Your #1 “Con” is troublesome. It wouldn’t be an issue for those of us accustomed to working around the idiosyncrasies of the things we use, but it is also a feature that someone can blame for a bad shave instead of poor technique. The magic of marketing has people believing that it’s the razor that gives them a good shave. Some of us enjoy working on technique, but I’m pretty sure we aren’t the mean of the normal distribution of wetshavers.
I think people do a good job of making it known that Fatips have that one, glaring, easily fixable, frustrating downside. I don’t think anyone would order one based on a recommendation without knowing about the blade alignment thing, so it shouldn’t sneak up on anyone.
One other neat thing about the Gentile is the safety bar makes for a really good visual reference for the blade being aligned. The open comb Fatips are more difficult to align IMO.
Your #1 “Con” is troublesome. It wouldn’t be an issue for those of us accustomed to working around the idiosyncrasies of the things we use, but it is also a feature that someone can blame for a bad shave instead of poor technique. The magic of marketing has people believing that it’s the razor that gives them a good shave. Some of us enjoy working on technique, but I’m pretty sure we aren’t the mean of the normal distribution of wetshavers.
I think people do a good job of making it known that Fatips have that one, glaring, easily fixable, frustrating downside. I don’t think anyone would order one based on a recommendation without knowing about the blade alignment thing, so it shouldn’t sneak up on anyone.
One other neat thing about the Gentile is the safety bar makes for a really good visual reference for the blade being aligned. The open comb Fatips are more difficult to align IMO.