Picked one of these up last night after work and gave it a go. It's a really nice shaver and pretty economical. Gave me an irritation free BBS shave in two passes. WTG and ATG.
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I would be totally content shaving with a Trac II the rest of my life, but it's the excitement of new products that makes this hobby interesting.
I believe this razor to be a re-branded Schick Extreme 3. They are trying to remarket the same cartridge system under the W/S name (same company).
Long before there were Extreme 3 disposables, there was the system with the flexible cartridges.
I could be wrong, but I have always assoaited the Shick brand with pink ladie's leg razors. Not correct, I know, but if Shick paid for a survey of similarly ignorant consumers like myself, they probably would discover a re-branding might be in order. So have a trade mark with crossed swords on it and men will look at it.Actually I wonder if they are using the unheard of Wilkinson Sword name so as to not cause an association in the customer's mind that Schick = Wilkinson Sword.
We stayed at a hotel over Christmas (to be w/family), and there was a complimentary Hydro 5 in the room. What the heck, I decided to try it. Lathered up with a Palmolive shave stick and a Tweezerman brush. I must say, it gave a very good shave with little irritation - I was surprised.I have been using the Hydro 5 for more than 6 months and I've got to say it's the closest and consistently most comfortable shave I've ever had. Five stars all the way.
2) Every now and then, I caught a glimpse of a long, thread- or web-like strand of ... something ... floating in the air around me. They seemed to leave the cart when I did up-strokes. What the heck was that stuff?
Are these not supposed to be used with traditional soap/cream?