Wilkinson Hydro 5 vs.  Gilette Fusion

Wilkinson Hydro 5 vs. Gilette Fusion

Wilkinson Sword Hydro 5 razor with 2 blades, 1 piece (Personal Care)

Customer Review

First of all, I make myself always BEFORE buying smart about the product that I buy:
- The cooling GelPad must be activated before use in warm water.
- The Gelkopf is folded back, so you can precisely shaving. Ideal for contours and comparable to the extra-precision blade during fusion.

I had bought the Hydro 5 for 95Cent in dm. A day later, all Action shaver were already sold out. The price persuaded me time to test a non-Gilette razor.

Preliminary COMPARISON.
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The Hydro 5 seems a bit bulky than the merger and is also slightly heavier - but this is not negatively understand.
The hydro-5 is on the neck slightly bent further than fusion, whereby it is almost 1cm closer to the skin at the same attitude. The attitude has become more enjoyable for me felt during shaving. But this is a subjective impression, which may vary from person to person.
The suspension at the Hydro 5 is softer than the Fusion. While the merger has a kind of hinged suspension at the bottom of the blade, it is the Hydro 5 more a swinging suspension in the blade center.
The individual blades have (to prevent confusion, I do not say here Blade, but I mean the individual blades of a blade head) when Hydro 5 to each other at a greater distance than that of fusion. To what extent that reduces the risk of clogging, remains to be seen. But I can imagine that the blades are easier to clean me.
The blade change also works a little bit differently. The merger raises the blades made formally. When pressing the button the blade schnippst almost gone. But that does not matter if you anyway uses the reservoir. When recording a new blade is pressed without pressing the eject button, easy clacks in the new blade head to it. The Hydro 5 allows the blade going only. You have to press the button here both to eject the old blade and to accommodate the new blade.

To test.
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I have the Hydro 5 can compete with my "old" Fusion (NOT the new Proglide). Until the test, I was a loyal customer Gilette - let's see whether this should remain so.
For a fair test I have done a new blade in the merger. Thus, the blades have to do something, I have not shaved for 5 days. Since I am in the exam preparation, I can allow myself such negligence. It must be said that I have but relatively dense and thick beard, which has to do themselves some electric razors. With my electric shaver I have to go through some example sites face many times - despite a new razor. This sometimes occur skin irritation here. Back to the test ...
As always, I cover my face with an exfoliating gel before (previously, I use one of Gilette). Also routine I massage then thin some shaving cream on (as long as I still have foam, I buy no new gel - although gel is intended to provide a better result). When I massaged all to shave areas, I'm wearing something slightly patting foam. Subsequently, both blades were moistened and activated a few seconds under warm water.
The one side of the face should be shaved with the merger and the other with the Hydro 5. As I was already used to the merger, he has caught most hair the first time. So I have not really often shave over the same points. This makes it really smooth, is also still once shaved against the direction of hair growth. After a maximum of three Rasierzügen the shaver was rinsed and thoroughly freed from foam. On the neck I always shave in both directions - ie both in direction of hair growth as well as in the opposite direction, as my beard hairs grow in the region in both directions. So I somehow always shave in the opposite direction of some hair. As I to the Kotte Latvians a trimmed beard let me stand on the chin along the jaw line, the precision blade came here as usual to use as well as under the nose.
After that in the same way the Hydro 5 on the other side of the face off. Initially I hardly noticed a difference shave. Then the gel began to work. On the face, a slight gel film, whereupon the razor seems to slide sets. Shaving seemed more comfortable - especially with me sensitive areas like the upper lip and neck center. As with the merger, the blade was flushed clean by up to three trains. Finally, as the contours. The precision shaving was here more pleasant and easier, since I did not have to change the attitude of the razor as the merger.
Rinse your face after a hard day's shave with clear water, pat dry and apply aftershave. Leave on short and afterwards balm. (So ​​does my shaving routine.)
So that should not remain a one-time test, I repeated five days later the test alike. This time the face halves were exchanged. The page that was previously shaved by the merger was now shaved and vice versa from the Hydro 5. Had I started last time with the merger, I started today with the Hydro 5. Otherwise, the same procedure as last time.

The precision shaving.
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Both offer the precision razor shave for example contours.
When fusion there for a sixth blade on top of the blade head in the opposite direction. To use it simply turns the razor and used the extra precision blade. Since you now exert pressure in the opposite direction of the blade suspension, this falls away. But who needs at a precision shaving contours already a resilient blade !? That would be counterproductive.
The Hydro 5 has a different concept. He does not have a sixth blade especially for contours, but with him it just does the gel pad high. Easy on the white tab towards the suspension of these go out to the pad flips. This is done easily with the index finger of the hand in which you hold the razor itself. By flipping the head notes, so no suspension is also available here. You can now use the rigid blade head for precision shaving.
Since the advertising concept of multiple blade is on both sides: More blades means less skin irritation is likely that the precision shaving with the Hydro 5 should be more comfortable than with the merger. For me it was.

The result.
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I myself have noticed no real difference. For me, the results were the same. Only the Rasus was more comfortable with the Hydro 5. So both times holding my girlfriend here as an arbitrator. You should not knowing which side was shaved which device check the result. So there was the "back of the hand-facial" and "cheek-to-cheek test" my girlfriend. They also noticed that the erasures were roughly equivalent with the results. However, she liked shaving side of the Hydro 5 both more times.

The Hydro 5 has won so scarce. The shaving is more comfortable and the result marginally better.
That it should come to excessive cuts or skin irritations (like some review here), I can not confirm.
You have to remember that the skin needs to get used to a wet shave, if you previously shaved dry with only the electric shaver. Also you have to be careful when using, if one uses only otherwise rigid disposable razors. The blades here are much sharper and closer to the skin. Accordingly, also should not be too hard pressed. So I want to ask everyone - whether Hydro 5, Fusion, Proglide or another high-quality razor - to begin the application carefully and to evaluate them for themselves only after repeated use when such razor normally never used.
(Many might as sensitive remembers the first shave the armpits or the genital area was. You can not because of your face higher robustness expected.)
It is natural to consider the correct use. Not every type of skin tolerates as easy shaves against the grain. Also I need to be very careful there. During my earlier Mach3 has less problems shaves against the grain, the skin was irritated after the first shave with the Fusion. But since I vorbehandel my face before shaving with a scrub to skin irritations have significantly reduced. You also have to be shaving foam or gel to act briefly, because this is a "haaraufweichende" have effect.
Many tips on proper preparation of applications can be found on the packaging itself. So just on to the next drug store or discount store.

If I have exhausted my normal Fusion blades, I'll buy myself the merger Proglide and then let these compete with the Hydro 5. For regular morgentliche shave so I will hernehmen the merger until the blades are exhausted. So the merger replaced - for the outgoing shave in the evening or the interview already the Hydro 5 is starting today used.
I look forward to the next opponent. I hope I could give a little insight into both razor.

Best Regards,
your Seika85

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