RazorpitThe Original Razor Blade Sharpener and Razor Case, Great for Travel, Sharpens and Cleans

About eight years ago, I gave up on Gillette razors. Expensive and didn't last more than three or four shaves. However for Christmas I was bought some shaving goodies including a Gillette Fusion ProGlide Power Razor Olympic Gold Edition something which I had poured scorn over when it came out. "5 blades? Who needs 5 blades!" However I gave the razor ago and was genuinely impressed at how easy it was to get a very close comfortable shave with. However after a few shaves the blades were dull and I baulked at the cost of new blades.Browsing at Amazon looking at the blades I came across this little wonder. I lump of rubber that claimed with the help of some excess shaving soap to reinvigorate your razor blade and make them last longer. I had to give it a go. For the cost of less than a packet of replacement blades I had nothing to lose.The Razorpit turned up promptly and I gave it a go. A little excess soap on the base and then four stokes of the razor in the opposite direction to that used when shaving.Looking at the blades it was impossible to the tell with the naked eye as to whether anything had changed, whether or not the blades had be cleaned and therefore were going to be any sharper. However as soon as I shaved, it was like shaving with a brand new razor. No tug and pull and a very clean shave indeed.I have now been using the same blade for three weeks (nowhere near as long as Razorpit suggest is possible) but it is still like shaving with a new blade every day. To think that before I bought this I was going to through away the blade that I am still using. Not only does the Razorpit save you money, but it also is more environmentally friendly.A great product.

I have been using this for more than 3 years now, and it's well worth the investment.To clarify: this does not really sharpen the blades, but cleans them very well. Modern blades like Gillette Fusion don't really lose their efficiency after a few shaves because they are blunt, but more because a lot of gel/foam deposits and hairs get stuck between the blades.This device just helps clean the blades very well (when used regularly after each shave), and therefore extends significantly the life of one cartridge. I easily extend the life of my Gillette blades by 3 to 4 times. Quite far from the "up to 150 shaves" advertised/claimed, but still some significant savings made. My return of investment was probably after 3-4 months, and the device is still functioning well after 3 years, only slightly worn out.I was initially doing the cleaning with a little foam or shaving gel, but it seems to be working as well with a bit of warm water.Highly recommended.

The Razorpit is a plastic cradle about 15cm long that looks very similar to the holders you get with many Gillette razors. With the exception of the bottom, the whole of the Razorpit is covered in a form of tough rubber, and it's the flat centre section of this cradle that you use to sharpen (or, more accurately, clean) your razor. To do this, you put some shaving cream on this section (I do this after I've had a shave, when I still have some lathered cream left over), press your razor head against it and push 4 times in the opposite direction you'd use to shave. I've also heard some people say that they turn the razor around and repeat the process in the opposite direction. The action of the blades rubbing against the rubber supposedly removes the minute pieces of dirt and dried water that accumulate on the blade(s) both during the shave and afterwards, when the razor is in storage.But you're not interested in how to use the thing, you're interested in how well it actually works, and the best answer to that is.... quite well, sometimes. The first time I tried it, on a used Gillette Sensor Excel cartridge, it brought the blades up beautifully, perhaps not quite as much as a fresh-from-the-box example but far better than I was expecting. Unfortunately that sharpness only lasted a couple of shaves before I was forced to use the Razorpit again, and this time it wasn't so successful. Even after a few runs through the device, the blades were no better and I had to use a new cartridge to get a painless shave.I then tried the Razorpit on another used Sensor Excel cartridge and found that it once again brought the blades up, to about 75% of new. This time, the blades remained sharper for a little longer, but even with the occasional run-through the Razorpit only kept them that way for a couple of weeks before the bluntness returned and, once again, it wasn't so successful at bringing them back up. I also noticed that the lubricating strip on the cartridge began to come off after about the third use, and of course the Razorpit can't reinstate it, so if you rely on this for a comfortable shave then it might be worth finding some other lubricant to use in its place. And I can say with some authority that having a jagged, half-eaten lube strip on your razor as opposed to a smooth one does little for the comfort factor.Having had my fill of the Excels, I then tried the Razorpit on some Mach 3 cartridges, with again quite mixed results. Just like the Excels, the first Mach 3 was brought up well but this only lasted a few shaves before the dullness came back and no amount of Razorpitting could get it back. The second sharpened much better and lasted for a couple of weeks, or an additional 10 or 12 shaves - nice, but nowhere even close to the 150 some people say they get from their cartridges.Before getting one I was quite unsure about the Razorpit (especially given the contrasting reviews that it's had), and the mixed results I got highlighted to me why some people rave about it and others don't. Maybe there's more to using it than just slapping on some shaving cream and pressing down; maybe it's the cream you use or the blades themselves that make the difference, or perhaps it's the hardness of the water in your area, but I'm not quite ready either to pronounce or denounce it. What I will say is that it works well enough, when it works.

My work colleague and I bought this because we are fed up with spending out on razor blades, I can only wet shave with blades because of sensitive skin and i currently use a wilkinson sword titanium with the protective wires so I was sceptical to say the least as to whether this would work.The description is a bit misleading as its a cleaner I cannot see how it would sharpen the blade. Now to the test as I had only the day before put a new head on my razor I tried it on an old mach 3 razor which had seen better days the gel strip had washed away and when i tried it before using the razor pit it would not do nothing apart from drag across my stuble so I put some foam on the pit and pushed the razor up 4 times as stated in the instructions and it is important to keep the pressure on. Low and behold after using the pit it worked like a new blade as good as the four blade wilkinson so I am really impressed as this is not only going to save me money but also less waste by not throwing blades away so often, I am now interested to see how much life i can get out of the blade, and also try it on the four blade, I would really recommended this if you wet shave.