New Headblade Sport

[Mike_412]

Anybody get one of these yet?  If so, any opinions on it?  I stopped in my local Walgreens this afternoon to pick up some more Headslick and saw they had one of these left.  Naturally, I bought it and plan on trying it out tomorrow.  I'll report back, but am curious if anyone has given it a test run yet.

[buddha]

There's a new HB sport? Any difference between the new and the old? Pics?

[Mikekoz13]

There's a new HB sport? Any difference between the new and the old? Pics?

+1 on this. I plan on going to Walgreen's tomorrow for some HeadSlick so maybe I'll get to see it.

[-Doug-]

The current model, which we are all familiar with.


The new model. It features a rubberized finger ring and improved wheel design. Also, based on a comment in the video below, they've redesigned the blades too.




Here it is in action...
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/NfQXnpcFPtE&amp;hd=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/NfQXnpcFPtE&amp;hd=1</a>

[marcx]

hmmm--I have an s4 so I probably won't get this--but I am curious about the new blades...

[buddha]

Wow, the little wheels are trimmed in gold. This might require closer inspection!
JK, but I didn't really care for the Sport as much as the Classic/Ghost. I tend to sometimes try to rush through a shave a little anyway. The wheels made the outcome, for me, somewhat bloodier. I do like the rubberized finger ring, though.
I'm gonna wait and see what kind of reviews this thing gets in the Kingdom of Sly before I go out and corral my own.

[Mike_412]

I just shaved with it a short while ago.  Unsurprisingly, I loved it.  A couple of quick points.

- The best feature is the rubberized ring.  It's a tighter fit on my finger and gives you much more control imo.  Sometimes, the old headblade sport would slip so I had to be careful while shaving.  Also, my hands swell like crazy during the spring and summer so this is a great feature due to how easily it adjusts to the size of your finger.

- The wheels seem to be a bit tighter on the new sport.  My old one had much more play.  I could slide the wheels from side to side.  These had minimal play.  Other than that, I didn't really notice much difference with how it glided over my head.

I never had shaved before with the triple blade that comes with the headblade sport.  My original one I misplaced since I used a sensor excel when I 1st got it.  It was a good shave.  No irritation and I didn't really notice any difference from the sensor 3 which is what I have been using lately.  Definitely a good razor, but I can't comment on an earlier post about the razor being redesigned.

The biggest selling point is the rubberized ring imo.  I'd definitely recommend the new sport to anyone.

[xnewyawka]

Sounds good to me, like they've just improved on what was already a good product.
The best just got better. I'll be picking one up as soon as I can.   

[valldo]

The HB Sport is a great product, no doubt about that. However there is one thing that has bothered me, after about 6 months of use the wheels just kind of popped out. In fact they had quiet a lot of play.
If the wheels on the new blackened are tighter, well that should help solving that problem. So I would say, the number one selling point for me would be increased quality with the design of the wheels.
I bought a S4 a few months ago and am really worried about the wheels on that one too, other than that I can recommend the S4 100%, that's a true improvement in quality of shaving compared to the HB Sport

What about the new blades on the blackened Sport? Read something about that

Cheers

[cvasara]

Can we assume that the new HB will still accept the two blade 'Atra' and Atra knockoffs?
I Don't have any desire to use a triple blade in HB.

[buddha]

Can we assume that the new HB will still accept the two blade 'Atra' and Atra knockoffs?
I Don't have any desire to use a triple blade in HB.

Judging from the pics posted it looks like the new one will take either the yellow or black adapter so I would guess that blade selection is the same.

[-Doug-]

Can we assume that the new HB will still accept the two blade 'Atra' and Atra knockoffs?
I Don't have any desire to use a triple blade in HB.

It takes the same adapters a the previous models so you should be good. I use it with the Atra's and don't have any issues with it.

[Tyler]

The new Sport has improved wheels.  You can also contact HeadBlade and they will send you new wheels.

[-Doug-]

The new Sport has improved wheels.

Here's a video showing the difference...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZNVtR0zu6B8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/ZNVtR0zu6B8</a>

[valldo]

The new Sport has improved wheels.

Here's a video showing the difference...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZNVtR0zu6B8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/ZNVtR0zu6B8</a>

Thanks for the video, you can also view it on their website. It clearly demonstrates the improvement. I just contacted them telling about my wheels popping out of the yellow Sport and they said they would ship me a replacement kit, hope they do as I'm based in Europe. They also told me another interesting thing; for those of you who have the S4, the new improved wheels can't be fixed there as the holes in the steel model are too small