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Schick Hydro 5 Power SelectI first saw the Hydro 5 at a bizarre product demo at CES. A professional barber was shaving the faces of show attendees, right on the convention center floor. Schick was using its CES presence to market the razor system’s ostensibly high-tech features, but a shave’s a shave, right? How much “technology” does a wet-shave razor really need?
It turns out the Hydro 5 is the best razor system I’ve used. Granted, until this January, I had been using Gillette’s Mach 3, whose aging lineage dates all the way back to 1998. The Hydro 5 bests the Mach 3 with two additional blades, a “multi-speed vibration” system, and a “hydrating gel reservoir” that’s advertised to last two times longer than “ordinary lubrication strips.”
Does any of this fancy hoo-ha really matter? I’m not sure. But the Hydro 5 has been delivering the closest, most enjoyable shaves I’ve ever experienced. I don’t have any proof, but my suspicion is that the shave quality is all tied blade count -- that five blades trump three blades any shave of the week.
vintage Gillette 3 piece travel razor in vinyl gold button case NIP 
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