to have sat in on the meeting where the guy who decided to add 6 blades, lights, neon colors and vibrators to the razors got promoted.
Gillette says to never use an alcohol aftershave? It sounds like the advertising/propaganda department isn't communicating with the marketing department.
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Well, I don't think anyone was "fooled". The question was simply: is this hysteresis effect (first blade pulls the hair out, so the second blades cuts closer) real or not. The close-up video showed that it was.
I hate to be the devils advocate here but could the pull and cut be exagerated on the video due to there not being any shaving cream? I wouldnt think that they could use shaving cream because they couldnt see the process on the camera?
Maybe with a lather or cream or whatever the cut would be cleaner with less pull?
Maybe with a lather or cream or whatever the cut would be cleaner with less pull?
I would like to smuggle a DE and a brush+cream into one of their shaving booths. 
I tend to agree. Multiblade razors shave closely in one pass. For most people who can afford cartridges, this might be the best choice. I find them unpleasant and irritating and enjoy my 25 minute DE shave.
It would have been nice if she questioned the need for more than 2-3 blades though and even better if she mentioned that some prefer DE / wetshaving and why.
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This is exactly the point, she is supposed to be examining the maker's claims. She could have spoke to a traditional barber for another professional view on the subject.
I agree that that would have been a logical follow-up question.
