Gillette Proglide Commercial

I'm surfing this site and watching the MSU - St Louis game and a Gillette Proglide commercial came on that made me laugh a bit ironically...

The premise I thought interesting. A man tries to see how long he can last on one cartridge which I thought was a bit anti-Gillette. Maybe it's a nod to the economic times and how expensive the products now are as they advertised he went 5 weeks.

I'm sure most on here used carts at one point... How long would you go on a cart? I'd commonly go 5 weeks, but that was due to sporadic shaving, being cheap and trying to avoid shaving as much as possible.

A Gillette Fusion Proglide cartridge last me around 5 shaves...If I use it to shave my head,around 3...

(03-18-2012, 12:26 PM)Brent Wrote: I'm surfing this site and watching the MSU - St Louis game and a Gillette Proglide commercial came on that made me laugh a bit ironically...

The premise I thought interesting. A man tries to see how long he can last on one cartridge which I thought was a bit anti-Gillette. Maybe it's a nod to the economic times and how expensive the products now are as they advertised he went 5 weeks.

I'm sure most on here used carts at one point... How long would you go on a cart? I'd commonly go 5 weeks, but that was due to sporadic shaving, being cheap and trying to avoid shaving as much as possible.

Me too Brent, and I'm in Columbus as well.

Ha! And both of us were not smart enough to get tickets!

(03-18-2012, 12:49 PM)Brent Wrote: Ha! And both of us were not smart enough to get tickets!

There's a popular radio show host in Atlanta that made a disposable last an entire year, and I tried his method and made a bump fighter cart last 3 months before I got bored with it. The key is to make sure you dry the blades well.

My straight razor should last at least a century though, so that wins the contest.

To answer the question, I never got past the 2 blade cart. I'd shave in the shower daily and it would last no more than a couple of weeks. And it really was never that great.

In full disclosure, I never did know how often the 'wifey unit' used my razor.

I still don't.

I could get 5 shaves out of my Fusion cartridges.

I could use a cart for maybe a few weeks, then again, I didn't shave everyday back then.

My carts would be good for 6-8 shaves. Depending on how disillusioned I was feeling about shaving, that might be as much as 2 months.

Use them just for the neck and it will last for 6 months (final pass)

Use them just for the neck and it will last for 6 months (final pass)

IMHO - the cartridge fills in where technique is lacking. For me trying this new/old style of shaving, DE...reminded me that even a chore so mundane as shaving could be made interesting

About 3 weeks, 7 or 8 shaves out of an M3 or Quattro Titanium. But that was a long time ago...