I’m a pretty big whore,* from the standpoint that I’m willing to do just about anything if I’m compensated. And my price point isn’t even all that high.  I read other blogs and they’re all “Someone sent me something to review, but I’m not going to review it because I am artist, doing my artist thing.” Right.  A Portrait of the Artist as a Blogger--whatever. The only reason I have never reviewed anything on this site is because no one has ever sent me anything for free.

But this week someone finally did, and now I have a free Schick Quattro Titanium Trimmer, and I’m going to review it for you.  Here’s what it looks like:

There are two primary reasons I use a razor such as this. Let’s see how it stacks up in each category.

1. Shaving cats.
I have always been a big proponent of shaving cats.  I do this because otherwise cats will lick themselves and create gigantic hairballs.  If you shave them, this doesn’t happen.  Cats will thank you for the service--eventually.

So how did the Schick Quattro Titatanium Trimmer do in the cat shaving category? Unfortunately, I was unable to catch any of my neighbor’s cats in order to find out. Apparently they’ve learned to run when they see me.

2. Alternating between electric razor and a normal one.
This is probably more what I was supposed to write when asked to review the product. The fact is, I’m far too lazy to use a regular razor every day; I almost always use an electric one. But sometimes you want an especially close shave, and then I’ll use a razor like the one I was given or use it after shaving with an electric razor.  This gives me a close shave that I can do to snuggle with those that I love, such as my neighbor’s wife.  Unfortunately, again, I was unable to catch my neighbor’s wife in order to evaluate the product.

Still, I did shave with it and, frankly, it’s a pretty ordinary shave.  Not bad, just ordinary. However, the big gimmick is that it has a trimmer on the end of the handle, battery powered, that works very well.  I do like this feature. Sometimes the electric razor gives me a bit more flexibility, which is why I often alternate between electric and manual, but if the manual has a trimmer at the end, I could see using only the manual razor.  That is, on those rare occasions when I’m feeling inspired to use a non-electric razor.

The trimmer is advertised as being “titanium,” which I guess is good.  I mean, if it was a “plutonium” trimmer than I probably would not have opened the box.  The blades worked well.  I lost about a pint of blood using the product, but that would be true regardless of what razor I used; there’s a reason I tend to stick with electric.

In sum: cool idea to have the trimmer on the end of the razor, so I like it.  And that’s my review.  Now who is going to send me more free stuff?

*However, I’m not so much of a whore that I’m going to mention that you can register to win a free trimmer at www.trimflixx.com by making a movie--especially since I tried it and made one where I’m having a pillowfight with some co-eds.  Frankly, it was kind of creepy. I didn’t like seeing myself in a movie that completely violates the half-plus-seven rule. Maybe a little subtlety in regards to this particular viral marketing gem, guys?**

**But you should still send me more free stuff.