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• razor blade life span? by Dtopford on 04 Apr, 2007 17:37
• Hey guys how long do your blades last? I shaving about every 2 days and it seems like each time I keep having more and more little stubbles. Is this due to my blade getting dull?
• #1 by PBurke on 04 Apr, 2007 17:41
• i usually shave until the little blue stripe(mach 3) or the white pad(generic atra on HB sport) is messed up. 3-4 shaves sometimes it varies.
• #2 by Tyler on 04 Apr, 2007 17:52
• I find that my second shave with a blade is usually better than my first.  I get about 1 week or 6 to 7 shaves per blade.
• #3 by PigPen on 04 Apr, 2007 17:57
• I'm about the same ballpark as you T
• #4 by Dtopford on 04 Apr, 2007 18:04
• Yea I am thinking it's time for a fresh blade
  
• #5 by Medic aka Rocko on 04 Apr, 2007 18:07
• Quote from: Tyler on 04 Apr, 2007 17:52

  I find that my second shave with a blade is usually better than my first.  I get about 1 week or 6 to 7 shaves per blade.
  

  
  Same here.  Occasionally I lose track of how long I've had one on, so I sometimes toss it early, sometimes late.
  
  When I used generics on my Headblade, I would change them every three days (3 shaves).
  
  
• #6 by MR. CLEAN on 04 Apr, 2007 19:56
• Quote from: Tyler on 04 Apr, 2007 17:52

  I find that my second shave with a blade is usually better than my first.  I get about 1 week or 6 to 7 shaves per blade.
  

  
  I differ only in that the first shave is always the closest, smoothest shave.  But otherwise, Ya, with the HeadBlade Trips I run em' till either the shave starts getting narlier, or untill the moisture strip (Green/white Strip) gets Narly. About 6-7 Shaves out of a Blade.  4-5 if not using HeadSlick or HeadShed, since using those the blade lifespan has gone up drasticly.
• #7 by Cam on 04 Apr, 2007 20:15
• Yeah, same for me. I use the Sensor Excel blades and I run them about a week or 6-7 shaves, whichever comes first.
• #8 by blondeguy on 05 Apr, 2007 00:24
• I've been able to go up to two weeks because my hair is soft.  I start having to go over spots a few times, though.  I aim for a week.
• #9 by jusbnme on 05 Apr, 2007 01:58
• Pretty much what everyone else has said.  I can usually squeeze a week out of my blades.  I'm using the HeadBlade with either the Atra blades, or generics.  That's another reason I have come to love the HeadBlade even more since I have given it another try is because of the life of the blades.  Before I tried it out again a few weeks ago I had gone back to my old Mach 3.  I noticed that I was only able to get about 2 good shaves out of the cartridges.  Maybe 3 if I was lucky.  That would have gotten very expensive.  That's why after re-evaluating the expenses of the HB every month compared with a regular razor it's actually not bad at all as I thought before.  The only thing I would ever need to order on line now is maybe a new adaptor.  Everything else for the HeadBlade line I can get from my local store except for the HeadShed.  But I use a different exfoliator to sub for that. 
• #10 by BaldRob on 05 Apr, 2007 21:28
• I typically shave every other day and change the blades on Friday (gotta be extra smooth for the weekends!)  Even if I have to shave every day during the week, I still change the blades on Friday.  I do notice that near the end of the week, the stubble does come in pretty quick though...
• #11 by schro on 05 Apr, 2007 21:32
• I've been SLY since New Year's. Wait, I'm supposed to change razor blades? 
• #12 by Beer Barron on 06 Apr, 2007 03:20
• I'm an everyday shaver and typically pop a new blade on every Monday.  I'd say on average I go through one blade per week.
• #13 by Paul on 06 Apr, 2007 05:55
• I shave every day with the HeadBlade trips and generally get 6-7 days per blade. 
• #14 by schro on 06 Apr, 2007 06:21
• I've actually got pretty fine hair follicles, so I can usually get about 10 shaves out of each generic Atra blade I put on my HeadBlade.
  
  Schro