Continuing research in response to the controversy over Gillette’s recent “toxic masculinity” ad campaign … (see Test 1)
Test 2:
- two days of growth
- shaving in the shower
- Edge shaving gel
- Dorco Pace 7 on right side of face
- latest and greatest Gillette Fusion 5 ProShield with Flexball on left side of face
- second shave for each cartridge (first shave was Test 1)
Results: Indistinguishable feel and capability of the two blade cartridges. Equal resulting smoothness of face on both sides. No nicks from either system.
Winner: Gillette by a hair(!), due to the Flexball (introduced 2014), which seems to reduce workload slightly.
[Bizarre: in their zeal to be the wokest of U.S. consumer goods companies, Gillette has neglected to be orthographically consistent with their only potential advantage over Dorco. Parts of their web site use “FlexBall” while other pages include “Flexball”.]
Related:
- P&G, the conglomerate that owns Gillette, has one African American executive (see their leadership team), who happens also to be their Chief Diversity Officer. Perhaps the next video can lecture American consumers on the subject of racial diversity. (They can partner with Apple!)
- Prior to Gillette’s public awakening, the company was criticized by the righteous: “Gillette’s New Razor Is Everything That’s Wrong With American Innovation” (New York, heaping scorn on the Flexball)
- Gillette has a record of, at least indirectly, assisting the undocumented: “Illegal Immigrants Hired to Shovel Snow at Gillette Stadium” (NESN)
Have you tried the Gillette vibrating handle? I think it works very well.
P&G, the conglomerate that owns Gillette, has one African American executive (see their leadership team), who happens also to be their Chief Diversity Officer. Perhaps the next video can lecture American consumers on the subject of racial diversity.
You’d like them to deliver such a lecture so that you could go and mention the lack of the diversity on their board.
Prior to Gillette’s public awakening, the company was criticized by the righteous
Calling someone righteous is generally a compliment. However, it sounds like you intend to communicate the opposite. Since you often give reviews of consumer products, we’ll now call you righteous anytime a review is critical of the product.
I just tried Harry’s head-to-head against the Gillette Fusion 5 ProShield with Flexball, using Lush Prince shaving cream.
Harry’s was a bit better. Looks like I’ll save about $1/cartridge . . .