To our credit we haven't bought everything but enough that folks who visit have remarked on it, like the Table-Mate IIs we have constantly out in the living room. Or the Magic Bullet that we use practically everyday. When I read between the lines of some comments, I hear, I was curious about that product, but I didn't want to be one the suckers who actually bought it.
So I thought, for the benefit of the curious, that I'd try to deliver some reviews of stuff we've bought. As seen on TV!
To kick it off, our most recent purchase: Save-A-Blade.
I didn't realize how much razor blade refills cost until I had to buy them so regularly for Paul (I actually don't use razors myself as I prefer the masochistic options: threading, tweezing, epilating, and occasionally waxing). Anyhoo, it's been eye-opening that these refills cost about (or over!) a dollar each. If it's a brand name refill, Paul says he can get 2 shaves out of 1 refill. Cha-ching! So when I saw the ad for Save-A-Blade, it totally got my attention. At $20, it wouldn't take long for it to make back its money so we tried it out.
The good news is that Paul was pleased that he was able to use a twin blade refill 12 times before he felt it wasn't staying sharp for the amount of time he was running it in the Save-A-Blade. The caveat is they claim you need to start with a new blade and maintain its sharpness rather than try to revive old, dull ones. Paul admits that he was a bit tentative and didn't run the Save-A-Blade as long as he should have in the beginning, but now he feels more comfortable letting it run for a solid 5 seconds as recommended. He does it right after shaving while it's rinsed clean and still wet (as prescribed by the instructions) and I can hear the loud whizzing as he runs the Save-A-Blade on it. Paul also noticed you have to run the Save-A-Blade longer as you try to squeeze more uses out of a refill so he thought 12 was a good point to start with a new refill (got enough re-uses balanced against extra time it was requiring in the Save-A-Blade). He's going to try it next on a refill that has about 5 blades. I'll update if he gets more shaves with this refill, but if we can continue getting 12 shaves per refill, you can color me pleased.
So overall, I give this product a thumbs up. I don't know if one can actually get the "200 shaves from one" refill as promised by the ad, but at the rate we're going, the Save-A-Blade will be earning its keep.
3 comments:
TWO SHAVES??? TWO SHAVES????
I’d think I was the King of Siam if I used my blades only twice!!
Granted, I’m Irish (so that probably helps)-but I don’t want to even mention how long it takes me to get rid of a blade (but it’s MORE THAN TWICE!!).
PB
Ps-Wanted to apologies for the “King of Siam” reference, but I felt it necessary.
When I was a kid watching tv with my dad a question on Hollywood Squares came up:
“What’s the minimal amount of underwear a man can survive on?”-the answer was 15. At that point my dad started yelling at the tv
“15!! 15!! If I owned 15 pairs of underwear I’d think I was the King of Siam!”
I knew that line would come in handy one day…and today is that day! THANKS!
that is surprisingly high compared with the 1,627-something shaves i demand from mine...btw, how many houses do you own?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpmFd25tRqo
Granted, I have wimpy facial hair, but I get at least 15 shaves out of my cartridges.
Mine, btw, are the wacky five-bladed kind. Good stuff. But not this five-bladed kind:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930
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