What should have been bliss, ended in disaster. While watching football this morning, a commercial aired for the Schick Quattro Titanium Razor. Now, I believe the addition of Titanium improves just about anything from watches to lobster bisque.

Regular readers of this blog know that I was not impressed at all with the Gillette Fusion that first featured 4 blades. It felt like it was constantly tugging at my face. What intrigued me about the Schick Quattro was the use of titanium in the blades, which the commercial implied causes the blades to last longer. So I ran out to buy one, try it, and share my opinion with our customers.

I used my usual pre-shave oil & shave cream, and I expected this review would praise the longer lasting blades. To my surprise, it was one of the worst shaves I have ever had.

Like the Gillette Fusion, the Quattro also felt like it was digging into my skin, but I expected that. Unlike the Fusion -- or Mach 3 for that matter -- the Quattro has a grid like layout on the blades that seems to prevent hairs from being washed out of the blades. I tried tapping it on the sink, turning up the water pressure, anything to clean the blades to no avail. Here were my thoughts as they entered my head:

1. This sucks. Why won't the blades rinse properly?
2. Maybe I'm not using a real blade since I used the one that came on the razor. Maybe it's a plastic version.
3. Nope. Same situation with the other blade.
   
4. Instead of one blade lasting multiple shaves, it's taking two blades to shave once.
5. Maybe Schick was created by Gillette as an intentionally inferior company to solidify their dominance.
   

Verdict: the Mach 3 is still the best safety razor on the market.