Is the cost of razor blades making your eyes water?!

[JordanOfGilead]

I use bic disposable 2-blade razors. Shave on Wednesdays and Sundays. Use the same razor for probably 3-6 months before it gets clogged up/dull to the point where it's not cutting effectively. toss it and grab another one. I buy new razors about as often as I buy shaving cream (maybe once every two years or so).

[cnash1303]

I disagree, I buy Gillette.  They are about $50 for 16 blades at Costco.  They last me about 12 weeks a blade(I have daily, and have very course facial hair)  so 3.6 years per pack at $50 or $1 a month... not worth worrying about

I am fascinated by this.  I am a non-hairy woman (straight fair fine hair) and if I don't change my blade after, say, four uses, it starts ripping off my skin.  My coarse-haired husband can use his for months, to the point it doesn't even look like a blade.  I don't understand.

Maybe the difference isn't in amount of hair, but sensitivity of skin.  My skin bleeds/sunburns/chafes if you look at it in the wrong way.

You need to dry your razor off after using it. There is a pretty famous radio show host named Clark Howard who talks about using the same $1 disposable razor for a year and all he did was wipe it dry after he used it. The dryness of your razor is the most important part of keeping it sharp. Dry it with a towel (if you are a real bad-a you can dip it in alcohol) after you are done and don't keep it in the shower or out in the bathroom where the steam can get on it.

[zelavie]

BLADE BUDDY! Get yourselves a Blade Buddy. Right. Now.

For about $15 this rubber contraption allows you to continually sharpen your disposable blades. It takes about twenty seconds before each shave, right there in the shower, and it makes my blades last a month or longer (for my legs) and my husband gets about two months out of each blade for his face. This year I gave everyone Blade Buddies for Christmas too.

You can't save blades that are already dull, but if you use it regularly starting with a new blade, it extends the life of your blade four- or eight-fold.

Seriously, best $15 I spent last year. I used to go through a blade a week, but I haven't bought a new box of blades in over eight months. You can find them on Amazon.

Ooh - thanks!  I had no idea something like this existed.  Definitely going on my next Amazon order.