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RZR: A Modern Redesign of the Classic Shaving Razor
There are so many benefits to getting life-like visualizations early. They inspire ideas and give you the motivation for follow through.
Wait, haven't you heard?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-skarp-laser-razor-21st-century-shaving#/
Hope you didn't waste your money on a laser-razor..
Laser won't cut it for shaving (pun intended) It will either be to slow, only able to cut 1 or 2 hairs at a time, or it will be dangerous and drain the battery quicker than you can shave.
A laser is a light beam so it will get interrupted by any obstacle, unlike a blade which will happily keep cutting. So you either have to make the beam so strong it takes less then a millisecond to 'zap/cut' a hair thereby using more power and becoming more dangerous or it stays safer limiting power but also sacrificing a lot of cutting speed.
Also the skin is never smooth and very flexible, how would you keep that from interrupting the beam while still making sure it cuts close to the skin?
I apologize, I was only trying to be sarcastic, raise the spirits a bit. I would really not invest in a laser razor over this product or any other product for that matter.
Disappointing. The blades cannot be changed without popping the blade holder out from the back (which would require a tool), or pushing the blade out from the front (which requires touching the sharp blades).
I'd give em a pass if it was a student design exercise, but after 3 years of development?
Every razor currently available features a blade system that can be changed without tools & without touching the blades, this smells of usability taking a back seat to achieving a particular form. "Good design makes a product useful"
I disagree, this shaver solves two major pain points:
Hi Joe,
Thanks for your reply Patrick. Now that you explained that the replacement blade packaging includes a tool to pop out the blade cartridge from behind, that eliminates my major concern. I was envisioning that the user would need to a) find something in the bathroom to fish out the blade holder from behind, or b) try to push out the blades from the front without cutting themselves. Including a simple removal tool with the replacement blades seems much more elegant, thanks for clarifying.