Optics / haptics:
The garish green-black color of the GILLETTE BODY leaves no doubt: it is a men's shaver. Women would probably run away screaming more. The GILLETTE BODY fits comfortably in your hand. But I realize now that the weight so that the plastic portion of the razor is much lower and much higher than the HYDRO5. If the GILLETTE BODY down in the shower, nothing happens so fast.
The GILLETTE BODY has more ripples and is therefore safer in their hands.
Functionality:
I shave underarms, chest and private parts. Larger differences do I not been shaving the underarms and chest. Both slide well through the skin and through the Lubra strip or the gel reservoirs skin irritation remains free.
The thumb length extender I do not need, I do not shave my back. But I have tried it once, it works really well and so I come to any part of my back.
The blades
The blade head (as I call the entire blade, because I do not know how else to call) already looks very clunky. I'm supposed to get at particularly difficult locations? This may well be meant only the private parts. I have not yet been cut me. And by the rounded blade head shaving has become even easier. The mobility is meanwhile standard.
Skin friendliness:
I have a very sensitive skin and when shaving with the HYDRO5 created before in an intimate area razor bumps or small pimples. Unfortunately, that's when GILLETTE BODY too. Since I can not tell the difference.
Cleaning:
The blades are a bit further apart so the blades can be easily cleaned in the shower. There remain no hairs in the blades.
Conclusion:
The GILETTE-BODY is a quite useful toy for the man who wants to present hair free. Opposite the WILKINSON HYDRO 5 However, there are only minor advantages: the thumb length extender (a trough at the end of the shaver by the thumb has enough room and you can hold the razor well) I do not need. The Lubrastrips are comparable to the gel reservoir. Skin irritations are unfortunately the same level with me. The GILLETTE BODY is easier to wash and is a bit better in the hand. Unfortunately, there is kept for me an opportunity to GILLETTE BODY in the shower. A protective plastic or a sucker would be good.
But the price of replacement razor goes for me not: 4 razor blades 15,99 on Amazon. 8 HYDRO5 blades cost 14,37 Euro. That's why I prefer from even 2 points, because this price can not be justified for me.