The 80/20 Rule

Working in software development, I'm intimately aware of the 80/20 rule which states: "80% of your time will be spent tracking down the final 20% of the bugs".

I've found that this applies to me with shaving. A careful one pass shave will give me 80%, but I find as I approach what I consider 100%, am victim of the law of diminishing returns. That last 5% takes too much time and trouble for me to even worry about.

What about you?

I'm 100%, but it would probably be ~60% for most of you. My hair kinda just waves goodbye to my face when it sees a razor anywhere near it, so BBS isn't difficult.

I usually settle for 90 -95% most days but I go for 100% BBS about once or twice a week. Most days I'm in a rush to get out the door on time though.

CitizenDan said:

I usually settle for 90 -95% most days but I go for 100% BBS about once or twice a week. Most days I'm in a rush to get out the door on time though.

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+1, with the exception of being "in a rush"; I'm never in a rush.

I chose 95% but I don't really fit any group. I can get BBS anytime I want but I don't always make the final pass that would get me there. There are days when I don't shave at all just because I don't feel like it.

JBHoren said:

+1, with the exception of being "in a rush"; I'm never in a rush.

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I'm never in a rush. It's against my constitution to be so. I do drive fast though but that's just because I like the rush.

I don't care about a glass-smooth shave if it means taking off a couple layers of skin and risking irritation to get it. I use gentle blades like Merkurs and dorcks, get a military inspection-ready shave, and am satisfied with that. It ain't a baby's butt, after all, it is a man's face.

No matter how close I shave I'm still cursed with perma-stubble, so as long as my wife doesn't complain I don't either.

I go for about a 90% to 95%.

Completely agreed about the diminishing returns. Although I always go for 100%.

Most of the time it's 80% for me. BBS is achievable but undesirable in my opinion. The last 20% requires trade-offs that do not justify the end results.

I try to go for 100% BBS, with it I get a bonus 100% Burn. So I score 200%.

I go for about 90% everyday and then will go for a bit more on special work or personal days.

GF does not even feel my beard after the second pass. But I know it is there and after he 4th there is still a 5%that reminds me I will have to shave tomorrow And, if you look at me I have a 5 oclock shadow 5 min after I shaved. Homer Simpson sindrome someone called it once.

95% everyday. Diminishing returns for me isn't so much an issue of time, but of skin irritation.

For ages I was BBS everyday, but lately I've been incredibly busy with a new job and I've dropped down to a pass or too simply to look presentable for work. I'd love to have more time for a good shave.

TimmyBoston said:

For ages I was BBS everyday, but lately I've been incredibly busy with a new job and I've dropped down to a pass or too simply to look presentable for work. I'd love to have more time for a good shave.

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It's been oft' said..."it's the bad times that make the good times better".

It's that last half a per cent that keeps me coming back.

Cheers

Jeremy

95% everyday. Diminishing returns for me isn't so much an issue of time, but of skin irritation.

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Same here.

Normally I make only one pass & quite happy with it

80% works for me most days. I tend to ratchet up the effort on weekends and nights out, though.