I have bought a fair variety of disposable razor blades over the years. One odd thing I found was that the rate of replacement was independent of how regularly I shaved, and depended entirely on the passage of time. If I shaved five times a week my razors lasted a week, if I shaved once a week I had to change the blade each shave. Somehow my beard did a fixed amount of damage to the blade per unit time.
A few weeks ago I had run out of blades and had a fiercely itchy face so I decided to just use one of Wendy's razors. I wasn't sure if there were actual differences between razors marketed to men and those marketed to women, but it certainly seemed like it would do the job. I am not so picky.
Strangely it did a far better job than any razors I have previously used. It was sharper, shaved more cleanly, and felt better than all previous versions. Not only that, but I used it multiple times and it lasted a full month rather than a single week.
It isn't a savings in terms of waste because the new razor has a handle attached to it so I need to toss the entire thing instead of just the head attachment but it lasts four times as long so that seems worthwhile. It is a savings in terms of money though because it is far cheaper to use pink razors marketed for women than the ones I have been using for years and years.
I wonder why this is. Is it that pink razors also have stronger steel, better components, or some other feature? Perhaps I just have a face uniquely suited to a razor mostly designed for legs and armpits rather than faces. Is my face like a leg moreso than it is like other men's faces?
My impression is that many things marketed to women cost more than those marketed to men even when quality and design is the same. There is a cost to having a pink box, as I understand it, purely for reasons of profit.
But my razor experience flies in the face of that. Pink razors marketed to women are by far superior to all my previous options both in quality and value and I don't know why. If anyone can enlighten me as to why this would be true, please do speak up. Are men's razors a scam? Is my face weird? Why is this a thing?
Your face is not like a leg, nor is it like an armpit.
ReplyDeleteThat is all the input of value that I have to offer.
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-The Flautist
Funny, I had come here purely to say that face-like-an-armpit was the most likely explanation.
DeleteMaybe Wendy bought a quality brand razor and you've been buying bargain ones.
ReplyDeleteI use brand blades that lasts for many months at a time; at least I keep using them for months after they are worn out.
ReplyDeleteI kind of assume that blades should last longer, but my face destroys the sharpness so quickly that I just end up ripping myself to shreds if I keep using a blade for more than a week. It becomes dull and useless. I don't know why!
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