 After a year of testing multiple men's shaving blades, the results are no surprise. Hey there, njroot22.com here with a men's shaving blade vlog slash review slash let's cut to the chase and there's nothing to analyze here. Do the blades work and are they affordable? The affordable thing is what got me into this experiment about a year ago just to set the standard here. We don't shave every day like a lot of guys do like just when they have a little bit of stubble and they have a perfect clean shave every day. So this test here and these results may not apply to you. I shave about 100 times a year maybe 110 times a year. I shave maybe twice a week on average and for the last god knows many decades I've been using the whatever the latest Gillette blade was the fusion fusion five and there's so many different fusion power fusion there's all these extra bells and whistles and price points that come along with it and you know obviously there's a power version which I like and I'll explain at the end of the video why the power version is good but it's not for the reason you think. So about a year ago I bought this Bicflex 5 pivot or whatever the heck it's called. I got it at like TJ Maxx at the checkout line you know they get you. It's five blades with a shaving trimmer attachment which I never use so I don't pay for but anyway it was like five bucks for four blades I gave it a shot and the first shave I had was phenomenal it was probably the best shave I had had I can recall in the last 10 or 20 years and I'm like wow I think I found a new shaver. Second shave was okay I don't remember it being as good as the first but then the third shave on this Bicflex 5 I cut my face to pieces I'm like what the f it didn't laugh it was two good shaves before I had to I wouldn't touch the blade again and I'm I just had two good shaves with this blade and I'm almost afraid to try it the third time after what happened when I got my face shredded to pieces so that led me to be curious about all these other blades they had and some of the other brands I've tried just so you know there's the off-brand five blade razors that either Walmart sells or Shoprite or any of these house brands they're all made in China they probably tried to reverse engineer the Gillette blades and they they were okay but then after just a couple shaves again they the first shave is always good but they go quickly downhill and and I don't get a very good shave it doesn't grow in as nice for some reason you could tell the difference it doesn't grow in as nice so I can't I can't really use those anymore so I figured I would try some of these L super duper cheapo Bic make something that has three blades that was okay and it you know you could tell at the second shave it was no good and I even bought this top care really L cheapo blade it disposable completely disposable I have no idea and I even the first shave on this one was a little bit rough but I got a smooth shave but and again it your hair just doesn't grow back your facial hair doesn't grow back as nice so and that's the difference between and here's another one real quick this is a Gillette Mach 3 or something it's a Gillette 3 blade fully disposable you use it a couple times and toss it out and this was okay this this shaved my face okay but the conclusion I have really is Gillette is is the absolute best brand you can buy and I really don't see any difference between the the fusion five blades there's power there's lou comfort strip I can't even remember all the brands I'll throw some graphics up here to show you that there's so many different brands and they have a new one now I believe it's relatively new it's called the Gillette 5 doesn't have any fancy bells and whistles it doesn't have a trimmer on it it's just five blades and this thing works what works best about the Gillette blades and oh and another reason I wanted to find blades was because the Gillette prices keep going up and up but they're getting to be like 40 bucks for or 50 bucks for an eight pack at some regular stores so and that that's getting up there in price but the benefit of having Gillette blades is they last a long time I can get at least a month's worth of shaves out of one Gillette blade and what's good about it is and I usually wear by change the blade when that lubra strip wears out that's sort of an indicator that it's time to change the blade but as the blade gets you know worn out I don't get cut with the Gillette 5 blade options I never get cut you can just tell the shave isn't as good it takes a little longer to shave you have to go over some spots two or three times to get a nice smooth shave but I even if the blade is really getting old and really at its last legs I never get cut with a Gillette blade for some reason the way it wears out it doesn't get jagged edges or it's just you just know that the shaving isn't as good and it's time to replace the blade whereas these other ones it's like roulette you know this even though this Gillette I'm sorry BIC flex 5 was only used twice it ripped my face to shreds and so the fact that I had to throw it out after two shaves in these whatever Walmart brand and only last two or three shaves before it's just a bad shave it tells you something that your cost per shave is actually probably better on the Gillettes and I've tried dollar shave club that just wasn't a good shave from the get go I don't know what the hype is they just use psychological conditioning and I've heard from other people that like Kirkland makes a good shave but I'm willing to to guess that after a couple shaves it's not going to be good whereas the Gillette holds its stamina for a long time so I don't recommend any other brands if you're going to be on vacation you just want to have a throwaway razor you don't feel like losing the handle I guess the Gillette three blade ones are fine or if you could find the BIC flex 5 at a discount store it is pretty cheap and it has a nice handle and that's one last thing that I guess differentiates a lot of these shavers for most people is the handle you want a good balance because you know having a good balance tool is plays a role in how good you shave if you have a rickety flimsy thing you may end up not holding it right and you can cut yourself just because you don't have a good grip on the razor so that's it I'm sticking with Gillette I may have to buy in bulk or or find a discount sale or coupons or you know on amazon they have these and I think they might be knockoffs but they're hard to tell that they're knockoffs you can often get them in plain brown packaging and they're and they're pretty good I usually have to buy you know I think it came out to about eight razors a year so and that's a little more than a month I get per blade but that's it Gillette is our winner still and until something changes we're not we're not going to fuss around with these cheaper versions of shavers you want to like I said when I bring one on vacation throw it out you know I really still like the first shave on this big I have two new blades left and if you ever want a nice shave it's great the first one but that's it thanks and have a good week