Anyone else hit by the Proglide shortage? [Archive]

aggieoutlaw

08-25-2010, 08:32 PM

I ordered a Proglide Power from Amazon for $2.50 w/ FS about 4 weeks ago when they went crazy with coupon offers.

I'm in no hurry to try this beast since I have many DE blades on my bucket list. But I promised my more contemporary shaving friends I would try it before I knocked it. I owe it to them before any further criticizing and proselytizing. For less than the cost of one Proglide cartridge, I had no excuse.

I am beginning to wonder if I will ever see this classic, timeless, "razor to end all razors" razor.

Anyone else been hit by this Amazon Proglide backorder crisis?

Thanks,
B

luvmysuper

08-26-2010, 02:25 AM

No.

I have been a little dismayed at the Personna Red backorder crisis though.

johnmrson

08-26-2010, 02:27 AM

No.

Same.

michiganlover

08-26-2010, 03:31 AM

I wouldn't touch the ProGlide monstrosity with a million foot long pole, so NO. :lol::lol:

maxman

08-26-2010, 03:36 AM

I hate to tell ya, but you're not going to get many people here who use a proglide.
get ready for a bunch more "no" answers.
In fact, here's one now. No

Omaha-BeenGlockin

08-26-2010, 04:34 AM

What's a Pro Glide??:Yawn:

MRast01

08-26-2010, 04:42 AM

What's a Pro Glide??:Yawn:

:lol:

I got a freebie in the mail; gave it a go; it'll stay in the back of the cabinet now until some hot place freezes over, but since it'll be cold then maybe I'll grow a beard.

honed

08-26-2010, 04:43 AM

Nope.

I was a bit alarmed though when I found out that Wade&Butcher had stopped making straight razors :blink:

xriley

08-26-2010, 04:51 AM

No.

Patrik

08-26-2010, 04:51 AM

I have been a little dismayed at the Personna Red backorder crisis though.

Please please PLEASE tell me you're just being facetious. Otherwise I'm going to have to order at least another 400 to add to the 400 I bought a couple of weeks ago.

Re. the Proglide shortage, SFW?

mretzloff

08-26-2010, 04:58 AM

Proglide? Is this a new type of DE blade?

luvmysuper

08-26-2010, 05:00 AM

Please please PLEASE tell me you're just being facetious. Otherwise I'm going to have to order at least another 400 to add to the 400 I bought a couple of weeks ago.

Re. the Proglide shortage, SFW?

Me <------ facetious

wilsonent

08-26-2010, 05:04 AM

I think the Proglide is a new lawnmower. Hey, that reminds me, I got a wicked case of poison ivy after mowing a couple of weeks ago. Dot and me can't have kids cause there's something wrong with my semen.:lol:

Jeff

wdwrx

08-26-2010, 05:04 AM

Nope.

I was a bit alarmed though when I found out that Wade&Butcher had stopped making straight razors :blink:
:scared:
oh no!
Just when I find something I like!

... BTW what's a ProGlide?

LukeDuke

08-26-2010, 06:11 AM

Not I!

RazoRock

08-26-2010, 06:13 AM

That has to speak to marketing genius, I gotta hand it to Gillette/P&G.

Although I haven't tried the proglide, I have tried the fusion and it's not very impressive.

DE Shaver

08-26-2010, 06:14 AM

Me? Affected by the ProGlide shortage? Now, that's rich!

Stubblefield

08-26-2010, 06:16 AM

Anyone else been hit by this Amazon Proglide backorder crisis?
No, but I am a bit bummed by the Personna 74 shortage.

Den

08-26-2010, 06:23 AM

No sir!

Sledgehammer39

08-26-2010, 06:32 AM

Not at all..

dmm26

08-26-2010, 06:41 AM

Not knocking the OP but why do people ask about cartridge razors here when it is obviously a traditional shaving forum?

Mr. Scruffy

08-26-2010, 06:45 AM

I was too devastated by the news of the Proglide shortage to respond to your post yesterday.

I'm feeling better now and think I can answer.

No.

americanarmsdealer

08-26-2010, 06:48 AM

:blink:Uhh...no.:001_smile

petr

08-26-2010, 07:04 AM

mskembo

08-26-2010, 07:07 AM

I have to believe that he posted this with the express intent of making people here go WTF? Either that or he is an imposter and has had his mind taken over by the body snatchers! :lol: :lol: :lol:

jwcarlson

08-26-2010, 07:09 AM

I hate to tell ya, but you're not going to get many people here who use a proglide.
get ready for a bunch more "no" answers.
In fact, here's one now. No

I got one for free from somewhere. Used it once. It was crap.

SUNA

08-26-2010, 07:30 AM

MOVIESTAR

08-26-2010, 07:33 AM

No!!

GDCarrington

08-26-2010, 07:38 AM

I am not affected by this situation.

Kcaps

08-26-2010, 07:50 AM

Nope, not me! I bought a bunch of fusion blades last year and did not get through the all before I started using DEs.

I can't knock you for trying the proglide, even though I never would. That is open minded and a fair way to compare with your Gillette brainwashed friends!

Good luck and if I were you, I wouldn't be in any rush to try it out. Maybe you could take a cheese grater to your face to toughen it up for the beating it will take for the proglide!:lol::lol:

Harvitz81

08-26-2010, 07:54 AM

Nope.

I was a bit alarmed though when I found out that Wade&Butcher had stopped making straight razors :blink:

:lol::lol::lol:

+1

Mr. Scruffy

08-26-2010, 07:55 AM

No, but sourcing those personna plat plus p's are getting to be a real challenge.

And fighting the urge to get a Feather SS for almost 2 bills is in fact keeping me up at night.

And ... there must be another soap ... somewhere ... in some exotic locale ... made with secret special ingredients ... that I HAVE NOT TRIED AND MUST.

Are you referring to the Red IP's? If so where did you find 400 to buy!?

I bought 200 from Bullgoose Shaving (http://www.bullgooseshaving.net/peplpof100.html) last week.

DamnFineBob

08-26-2010, 07:58 AM

A Fusion by any other name is still a cheese grater.:tongue_sm

mretzloff

08-26-2010, 07:59 AM

Patrik

08-26-2010, 08:04 AM

Are you referring to the Red IP's? If so where did you find 400 to buy!?

Wish I could tell you, but doing so would most likely put me on the receiving end of The Banhammer.:a7:

Jim

08-26-2010, 08:06 AM

I would rather use an *Filtered Vendor* (http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.php/Banned_Filtered_Vendor) razor or buy something from *Filtered Vendor* (http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.php/Banned_Filtered_Vendor) than a proglide.

mretzloff

08-26-2010, 08:07 AM

I smell a custom title coming.

mr. s

08-26-2010, 08:20 AM

YES, it hit me hard. I am not taking it well at all.

It is so hard because it makes me sad to think that there are so many people out there still shaving with butter knives. But then I thought, oh maybe they are not making those anymore and going out of business! We can start sending people door to door to preach the good word called DE.

Sooooo.......no.

mr. s

08-26-2010, 08:20 AM

maybe you could take a cheese grater to your face to toughen it up for the beating it will take for the proglide!:lol::lol:
hahaha

Topgumby

08-26-2010, 08:25 AM

I'm sorry, but Proglide just sounds like something you'd be asking for at an adult bookstore.

JJMontague

08-26-2010, 08:26 AM

Yes! Yes!

Wait... No.

proxymoron

08-26-2010, 08:41 AM

I got a freebie when they first launched. It really is as bad as it looks, so to answer your question: no.

luvmysuper

08-26-2010, 08:43 AM

In defense of the OP (who I hope is taking all of this in the good humor that it is intended) - We are all about traditional wet shaving.
Wet shaving means water, soap / cream and a brush.
Choice of razor is not so important, be it straight, shavette, DE, SE or even (gasp!) cart razors.
Though many here prefer the old school razors in their arsenal, nothing at all wrong with using a cart razor with a good soap or cream and a nice brush if it gives you good shaves!

Cheers!

taffy

08-26-2010, 09:05 AM

One problem i dont have to worry about:lol:

flabajaba2213

08-26-2010, 09:11 AM

I'm sorry, but Proglide just sounds like something you'd be asking for at an adult bookstore.

Is it bad that after reading your comment, a cheesy 70's synth beat popped into my head? :tongue_sm

SUNA

08-26-2010, 09:13 AM

Hey I like cartridge shaving. Viva Sensor Excel!!

aggieoutlaw

08-26-2010, 02:55 PM

So, is there a consensus among the group?

Apparently I am the only one in my boat! As for the questions regarding: "why ask about cartridge on a traditional wetshaving forum?"

Please realize my comment was mostly (>90%) tongue in cheek. I am not actually concerned with the absence of my Gillette Proglide. I just found it funny that Amazon has been backordered for nearly a month when there clearly is no shortage of this razor (hence the implicit irony of my comment).

That said, I have only been a DE shaver for 6 weeks after an 8 year wetshaving sabbatical due to cartridge induced discomfort. Still, I believe that this community should welcome wetshavers of all razors. DE shavers should not exclude our cartridge shaving brethren simply because they remove their whiskers in a manner that differs from what works their faces.

Your brother in blood,
B

Stubblefield

08-26-2010, 04:29 PM

I got one for free from somewhere. Used it once. It was crap.so in other words, no. :laugh:

Alacrity59

08-26-2010, 04:39 PM

Yes, it is awful. Was it not bad enough to have to drive by Humber college and see zitty faces .. . now they are unshaven zitty faces. ewwwww.

ouch

08-26-2010, 06:01 PM

No, but I'm bemoaning the demise of a few hundred straight razor producers.

mdevine

08-26-2010, 06:35 PM

I also got a free Proglide when they were first released. I still haven't brought myself to try it out. I think I will keep it in its original packaging. Hopefully, it will be worth something to my grandchildren when they go to sell it on whatever passes for ebay 50 years from now. I doubt those who bought a $5 President years ago thought they would be going for $300 down the road. On second thought, a NOS proglide may be laughed at in 50 years.

DougK

08-26-2010, 07:01 PM

Maybe Amazon should go to the Target store near my house; the shelves are overflowing with the dratted things. After my experiment with the Fusion, I have absolutely no desire to try the ProGlide; should I receive a free one by some unfortunate mischance, you're welcome to it.

GDCarrington

08-26-2010, 07:11 PM

I'm sorry, but Proglide just sounds like something you'd be asking for at an adult bookstore.

+100 :lol::lol::lol::lol:

inkcoffee

08-26-2010, 07:14 PM

+1

At my local Target, I saw a big ridiculous Proglide Fusion neon light display. They are very plentiful there, I would say they have a plethora of Proglides, hopefully it stays that way, as in it doesn't sell. I put in for one of those free ones and it is the epitome of crap. I will never shave with this thing. I think I'll just hold onto it and a guest could use it or something or maybe I'll use it to shave a beret...it'll probably clog though, just like the M3 does.

Stubblefield

08-26-2010, 07:29 PM

I'm sorry, but Proglide just sounds like something you'd be asking for at an adult bookstore.They have books? Who knew?! :laugh:

RF1963

08-26-2010, 07:38 PM

I hate to tell ya, but you're not going to get many people here who use a proglide.
get ready for a bunch more "no" answers.
In fact, here's one now. No

Ah what the hell

No

DunEdinRanger

08-26-2010, 08:07 PM

Welcome!

I have been a little dismayed at the Personna Red backorder crisis though.

Please please PLEASE tell me you're just being facetious. Otherwise I'm going to have to order at least another 400 to add to the 400 I bought a couple of weeks ago.

Me <------ facetious

He's not. You'd better stock up! :001_rolle

No, but I am a bit bummed by the Personna 74 shortage.

I concur wholeheartedly

I'm sorry, but Proglide just sounds like something you'd be asking for at an adult bookstore.

Oh? You're a "regular"?:lol::tongue_sm

htownmmm

08-26-2010, 08:15 PM

I have to believe that he posted this with the express intent of making people here go WTF? Either that or he is an imposter and has had his mind taken over by the body snatchers! :lol: :lol: :lol:

of course!

Maybe this is C Reed's brother.

But then he would never post again as the OP has done.

I would rather use an *Filtered Vendor* (http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.php/Banned_Filtered_Vendor) razor or buy something from *Filtered Vendor* (http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.php/Banned_Filtered_Vendor) than a proglide.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

marty

brianw

08-26-2010, 08:43 PM

I thought proglide was a new model electraglide....who knew

Topgumby

08-26-2010, 10:10 PM

Oh? You're a "regular"?:lol::tongue_sm

Only for the articles.

Is it bad that after reading your comment, a cheesy 70's synth beat popped into my head? :tongue_sm

I Have no idea what you're on about. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAUUHKRMkqc&feature=related)