Thread: Anyone sahved with a DE, gone back to cartirdge and forgot how bad they were?

Nope, you're not dreaming or crazy, that's very typical. What usually happens is this: after using a cartridge for X amount of years you try a DE and struggle for awhile until you get satisfactory shaves. Then the quality may seem to drop off and you go back to a cartridge for a shave or two and find that those shaves have REALLY dropped off. Sounds familiar? My theory is that the quality of shave from the DE didn't go down, it's just that your expectations have gone up. Makes sense?

I find that once you find a good razor/blade combo that DE's shave very consistently and closely and can still be fun to use, which is why I continue to use them.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Nope, you're not dreaming or crazy, that's very typical. What usually happens is this: after using a cartridge for X amount of years you try a DE and struggle for awhile until you get satisfactory shaves. Then the quality may seem to drop off and you go back to a cartridge for a shave or two and find that those shaves have REALLY dropped off. Sounds familiar? My theory is that the quality of shave from the DE didn't go down, it's just that your expectations have gone up. Makes sense?

I find that once you find a good razor/blade combo that DE's shave very consistently and closely and can still be fun to use, which is why I continue to use them.

Thanks for the reply. I wonder if its just a matter of getting used to the trac II again. the shaves DID feel better than this I'm thinking. I almost wonder if the DE made my beard more coarse, as I can kill a gillette Trac II blade in 4-5 shaves now!