Comments on: How the Gillette Razor Company Has Cost You More Than You Know… http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/how-the-gillette-razor-company-has-cost-you-more-than-you-know/ Pay off debt. Save. Give. Live your mission. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Jabs http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/how-the-gillette-razor-company-has-cost-you-more-than-you-know/#comment-5736 Matt Jabs Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:46:56 +0000 http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/?p=205#comment-5736 Great to see you here Lara, not many people make it this deep into the archives as you can see! :-) I try to remember to store my Gillette Sensor in alcohol which has the same effect, since like you said - it's the rust that dulls the blades. My wife also uses our microfiber clothes on here swiffer... but she bought a generic swiffer mop for $1 at the dollar store! Can you believe that? She's been pretty happy with it so far too. Go figure right. Great to see you here Lara, not many people make it this deep into the archives as you can see! :-)

I try to remember to store my Gillette Sensor in alcohol which has the same effect, since like you said – it’s the rust that dulls the blades.

My wife also uses our microfiber clothes on here swiffer… but she bought a generic swiffer mop for $1 at the dollar store! Can you believe that? She’s been pretty happy with it so far too. Go figure right.

]]> By: Lara http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/how-the-gillette-razor-company-has-cost-you-more-than-you-know/#comment-5733 Lara Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:45:00 +0000 http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/?p=205#comment-5733 Hi Matt! Back again. lol I've really enjoyed going back through a lot of your previous entries, and I completely agree with the stopping of buying disposable items. I have long ago abandoned paper napkins for the cloth ones, and I have tons of microfiber cloths and various dishtowels and rags. I do buy paper towels to keep on hand should I have to clean anything particularly nasty (I do have a 2 year old and 2 cats), but I don't even use a whole roll in 2 months. I do have a swiffer wet jet, which I had a love/hate relationship with. I love the convenience and it's awesome that I can mop without having to wait for the floor to dry (very nice when you have a toddler running around). I had considered getting rid of it, but instead, decided to try and be more creative. Yes, I had spent $20 on it, is throwing it out the best idea? Not for me. I did some nosing around online and discovered how to open up the non-refillable bottles and now I can fill it up with some water and vinegar and clean with my swiffer for just pennies. As for those crazy expensive pads, I made my own reusable pads from some cheap towels and even a couple of microfibers for when I want to dust mop. And the best part is that I can wash those with my homemade laundry detergent. :) Oh, another tip, disposable razors are actually able to be used for 6 months if you dry them with your hair dryer and put a little bit of oil on the blades when you are done. It's not that the razors are dull, but that they rust up. Now I find coupons in the paper for any razors, and get the smallest pack, which is usually the 3 pack and with the coupon it's typically about $1, sometimes less if you can pair it with a sale at a CVS or Walgreens, etc. :) Hi Matt! Back again. lol I’ve really enjoyed going back through a lot of your previous entries, and I completely agree with the stopping of buying disposable items. I have long ago abandoned paper napkins for the cloth ones, and I have tons of microfiber cloths and various dishtowels and rags. I do buy paper towels to keep on hand should I have to clean anything particularly nasty (I do have a 2 year old and 2 cats), but I don’t even use a whole roll in 2 months.

I do have a swiffer wet jet, which I had a love/hate relationship with. I love the convenience and it’s awesome that I can mop without having to wait for the floor to dry (very nice when you have a toddler running around). I had considered getting rid of it, but instead, decided to try and be more creative. Yes, I had spent $20 on it, is throwing it out the best idea? Not for me. I did some nosing around online and discovered how to open up the non-refillable bottles and now I can fill it up with some water and vinegar and clean with my swiffer for just pennies. As for those crazy expensive pads, I made my own reusable pads from some cheap towels and even a couple of microfibers for when I want to dust mop. And the best part is that I can wash those with my homemade laundry detergent. :)

Oh, another tip, disposable razors are actually able to be used for 6 months if you dry them with your hair dryer and put a little bit of oil on the blades when you are done. It’s not that the razors are dull, but that they rust up. Now I find coupons in the paper for any razors, and get the smallest pack, which is usually the 3 pack and with the coupon it’s typically about $1, sometimes less if you can pair it with a sale at a CVS or Walgreens, etc. :)

]]> By: Reduce Monthly Bills / Lower Monthly Expenses - Trash Edition | Debt Free Adventure! http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/how-the-gillette-razor-company-has-cost-you-more-than-you-know/#comment-392 Reduce Monthly Bills / Lower Monthly Expenses - Trash Edition | Debt Free Adventure! Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:24:19 +0000 http://www.debtfreeadventure.com/?p=205#comment-392 [...] cloth rags.  Read this post on how to reduce paper use.  You may also want to read up on how the Razor & Blade Business Model seeks to addict us to disposable products to ensure we keep coming back to [...] [...] cloth rags.  Read this post on how to reduce paper use.  You may also want to read up on how the Razor & Blade Business Model seeks to addict us to disposable products to ensure we keep coming back to [...]

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