My wife used this (type) shaver for several years and is quite happy on the whole. That the handle after prolonged still looks like new, I can not confirm. From time to time you can indulge in the action quite time a new one. The blades are sharp, but not better or worse than other Gillette. The reason why my wife the razor (and blade) have long used: WITHOUT aloe vera it has no skin irritations. That was the case of products "with green stripes against the blade" quite different already.