I received a free Shick three-bladed razor in the mail as one of their promotions, so I thought I'd do a product review for y'all.

Basically, it's a 'don't buy'. On the plus side, it's very light and produced no nicks, cuts or razor burn.

On the minus side, the blades cost four or more times what I'm paying for TracII blades, AND I had to keep going over and over (and over and over...) the same areas, and some areas never did have all of the hair removed. It probably took twice as long to shave as it normally does. Also, it was much trickier to clean the hair out from between the blades than on a TracII, with increased wear and tear on my blade brush (an old tooth brush). Speaking of increased wear and tear, since I had to go over the same areas twice as often, I'm guessing that I'd run through the blades twice as fast, which would put me up closer to ten times the cost of my usual blades, but until I've worn the sample out, that's just a guess.

Summary: It's good to try something new (especially if it's also free) once in awhile, but just as I took advantage of the money-back guarantee on the Norelco electric I received for Christmas a decade ago, the Shick three-blade isn't even close to convincing me to give up my 30 year old TracII. :goldcup: