Consider this a random product review.

I was skulking around the local Target store this weekend - looking for bargains - and came across an interesting find. Waiting for me on one of the clearance aisles, as if fate had magically planted it there for me to find, was a reduced-price Gillette M3 Power Nitro razor.



For those of you not up on the latest in shaving technology: the Gillette M3 Power Nitro is the apex of personal shaving technology. I would go so far as to say that it's the evolutionary missing link between hand razors and the electric shaver. Its name ends with the word Nitro, so it's gotta be all that.

Anyway, it's basically a razor with a AAA battery in it. When you click on the button, the razor vibrates much like an Xbox game controller (it's probably no coincidence that the razor is black and green) and you're able to shave better. Did I mention it has a battery in it?

You see, for the last few decades reusable razors only had like 2 blades, and suddenly through some technological breakthrough the razor companies found a way to add another blade. Thus, upping the total to three blades! THREE BLADES! But in a world on the verge of destroying itself with nuclear weapons while stuffing its fat face with Doritos Extreme Kickin' Chili tortilla chips, three razors clearly just isn't enough. So before you know it, they started cramming another blade (just below the lubricating glide strip) into disposable razor cartridges. FOUR BLADES! So, you can imagine that when I saw the Gillette M3 Power Nitro on television it brought a tear to my eye. This isn't just another @#$%ing razor blade crammed in there, they crammed a servo motor and battery into the handle. It's not just another razor now, it's state of the art technology.

But, I digress...

The Gillette M3 Power Nitro boasts a "breakthrough experience" when shaving. Apparently, the vibrating razor makes the hairs on your face stand-up at attention, which makes shaving a whole lot easier.

Does it work? Sure. Although my hand went numb halfway through shaving my face. Also, the razor kinda vibrates the shaving cream all over the handle of the razor, so it kept slipping around in my hand. I'm sure that if I was in a hurry one morning I could probably do a good job of slitting my throat if I wasn't careful (which is actually the situation every time I take a razor into my hand at 7 am).

I haven't fully explored the awesome potential of the Gillette M3 Power Nitro, but all loyalty I have to the product will likely vanish the moment another silly razor comes along - probably something with one of those red laser sighting beams. How rad would that be?

This totally just reminded me of this catalog of japanese inventions. Check it out, I especially like the head tripod for sleeping on the subaway.


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