This is a public service announcement.

I've had this handle for over 10 years and probably two or three house moves (and two entire genders but that's for a different post), I've always picked up new cartridges from Lidl when I needed them and dreaded the day it might be discontinued.

Couldn't find my usual refill pack today, just this "8x value pack!" In the space where it usually is. Notice the suspicious "new shaving system" and a handle on the shelf next to it that is black and orange instead of blue and silver.

I took that risk so you don't have to. Disappointed as I was to crack the packet open and find the cartridges do on fact have a new connection system, if you twist it off, the underlying shape is identical to the old one.

I shall continue using my trusty shaver.

I might even treat it to a citric acid soak this evening because I'm sure I'll be abused for the state of it. It's scale I promise, not shaving residue.

by DualWheeled

43 comments

  1. As someone who uses the same system but wouldn’t think to twist off the new connector this is a heartfelt thank you!

  2. Trust me on this. 

    Stop buying cartridges and get yourself an old fashioned razor and a pack of razor blades. 

    You will save a kings ransom. 

    (Unless Lidl razors cost buttons)

  3. You can’t drop a bombshell like that and just run……..

    You’ve had a razor handle for 10 years!?

  4. Looks like you could carbon date that handle. Absolutely rancid

  5. Pretty sure there’s a Superdrug own-brand cartridge that also fits that handle Fyi. Dunno which is cheaper, I used to switch between them depending on which shop I was passing that day. (Then I got a safety razor, and now I can buy 100 blades for a tenner…)

  6. “laughs in butterfly razor”

    No seriously, ditch those overpriced pieces of shit and get a solid metal butterfly safety razor, new blades are like 20p each.

    Once you get the hand of how to use them, they are just as good as those expensive ones. fair warning though, you need a good shaving cream/foam for them to work smoothly.

  7. That handle has seen some action. Apart from a cleaning action.

  8. Just when my face got used to the old blades, they hit me with a plot twist.

  9. I’ve had the same blade in my razor for almost 3 years. Granted, I haven’t shaved in almost 3 years.

  10. This is a public hygiene announcement.

    That’s chuffing minging.

  12. OP has had 10 years to find out about double edged razors…

  14. That’s pretty good that they’ve allowed these to be used in older products. Some supermarkets do this very well with little waste while big brands really can’t be bothered.

    Plugging another great product – Tesco water soluble spray bottle refills. Cheaper than Cif alternatives and uses no plastic in the packaging, and cleans better with less of a burn-your-nostrils stink.

    Also… crazy how people are more concerned about the handle when chucking something away for virtually no reason is so incredibly wasteful. It just needs a clean, and it’s not so dirty as in it will kill you with some unknown disease. Honestly, some people.

  15. Never rinsed off that handle huh, bet you have awful spots and irritation.

  19. Cool, cool, hey OP, why is your razor fucking disgusting?

  20. Mate, that looks grim. Have you even attempted to clean it at any point?

  21. Jesus fucking Christ

    Buy a safety razor and save money and eliminate the risk of dying of some sort of limescale induced blood-borne illness that’s waiting to happen with your current setup

    That’s so unhygienic I can’t even fathom how you’d be comfortable putting that crusty razor anywhere near your open pores and broken skin

  23. I understand trying to preserve a nice handle that is meant to be permanent but cmon this one is a shitty Lidle brand knock off full of scum. Get yourself a new one. If you like the permanent thing just upper your game a little and get one of the many options with metal or bamboo that are out there and make for actually good one-time purchases.

    AT A MINIMUM drop that into a glass with some water and bleach OR rubbing alcohol (don’t mix them for God’s sake), let it for an hour, take out and wash it thoroughly.

  24. Amatuer hour that handle still looks brand new. Top tip, you can just individually remove the blades and sharpen them mate. Shave a fortune. Been using the same set since 1997.

  26. Are you sure you need to shave, you probably could pull it off as you could have sepsis or something.

    Is the rest of you as scabby?

  27. OP you must have known you were gonna get roasted for that bog brush of a handle

  28. Imagine running a uv light over that handle. 🤢 Clean it dude!!! Jesus Christ

  29. The blue and orange Lidl razors are surprisingly excellent.

  31. What *exactly* are you doing with that razor, you minging mingster? Get that into a glass of warm water with a Steradent tablet and get that muck off.

  32. Never seen this. Razors with one disposable blade, then two, then three. Then “The Onion” satirical magazine published its absolute classic spoof guest editorial by the CEO of Gillette Razors entitled “F*ck It, We’re Doing Five Blades.” Now reality has out parodied parody. GJ Lidl.

  34. Personally I would have done the cleaning part BEFORE taking a picture to show reddit, not afterwards…

  36. It looks very similar to the Amazon Basics shaving handle and blades.

    Might follow up your PSA and see if Lidl blades fit the Amazon handle!

  40. That handle is filthy. It’s probably harbouring all sorts of nasties 🤢

  41. “I need the five blades as I always seem to get a weird rash after shaving”

    *Produces handle that’s 90% bacteria*

  43. If that’s what your razor looks like, I wouldn’t even want to imagine what your toothbrush looks like…

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