2 vs 3 blade disposables

[magoo]

Hello all..I am a newbie to this site and glad to have found this site!

I just had a question regarding disposable Razors...while browsing through Wal-Mart this evening I noticed that all the 3 blade disposable razors where on the easy access middle shelf, all the 2 blade disposables and BIC single blades where on the bottom...anyone out there besides me think a day will come when only 3 or more razors will be the "norm"???

[IsaacRN]

First off......WELCOME

Yeah.i think 3 or more will be the norm pretty soon. Nothing wrong with 1 or 2 blades.....just the current "it thing" is 3 or more blades. Just makes it cheaper for those of us in the know :)

[sparky5693]

Yup, I think the disposables will always follow the route of the cartridge razors, just slower.

[magoo]

Ouch! the thought of 3 is too much for me!:mad:

[Michael]

Welcome to The Shave Den, Magoo! Glad to have you with us!!

As for your question, who knows? If Gillette can convince people that 27 blades will give them a better shave than 2, 3 or 5, then that's what you'll likely find at Walmart.

[JayKay]

I thought that 3 blade cartridge razors were the norm at this point? Hell, I figured most people were using one of those 5 blade contraptions.

[Queen of Blades]

Disposables are whole razors you throw away, not just the cartridge section. :)

Yeah, I think the multi-blades will become the norm even in disposable razors.

[netsurfr]

From the manufacturer's point of view, once the assembly line is tooled for production, the cost for producing a single blade versus a triple blade razor is nothing. For that matter, the cost of producing a three blade versus a 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 blade razor is nothing. Can you imagine a 7 blade or 9 blade razor? Will there be any limits to the hype that can be marketed to the masses?

[redorchestra]

I still get a kick out of that Onion article that came out a few years ago. They quoted the Gillette CEO as saying, "Here's the report from Engineering. Someone put it in the bathroom: I want to wipe my ass with it. They don't tell me what to invent—I tell them. And I'm telling them to stick two more blades in there. I don't care how. Make the blades so thin they're invisible. Put some on the handle. I don't care if they have to cram the fifth blade in perpendicular to the other four, just do it! " I laughed out load when I read it. but don't take my word for it.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930

[IsaacRN]

Ok Red.......

Im stealing that and putting it in the Dirty Jokes section

I LOVE ME SOME ONION

[magic]

Its all marketing & profits. The 3 blades + make alot more money then the 1 or 2 blade disposables.

[Kapp EO]

If I have to use a disposable, I like Schick's Extreme III all right (despite its "trying a little too hard to appeal to 18-year-olds" moniker).

[The Chebb]

Welcome to the mix magoo.
Whatever's hot sits at eye level...everything else above and below out of sight, out of reach, out of mind.

[oldfat1]

Use the Bic "Metal". One blade.