Gillette Mach3 Turbo Refill Cartridges, 8-Count Box

by Gillette

Product Features

• One box containing 8 men's refill razor cartridges
• Made with soft, protective microfins to guard the skin
• For a close shave with less irritation--even when shaving against the grain
• With advanced anti-friction coating on blades
• All Mach3 cartridges fit all Mach3 razor handles

Product Description

Gillette Mach3 is the best manual razor for the closest shave with less irritation, even when shaving against the grain. 3 Blades with advanced Anti-Friction coating. Mach3 Turbo removes more of each hair with less irritation. Soft, protective Microfins. Gently smooth down the skin so Mach3 Turbo can shave evenly and effortlessly. Enhanced Indicator lubricating strip keeps your Mach3 Turbo gliding, shave after shave. All Mach3 Cartridges fit all Mach3 razors.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 3.8 x 0.6 inches ; 2.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000277P5E
• UPC: 047400196971
• Item model number: Mach3 Turbo
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #836 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #17 in Health & Personal Care > Personal Care > Shaving & Hair Removal > Manual Shaving

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

138 of 143 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Mach3 Turbo razor blades are great! BUT Watch out for fakes!, August 5, 2008

By 

Le Grande (IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gillette Mach3 Turbo Refill Cartridges, 8-Count Box (Health and Beauty)

First, I want to explain that I gave 5-stars because this is a product review and this product is excellent as a razor blade. HOWEVER, be careful where you buy it from, some sellers especially on ebay and amazon (third parties) are selling FAKE blades. It's hard to recognize at first but you can tell from a few things:

1. If you are familiar with Gillette shave, you will feel the difference immediately. For example, my one-month old genuine Gillette razor still shaves better than a fake one.

2. Lubricating strip on the fake one is not real. So, how do you know it? With real Gillette product you can immediately feel there is a lot of lubricant (a little sticky moisture feeling), BUT with the fake one, your face will feel very dry even when you used the blades for the first time. Because they are not lubricating! They are fake strips and made out of some plastic kind material.

3. Even after many months of use, If you try to remove lubricating strip on your real Gillette product, you can see that there is still a lot of lubricant just under the strip and on the strip itself. And this strip is a one piece well-aligned strip, easy to remove and easy to put back. BUT, if you remove the fake one's strip, this just plastic kind strip will break into parts and you cannot put it back in place.

4. If you have a good eye, look closely to see if all three blades are leveled and adjusted as parallel to each other. Usually, on the fake ones, you will see a slight misalignment, basically they are out of line and think about it, what it can do to your face. Check all the blades in the box individually. None of them should be misaligned.

5. Look closely to see small black dots on the blades. Original Mach3 blades have a little larger dots and their paint does not feel as precise as the fake ones. This is because, real ones have an almost invisible clear coat but you can see it if you look at the black dots directly.

6. Look at the blue plastic strip just under the blades, now try to abuse them with the tip of your fingernails (Be careful do not cut your fingers).
They are many micro-aligned plastic lines, and When you do this, they re-align themselves immediately without no damage to themselves. BUT on fake ones, they try to align back, but they can't! They always leave marks on abused spots on them.

7. Look at the front side of blades. Just under the moving head, you will see five parallel lines on the plastic stable part. On the real one the line in the middle is slightly thicker than other ones. But on the fake one they may show difference. And the fake ones, usually (not always) a little darker in color of plastic, if you have good eyes.

8. Now a little flexibility test. You know Mach3s has flexible heads. Fake ones, too... However, if you move the head with your finger to the back, it should come back to the original place with a smooth movement. On the fake ones, they come back but they come back quicker than the real ones. And fake ones even make a slight plastic sound when coming back.

9. Look at the plastic cartridge holder if it has serial number printed on it. If so, it still DOESN'T mean they are real. Nowadays, they are putting serial numbers on fake ones, too. So, follow the first 8 steps, to make sure you have the real ones.

Nowadays, fakes are so close to real, I hope this review helps to all of you. I know some of the sellers who sell fake ones will find this review not useful. BUT using genuine razors is a health issue so be careful. And always buy from reliable sellers. Amazon itself is very reliable but be careful with other third party sellers. Read their reviews first!

56 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fake Blades...BEWARE!!, August 27, 2008

By 

M. Vasowala "MV" (TX) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Gillette Mach3 Turbo Refill Cartridges, 8-Count Box (Health and Beauty)

I should have read recent reviews regarding this fake blades before ordering it online.

Blades were rough and hurts the skin. I have been using Gillete for yrs
(purchased from store) and never had such bad experience. Even blades are
not clean as original ones and very close look can find other minor differences while comparing it to original.

I checked various things as suggested in another review and one of those clearly proved its fake. I tried to abuse blue plastic strip just under the blades, they were many micro-aligned plastic lines, and this lines tried to align back, but they left marks on abused spots.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gotten burned before, January 3, 2010

By 

Hey Now (NY) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Gillette Mach3 Turbo Refill Cartridges, 8-Count Box (Health and Beauty)

Two steps to guarantee your blades will be REAL:

1) make sure it's eligible for Free Super Saver Shipping

2) make sure item is "Sold & Shipped by Amazon"

Very important that it's sold and shipped by Amazon. NOT sold by "So & So" and "Fulfilled" by Amazon - not good. Unfortunately these 3rd party sellers are selling fake blades - the ones everybody's complaining about - the same ones you'll find all over e-bay.

I'm ashamed to say I've been using the fake (knock-off, counterfeit) blades for a couple of years. I had a hunch that either something was wrong or Gillette wasn't consistent with their product. Because some blades were better than others, some just didn't feel right from the start, and none of them lasted all that long. So this time around when I went looking to purchase new shaving materials I heard all this talk about phony blades and it all made sense. Those bums definitely made a fool out of me with their slick packaging, because they certainly "look" like real authentic Gillette replacement blades but they aren't.

And now that I've once again shaved my head with a REAL Gillette Mach 3 Turbo blade purchased from a reputable retailer (Amazon) I now realize what I have been missing - a smooth, close, effortless shave which doesn't tear me up. And to my surprise the lubricating feature on the Turbo actually works! A great product.

One more word of advice - keep your eye on the price of this item as it fluctuates often! Keep it in your shopping cart and buy when the price drops. I paid $1.83 per blade. Great deal.

Once again... ships and sold by Amazon... VERY important!!!