Say what you want about the price of the Gillette Fusion blades, but I will NOT complain. They are the least expensive blades I have ever used.
What?...you say?
Yes, they're dirt cheap because a pack of 4 lasts me 6 months. I bought them at a store 5 minutes away, didn't wait, didn't enter a CC# on a website, didn't write a check. I get the closest shave I've ever gotten, while shaving against the lay of the beard. There aren't many razors which can do that, and even Gillette's own TV commercials don't show it. I often don't have to shave but every other day, though it had always been a daily ritual before the Fusion system. I use Edge or Gillette's own hydrogel shaving cream, 45 seconds on the face before shaving has proven to be the ideal soak time.
It's not the price per blade, it's the price per SHAVE that matters.