I'm 6 shaves in with this lovely little razor, using my usual combo of Astra blades and Lea stick has produced 5 really nice shaves and 1 slightly rough one. I switched to Roja stick which may have been to blame, that or if I'm stressed I tend to press slightly harder which causes irritation, either way its usually not the razor. Dropping it down to setting 4 gave my face a bit of respite and set me up for a good weekend. I noticed that the angle of shaving seems to be slightly different to what I'm used to, possibly this is the slightly shorter handle, I'm not sure. Its not a bad thing I'm just getting used to using this. Being able to change the blade gap on the fly is very convenient (I'm remembering to open the razor first to loosen the tension) , I'm liking that a lot. I tend to move around gap settings depending on how my face is, rather than find and hold a setting so this works for me, might buy one.