16 Minutes from Hell

January 24, 2015

Dollar Shave Club – a review

Filed under: wet shaving — ggr25 @ 4:29 pm
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I have been a member of the Dollar Shave Club  for a couple of years. In general, I have been satisfied with the product and the price I pay for it. I don’t use the multi-blade cartridges often but there are times when I need a decent shave in a short period of time. At those times I reach for the DSC Humble Twin I received from them. My favorite cartridge razor was the long gone, much missed Wilkinson Bonded. The 2-bladed DSC Humble Twin is an acceptable replacement. DSC also offers the the 4-bladed 4X model and the 6-bladed Executive. These latter two ship four cartridges per shipment. The Humble Twin ships five cartridges.

As advertised, DSC provided me with the Humble Twin handle without charge. It is cheaply built but is durable enough to do the job for which it was designed. I don’t shave every day so five cartridges a month are too many to use. I moved to the every other month delivery but still have a stack of cartridges in my medicine cabinet.

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the cartridges. It is my understanding that they are manufactured by Dorco and I do not like Dorco double edge blades. The cartridges perform well. The two blades are sharp enough to provide a comfortable shave and durable enough to last for the 5 to 7 shaves I expect to receive from a cartridge.

With shipping charges, I pay $3.00 every other month for a 5 cartridge shipment. I occasionally receive free samples of other DSC products with my shipment and always receive a copy of a small magazine titled The Bathroom Minutes. So far, I find DSC to be a good value and a most convenient way of being supplied with razors.

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