Personna Barbers

**Ski-Patroller** · 06-07-2012, 12:18 PM

With all the Hype about Personna Med Preps and Labs, I decided to try some of them and also some Personna Barbers. Wow what a difference.

The Med Preps seemed to be close to an S.I. which means very good, almost as good as a Feather.

The Barbers were one of the few blades I have taken out after less than one pass. Before I took it (the Barber) out, I picked up another razor with an S.I. in it, just to make sure my prep was not to blame. After that the Barber went in the bin. I could probably get a better shave from my Kershaw Leek. I can't believe the same company is responsible for both the Med Preps and Barbers.

Incidentally I think I agree that the Med Preps and the Labs are essentially the same. If I ever run out of Feathers or S.Is. I know that the Med Preps/Labs will work. The Barbers were worse than the counterfeit S.I.s I bought last year.

**5savages** · 06-07-2012, 12:58 PM

The Personna Barber blade is one of the few blades I've not seen on ANYONE'S list of favorite blades. That and the 7 A.M. are the only two I can think of.

**Ski-Patroller** · 06-07-2012, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by 5savages

The Personna Barber blade is one of the few blades I've not seen on ANYONE'S list of favorite blades. That and the 7 A.M. are the only two I can think of.

I think they must be on the "Other List"

**kaiseris** · 06-08-2012, 12:27 AM

Are these Barber or Lab blades then? I added 10 when ordering Injector and SE blades.

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Always thought that Lab and Barber blades are same thing

**5savages** · 06-08-2012, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by jdjones

Those look like Labs. The Barbers I have seen have a couple of arrows on them, and the Meds say "For Hospital Use" on the blade.

Yep. And the Barbers come in a plain white wrapper.

**lungho** · 06-09-2012, 03:18 PM

I have the Med Preps, Labs, and Barbers. IMHO, the Barbers don't even come close to the Med Preps or Labs. Thankfully I didn't waste any money on them. They came free with a bulk order I placed sometime last year.

**rxonmymind** · 06-09-2012, 06:06 PM

The barbers took a bite in the bin too. Ouch. A bottle cap would have the same result. The lab blue on the other hand are one of my favorite.

**eizan70** · 06-16-2012, 07:30 AM

Great thread timing. I just received samples of 10 each med prep, lab and barber. Yes, the barbers come in plain white wrapper, so those would be the labs.