Date:         Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:49:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?
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Sounds like you need something important to fuss about, Mike.  Maybe your
engine will blow?  :-)

Or if your ziplocks aren't tight enough, put the razor in the small ziplock,
fold the excess plastic so it's snug around the razor, and put a rubber band
around it.

Or barring that, get some tiny rubber bands - the kinds teen-agers used to
have on their braces, I don't know if they still exist - and just attach the
plastic covers.  Scotch tape would work too.



Joy


:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Michael Elliott [mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com]
:::Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:23 PM
:::To: Joy Hecht
:::Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?
:::
:::Ziplocks? Greatest thing since the bread slicer. I always have a box of
:::the small size, and box of the gallon sizes along. Always in freezer
:::grade. Use 'em all the time. I thought about dumping the razors into a
:::small Ziplock then tossing it all into my toiletries kit, and I'm sure
:::it would keep the covers with the razors, but not on the razors. They'd
:::come loose and be rattling around in that Ziplock, and I'd still be
:::annoyed by the bad engineering.
:::
:::If no one knows of a disposable that has a firmly affixed cover, then it
:::looks like I'll have to buy samples of them all and do my own review.
:::May take a while, though, considering how infrequently I shave when
:::camping.
:::
:::--
:::Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
:::71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
:::84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
:::74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
:::KG6RCR
:::
:::
:::
:::Joy Hecht typed:
:::> I don't know from razors, but how about putting your disposables in a
:::small
:::> ziplock before putting them in your toiletries bag?
:::>
:::> Those of us of the female persuasion also have certain items that also
:::lose
:::> their packaging in loose toiletry bags.  Small ziplocks or similar
:::small
:::> plastic packaging work wonders.
:::>
:::>
:::>
:::> Joy
:::>
:::>
:::> :::-----Original Message-----
:::> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
:::Behalf
:::> :::Of Michael Elliott
:::> :::Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 4:24 PM
:::> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::> :::Subject: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?
:::> :::
:::> :::I don't usually make a habit of shaving much when we camp, but once
:::in a
:::> :::while I get fed up with the grizzled prospector look, and take a few
:::> :::swipes at the face with a razor. No electrics for me -- hate 'em. It
:::> :::seems that no matter what brand of disposable blade-type razor I
:::buy,
:::> :::the little plastic blade guards become separated from the razors in
:::my
:::> :::toiletries bag and the next time I open the bag, I end up fishing
:::out
:::> :::blade guards and razors and patiently put them back together. Next
:::time,
:::> :::same thing: blades here, blade guards over there. This last set of
:::> :::disposables are some kind of Gillettes in violent lime green, and
:::they
:::> :::are no better than the others I've tried in this regard.
:::> :::
:::> :::Can anyone recommend a disposable razor with a secure cover?
:::> :::
:::> :::--
:::> :::Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
:::> :::71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
:::> :::84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
:::> :::74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
:::> :::KG6RCR
:::>