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INTRODUCTION
This is another chapter in my razor experimentation whilst being abroad and not having my usual razor available in the shops. This time, we look at the Bic Comfort 3 Pivot Sensitive. Bic is a brand I vaguely remember using in my adolesece, and my abiduing memory is blue razors that kept on nicking me. No wonder I haven't used them since.
THE RAZOR
The green Bic Comfort 3 Pivot Sensitive is not unlike the blue Gillette Blue II in appearance. The non sensitive version is in fact blue. The arm is actually better, as it has a slight concave curvature that makes it easier to hold and position against your face, and they both have soft plastic ridges on the arm to aid grip. But whereas the Blue II has 2 blades, the Comfort 3 has, unsurprisingly, 3. This is supposed to give you a closer shave.
THE SHAVE
I used this with Gillette Gel Sensitive Skin as the lubricating agent for my face, as on previous razor reviews.
The first shave is usually OK, quite smooth with not too much effort required, although it's quite usual to get a couple of nicks. The problem with nicks gets slightly worse as the usage continues. For a lazy sod like me, who shaves only a few times and week and ends up with lots of tough stubble, the performance goes downhill from there, with lots of hairs getting stuck between the 3 blades. Usually with multiple blades you can in some way eke these hairs out with perhaps the plastic protection cover of the razor, but this doesn't seem to work in this case, and much rinsing under the tap ensues, usually to not much effect. Both have pivoting heads which helps keep a contour on the face.
The blade itself seems to be quite strong and goes blunt after 7 or so shaves. In fact the limiting factor of repeated usage seems to be hair clogging between the two blades, which makes you have to push harder and results in more nicks.
The Aloe and Vitamin E lubrastrip isn't too bad. It doesn't disintegrate into little pieces and keeps its shape and effectiveness into several shaves.
CONCLUSION
This isn't a bad razor, but not a great one either. At about £3 for 4 of these razors, they seem quite expensive for the performance they deliver.
certainly does sound expensive for bic who i generally associate with a cheaper shave
MizzMolko 02.03.2009 20:06
I need a new razor after the stupid cleaner dropped mine on the floor. Silly cow. Couldn't possibly be my fault because I didn't move it out of her way but still...Eleanor x
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