I use Tabac shaving soap and it's WAY smoother than any canned goo I've used. Even my Mach3 can get BBS shaves with no pressure on the skin at all using Tabac soap. With the canned goo you need a lot of pressure which is horrible on the skin.

Quote Originally Posted by Stuggi View Post
The only reason I see for the canned crap is if you're using Mach3's or similar, then the sensitive gel is actually a lot easier to get a nice shave with. With real lather, you do need to pay attention to what you're doing since you don't have the same play as with the canned gel. Still, I wouldn't go back to gels without being forced.
Not true, I've used Mach3 with Tabac and the Tabac is vastly superior to the Mach3 Gel.