The old Mach 3 is always there for me in a pinch. I find that, contrary to almost every other poster in the thread, since I have learned to make ueberlather from quality shaving creams and apply it with a decent badger brush, the Mach 3 shave is now better than it ever was. BBS is not a problem. It disappoints only because it puts me back in the disposable world of the MacShave.