[kvakvs]

Hair trimmer set to shortest length will make your face like shaven 2 days ago. Costs nothing. Needs no foam, no aftershave gel, creates no irritation or red skin, just splash of water and optional facial creme. My condolences to those who must have a clean shave every day of their life.

[2-718-281-828]

With my trimmer (Philips OneBlade) I'd say the result is more like "shaven 1 day ago". I kinda like the idea of a good ol' safety razor but so far I always got skin irritations from those. With trimmer I do not experience those issues. The blades are more on the expensive side with about 10 Euro per blade. But I replace those only about every three months. So it's not a big deal.

[switchbak]

I want to like the One Blade, but they've locked up the system tighter than printer cartridges.

It definitely gets a close shave, and it's my go to for traveling, but I just can't stomach paying like $22 CAD for a tiny blade.

I'm hoping for a quality cheap alterative from AliExpress soon.

[AuryGlenz]

That’s what I do as well - a beard trimmer without any guards. I always struggled with ingrown hairs after shaving, both with cartridges and with a safety razor.

I do it once a week. I have a full 5 o’clock shadow on the first day and a pretty short beard on the last, but I don’t like how much of a waste of time shaving or trimming is so I deal with it.

[kgwxd]

I used to shave once a week. I bought a safety razor ($20) and 100 razors ($20) in 2015 and only ran out about a month ago. I ordered 200 more razors ($40) and decided to start shaving every day. I find a razor is comfortable enough for about a week, so I expect to get about 3+ years out of them. I have a pretty heavy beard with thick black hairs, I'm not sure if that has an actual effect on how quickly a razor degrades but, if it does, I expect it could last that long for most. I use hand soap as "shaving cream", which I buy to wash my hands anyway. I prefer the auto-foaming kind but liquid and bar soaps work just as well.

[ascar]

The issue with that is when wearing a 3-14 day beard you should still shave the neckline clean every few days. It just looks so much better.

[asdff]

You can get away with just using a clipper without a guard to tidy up the neck

[beowulfey]

My beard hair is light colored, so I also do this. But my buddy has jet black hair, and his 5 o’clock shadow is appropriately named.

[barry-cotter]

Lucky man. I look like I last shaved yesterday by 9.