My thing was the cost of the blades. This really sucked. I went down to wally world and got me a Van Der Hagen DE. I also got some Gillette DE Blades and have not looked back. I really like the cost of the DE blades are so low and they can be recycled easily. It has also given me some of the best shaves I have got in a long time. My co-workers are all asking me about it and I am making converts to the OLD SCHOOL every day. I also like the shaving creams and getting samples to see what I like, big fan of CF, GFT, and TH. I am going to be putting in an order for my first STRAIGHT next week from SRD and it will be interesting to try that out.