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Originally Posted by MattyC
Hello CP Braintrust,
I have been thinking lately with the crazy cost of decent razors ($30-$40 for 4 or 5 heads is completely insane), that it might be worth it to drop some money on a good electric razor. Does anyone use one they would recommend? How closely does it shave and how long of hair is too long to use it (ie, would I have to be buzzing my face first before using the shaver?). I generally like the hand held razors, but the good ones are too expensive, the disposable ones are uncomfortable, and while I like the idea of the safety razor, I rarely leave myself enough time to shave witha normal razor, much less use a safety with any regularity.
What are the best options?
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This might be a bit rambly because I don't have a ton of time to write this out. Apologies in advance to the grammar/punctuation nazis.
Buy your replacement heads at Target in the US (if you go down to the States), as, even the expensive Philips ones are $15 less than at Walmart here.
Use your credit card and they will give you a coupon for $5 off the heads.
Go back the next day and do the same thing. Then, the next time you are in the US after that, hop into Target, use your same credit card for
any decent purchase, and they will magically give you a coupon for $5 off the heads. Go back and buy the heads. Rinse, repeat.
I don't go down all that often, so I have stocked two boxes of heads for my older, but high-end
Philishave with the Ultra-track heads, and they cost me about $27 each with the coupon. I love the razor, it's about 5 years old now, and I replace the heads every ten months. I don't find they last the full year, but that's on my face, and your experience may differ. The razor is rock solid quality, and worth the US$190 I paid for it back in the day. Took me about 2 weeks of using it to get over the burn of an electric though, I guess my skin had to Butch up or something.
Edit: I also get coupons for M&Ms via this process
