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Merkur Solingen Vision 2000 Double Edge Razor

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Product Review (submitted on 31 August 2011):: Merkur Vision 2000 Double Edge Razor review.

There's no way I could justify spending $AUD 199.00 on ANY kind of razor (electric included) so it came as a bit of a surprise to me
to receive one as a gift.

The person who bought it for me didn't buy it from Mens Biz, she bought it online from a website in the UK and even with the cost of shipping included
it landed here in Oz for well under the Mens Biz price. That's not a back handed criticism of Mens Biz's pricing, with the much smaller market in Australia
there's less chance to make a reasonable profit than there would be selling the razor (or anything for that matter) on the UK/US markets.

Now on to the razor itself. It's a beautifully engineered piece of equipment and is certain to outlast me, and possibly my heirs and successors.
The one I have is finished in a brushed chrome finish and it's a beauty to behold.

The razor is adjustable for just about any beard density. Under the razor's head there's a collar with the word VISION stamped on it.
Between each of the letters there's a small dot, so either a letter, or one of the dots between the letters, can be aligned with a tiny head which is stamped just below the
word VISION. So ......... there are 10 levels of adjustment. My beard's not very heavy so I have it set at it's most gentle setting. With a Feather blade (my blade of choice) I
can achieve an excellent shave with just one pass in the direction of my beard's growth.

I have a goatee moustache and beard so I have no "under the nose, top lip" problems, although I can see where someone with no moustache would have a slight problem
shaving the top lip due to the bulk of the razor's head.

I always shower before shaving so my stubble's nicely softened before the shaving begins.

I've tried a few shaving creams, Proraso, Geo F. Trumper, Men U, Mr. Taylor's Shaving Gel, King Of Shaves shaving oil (the menthol in that made my eyes water tremendously !),
but I finally settled on Musgo Real shaving oil (applied with the hands to a wet face) and the shave I get is BBS (Baby Bum Smooth - for those who don't know !) most days.
At $AUD40.00 for 100ml it's excellent value for money and I can see my bottle lasting a long time. Only a couple of drops in the palm of one hand, rub the hands together and
apply to the face. It's a lot lighter than, say, sewing machine oil and has hardly any frangrance. I've only started using oil as a pre-shave in the last year or so but had I tried it
when I first started shaving (more years ago than I care to remember !) I think I'd have saved a fortune, otherwise spent on creams, shaving soaps etc.

As I said earlier, my beard's not too tough so a Feather blade can last me up to two weeks, especially if I don't shave every day.

The weight of the Merkur Vision is such that no pressure is needed when shaving with it. The hand's just there to guide the razor, the weight does the shaving.

If you've been holding off buying one of these marvelous instruments, don't delay, I can't recommend it highly enough.