Razors: Reviews

The Gillette Mach3 is ten years old (it hit the market in 1998), and it has "only" three blades, compared to four for the Schick Quattro and five for the Gillette Fusion. Even so, the overwhelming majority of reviewers… who have compared all three of these razors express a marked preference for the Mach3, saying its three blades provide a sufficiently close shave for the price. Some sources do note that the Gillette Fusion (below) gives a slightly closer shave, but not close enough to justify this five-blade razor's higher price for replacement blades.

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Most reviewers who directly compare the Fusion with the Mach3 (above) express a preference for Gillette's three-blade warhorse. Still, we did find some reviewers who claim that the close shave provided by the five-blade… Gillette Fusion is indeed worth the price, and reviewers also agree that the Gillette Fusion is a better value than the four-blade Schick Quattro. The Fusion razor itself isn't that much more expensive than the Mach3; however, the replacement cartridges for the Fusion cost $3 or more each, compared to $2 or so for the Mach3.

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