One-bag, carry-on, light travel tips, techniques, and gear

Graham is no fan of Travelon’s carry-on friendly shaving sheets:

“All in all this is a terrible product. However, if you hate your face or legs, enjoy frustration and like to bleed then you should definitely track down this product. I did see the whole line of Travelon soap sheets at Bed Bath and Beyond on clearance for $2 so you can save a little money and maybe even start a new blog called The Frugal Masochist; wouldn’t that be fun.

Just so you know that it isn’t all doom and gloom in the travel shaving world I can wholeheartedly recommend Mama Bear’s Soap Shave Stick. It may not be as lightweight and compact as the shaving soap sheets but it gets the job done in a way that the shaving sheets can’t touch.”

And of course there’s always shaving oil in half-ounce bottles which is simply terrific.

Update on October 16, 2008 by

Frank@OBOW

And here’s OBOWer Buzz’s review of yet another shaving system:

“I saw the Avid4 shaving system mentioned on another blog and was interetested due to its compact size and weight. (Rather than try to explain how it works, I suggest you go to the company’s website and see the video demonstration.)

http://www.avid4.co.uk

Intrigued, I tried to find it only to be told it is no longer available in the U.S. but can be ordered from the UK. So, I did.

The package with a few shaving kits as well as their Skinglider shaving lotion arrived in the U.S. four days after ordering (amazing.)

I’m normally a shaving oil person but decided to try it with shaving oil, Skinglider and shaving soap. I also usually use Gillette Good News disposable razors.

The results were the same. I was not impressed. The shaves were no where near as easy or close as my regular disposable razor. I could feel the Avid4 drag along my face. And while they say you can use each blade up to 10 times, I found that I needed to change blades after about five shaves.

The Skinglider lotion—not really oil but a water based lotion—wasn’t impressive either.

I’ll continue to use this system for long trips until they are used up. At home, I went back to my regular disposables.

It’s too bad as the small size and light weight made this perfect for one bag travel.”