Drugstore Platinum Chrome Injector Blades

[knlgskr]

I purchased these blades from both Rite Aid & Long's(purchased by CVS) and neither would go into either a Schick E or long-handle without a lot of effort and the resulting shave was the worst in recent memory.

Is it me, the blade, the razor, the injector system? I never experienced any problems in the past with Schick and PAL injector blade systems. I saw Schick blades @ 7 for $6.99 @ Walgreens. Any better? The Rite Aid & Long's blades were 15 for $6.99 @ Rite Aid & 11 for $4.99 @ Long's. If this was typical, they are not cheap at any price. I purchased them because they were all I could find at the time.

Richard

[mmack66]

It can be a struggle to get all the parts lined up for a smooth blade deployment. It is usually the cheap cartridges the blades come in these days. The Schick blades (made in China) are good blades.

[Shave Cat]

It is the injector cartridge ASR uses for their blades. It's a crap shoot. Sometimes you'll get one that works properly, other times... Twisting the cartridge one way or the other while loading sometimes helps. I've never had a problem loading from a Schick brand cartridge.

-Clarke