Comfort during and after use: This means that the razor feels good on your face—it glides well, cutting without pulling or tugging. Gillette’s Sensor3 Comfort does that thanks to 3 chromium-coated, skin sensing blades and a pivot head that adjusts to the contours of your face.

Fusion handles differ by how they pivot, bend, and vibrate; there’s also a bulky Fusion handle that adds a beard and stubble grooming attachment. The Made For You’s head is less flexible compared with the Fusion5’s, which makes for a stiffer, less comfortable shaving experience. Today’s Schick Hydro 5 comes in three iterations, with different formulations for the lubricating strip. Whether it’s finding great products or discovering helpful advice, we’ll help you get it right (the first time).The gently rounded silhouette of PURIST handles, harmoniously picks up the curve of the grain, while the chrome-plated base and the wider collar provide a fitting counterpoint. He’s tried and loved shaving with everything from straight razors and old-school double edges to disposables and electric razors. While being made into handles the wood is coated with high-grade resin, making it water-resistant and hard-wearing.

That said, one tester didn’t like the Mach3’s handle, saying that he felt it put the blade at an “unnatural angle.

Skin guards to protect your skin get the beard hair just right, while the lubrication strip reduces irritation of the skin. The biggest downside most of our testers reported was that it took longer to get a close shave with three blades than with Fusion’s five. The best invention in shaving in the past 60 years was the pivoting head, but it was wasted on plastic razors. Speaking of skin, there is no time like the present to enhance your skincare routine with cleansers and toners. Mach3 razor blades are connected to a spring base, allowing them to intuitively respond to surface variations by moving up and down.

If you've ever tried shaving with a standard safety razor, but stopped because you hated it or got nicked / cut too many times. We asked each tester to name their favorite razors, identify a clear favorite (if they had one), and single out anything they truly found heinous. This kind of close shave is optimal for many men, but for others can contribute to skin irritation or a propensity for ingrown hairs. Lube Strip Ingredients: Polyethyleneglycol (PEG-150), Poly(styrene), Hydrogenated Styrene / Butylene Copolymer, Stearic Acid, Carboxymethyl, Celllulose, Calcium carbonate, Calcium stearate, Glycerine, Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Aloe Vera Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Glyceryl Monostearate, Hydrogenated Jojoba oil, BHT, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Pigment Red 254, Carbon Black, Ethylenebis(stearamide).It's the ultimate grooming essential for busy individuals who want to look their best without spending hours. Since you load each of the blades individually, you can tinker with the shave of the razor to your heart’s content. This design consists of a gel-like series of bands around the handles that, in theory, are supposed to give the user a firmer hold on the razor—whereas we found the opposite. Make the switch to Leaf and refill your razor with stainless steel blades (no plastic-housing needed!

These hefty, steel cutting tools and their ultrasharp, economical blades have a welcome learning curve and sit at the center of a shaving culture that turns the experience into something beyond a quick removal of facial hair. But for the majority of the complaints, the issue was that the five densely packed blades had to be rinsed more frequently. Like other Gillette razor blades, all shaving razor blades on offer within the Gillette Mach3 range can be recycled. The particularly beautiful wood of the masur birch comes from trees in the tree-line regions of the far north of Germany. Years ago I used the Gillette GII and thought this was the best ever then they stopped making the blades and failed to find another one to take it's place however, after 15 years of using an electric razor I decided to try the Gillette GIII and was immediately impressed, the blade lasted me for 15 clean shaves and probably could have exceeded 20 shaves and I have very hard facial hair.

After all those months of shaving, our pick is the same as it’s been for the past seven years: The Gillette Mach3 continues to provide the best balance of speed, smoothness, and safety. For more information on shaving, please watch our short videos or read our guide to getting a great shave.