The new Dollar Shave Club razor, first shaving review and more details

Sorry for the delayed review, but we are living in strange times. 

I hope to find you all beeing well and healthy

Thanks to a comment by one of my readers I got aware that the new dollar shave club razors are sold in Walmart and there should be a refresh of the brand in the beginning of 2021 (see for details this DSC site).

The 6 blade razor is sold at walmart in a bundle with the orange striped handle (the one sold at DSC directly with the 4 blades cartridge), shave butter and 4 cartridges for $14.88 and the 4 blade with the black "DSC Executive" handle and 4 carts for $9.88. And according to the back of the box there are more products coming to the store in 2021.

© walmart (screenshot)

As you can see, the cartridges/blades are made in Israel as mentioned in an earlier blog entry. I'm still not ready with the story about the new razor plant and the found connections to KAI.

So today just a short review about the shaving experience and some more detailed pictures.

I haven't used the 6-blade razor as often as I would have liked. The first shave was a 3 day beard and I was really surprised. Even with a good prep before the shave it felt uncomfortable. More like tugging and cutting, not really comfortable. The shave was close and left no irritations or cuts, but also without any comfort for me. Later shaves with one day stubble were not so uncomfortable, but still felt scratchy.

I compared side to side with a Gillette Skinguard, Gillette ProGlide and a Dorco 6 Pro, the new DSC never felt equal in comfort with one of the other blades. No problem of the sharpnes I think, mybe my beard dosn't like the angle or the  grinding of the blades.

See the comment of one of my readers who made the same experience with his first shave of the 4 blades DSC razor. Some of the actual comments at the Walmart site (not the one about the free sample) are going in the same direction.

No problems with clogging, the back of the cartridge is totally free compared to the back of the Dorco cartridges

I like the new slim design of the cartridge, the new real genius hinging solution. But I'm not really satisfied with the comfort of the shave.

Skinguard, Pace 6 XL, DSC 6 blade

Skinguard, Pace 6 Pro,  DSC 6 blade

back of the new Dollar Shave Club 6 blade cartridge

back of the new Dorco 6 pro cartridge

the front rubber is pulled further down to the back of the cartridge and acts as a buffer

the front rubber is pulled further down to the back of the cartridge and acts as a buffer

welding spots DSC cartridge

welding spots King of shaves (made by KAI)

welding spots Nivea (made by KAI)

Personna with round welding dots, but 12 and bigger

DSC with round welding dots, but 11 and smaller