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After some positive feedback on a comment I made about the table I keep of blades I've tried and how I've got on with them, I've decided to post my findings here. You may find it useful or you may want to replace my findings with your own.
Scoring
I hope it will be useful and/or interesting but it's totally subjective, as our experiences with various products always are.
For the record, I've tried these blades in a Merkur 38C and I have quite sensitive skin so popular blades like the Swedes have that reflected in the score.
I've scored under categories important to me, with a maximum score of 5 (except where indicated) although if a blade sets a new record in any category then I will give it a 6.
The Spreadsheet:
The score is calculated by adding up all the good scores (e.g. 5 for smoothness) and taking away all the bad ones (e.g. irritation 3). The score is automatically coloured for ease of reference: a poor blade will be scored with a red background, a medium score white, and a very good one green. Blades listed but yet to be reviewed are blue.
It is in a spreadsheet format (Excel, compatible with 2000/2003 I believe), so you could clear out all the subjective scores I've put in, leaving the formulas in place to calculate your scores. If you're that way inclined. The scoring colours will be retained as long as you don't change any of the columns around - just delete the data in them EXCEPT in the score column (it has the calculations for the score) or you will have to work them out yourselves.
One last thing, but a biggy, if you export to Excel you can filter each category (little arrows which when clicked produce a list of options) - e.g. brand, smoothness, longevity, pricing, score.
Anyway, I hope it's useful.
The Format:
I'm not allowed to upload Excel or CSV files so I've included links below.
Click here for all-singing, all dancing (and if you want to clear out my scores to use your own) (THIS WILL ALWAYS BE THE MOST UP TO DATE LINK):
Click here to view just the same without fancy formatting or score calculations in place. Might be useful if you are worried I have put viruses in or something (older version, not maintained):
When asked you will want the column separator to be TAB
Scoring
I hope it will be useful and/or interesting but it's totally subjective, as our experiences with various products always are.
For the record, I've tried these blades in a Merkur 38C and I have quite sensitive skin so popular blades like the Swedes have that reflected in the score.
I've scored under categories important to me, with a maximum score of 5 (except where indicated) although if a blade sets a new record in any category then I will give it a 6.
The Spreadsheet:
The score is calculated by adding up all the good scores (e.g. 5 for smoothness) and taking away all the bad ones (e.g. irritation 3). The score is automatically coloured for ease of reference: a poor blade will be scored with a red background, a medium score white, and a very good one green. Blades listed but yet to be reviewed are blue.
It is in a spreadsheet format (Excel, compatible with 2000/2003 I believe), so you could clear out all the subjective scores I've put in, leaving the formulas in place to calculate your scores. If you're that way inclined. The scoring colours will be retained as long as you don't change any of the columns around - just delete the data in them EXCEPT in the score column (it has the calculations for the score) or you will have to work them out yourselves.
One last thing, but a biggy, if you export to Excel you can filter each category (little arrows which when clicked produce a list of options) - e.g. brand, smoothness, longevity, pricing, score.
Anyway, I hope it's useful.
The Format:
I'm not allowed to upload Excel or CSV files so I've included links below.
Click here for all-singing, all dancing (and if you want to clear out my scores to use your own) (THIS WILL ALWAYS BE THE MOST UP TO DATE LINK):
Click here to view just the same without fancy formatting or score calculations in place. Might be useful if you are worried I have put viruses in or something (older version, not maintained):
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