Amazon Basics Twin Blade Pivoting Disposable Razors with Rubber Grip, 32 Count, 1-Pack (Previously Solimo)

Why they are TERRIFIC
I long ago determined that razors with three, four or five blades were an overpriced waste of money. They worked no better on my beard than a two-blade model.So for years I have been using Gillette Sensor2 razors, which worked fine and were relatively inexpensive.Then, suddenly a year or so ago, the Sensor2’s design changed. No longer did the head pivot — it was fixed. In addition, something was different about the placement of the blades — it became more difficult for me to shave my upper lip.They were awful!Then I noticed Amazon Basics’ twin-blade model DID pivot to follow the face. What’s more, they cost a fraction of what the Gillette Sensor2s do: 20 cents each (in a bag of 32) as opposed to 83 cents each (in a bag of 18)!Wow!But are Amazon’s any good? They are, in fact, terrific!The shave is much better than Gillette’s. The razor handles my upper lip perfectly. And each razor lasts for at least seven shaves, maybe more (still working on my first after a week).And they are incredibly affordable.What I can’t understand is why Gillette offers so much worse performance for so much more money.

Changed my life!
These razors have changed my life. Back when I was happy, healthy and alive I used Schick Slim Twin ST 2 razors. One fateful day I thought I’d save a little money and try these Amazon Basics. That turns out to have been a terrible mistake but I was determined to see it through as I didn’t want to just waste so much plastic. At first it just seemed that it wasn’t as nice a razor as my old standby. The blades just seemed to catch on my whiskers and pull rather than cut through them requiring me to go back over the same spots repeatedly. Then came the surprise of the SLIME! You could use this stuff in a sci-fi horror film! The lube strip on these puts out such a prodigious amount of slippery yet sticky slime that it became impossible to either see what I was doing or to rinse the blade off. I don’t have particularly tough whiskers but I have to use two razors to get through a single shave and the blades do nothing to help lift the hairs up. Instead the slime makes the cutting edges just glide over everything, whiskers included. As such I found myself pressing harder and going over the same areas in multiple directions to get a close enough shave. Anyone that has been shaving for a while knows that is a great way to get an ingrown hair. It took a little while for that to happen to me though. First I was just skipping shaving every day and when I did it wasn’t a thorough job so I often looked and felt a little rough. My beautiful wife has sensitive skin so she started pulling away and not kissing me as much. This made me unhappy and I would show up to work in a bad mood. My co workers and customers ended up bearing the brunt of that so on top of looking disheveled I had also become a curmudgeon. This was noted on my performance review and I was passed over for promotion. My mood became even more unbearable which further put strain on my relations with my now distant wife. In the end I got fired, my wife left me and then in attempt to try to pull myself back together I put greater effort into shaving more, still using these confounded razors. That is when the ingrown whisker happened. This sucker was big and deep and I took out all my frustrations of my now tattered life on trying to extricate it. I would squeeze, poke and dig at it until….it got infected. Then sepsis set in and I died an agonizing horrible death, unemployed and lonely on a cold bathroom floor covered in razor slime. Don’t let this happen to you. Get a good razor for a few dollars more and live a long and healthy, happy life.

Usable, but not high quality
With other cheap razors from Gillette or Shick, I can shave several times with a nice clean cut (sharp blade). These barely get through 1 shave and are pretty dull when using a 2nd time. BTW, I’m a cheapskate.