Over Engineered

Sometimes things are just over engineered. Not even sure that is the correct expression to use as it may be argued that they are under-engineered. The item I'm thinking about is the razor and what made me consider this was buying replacement blades for a Gillette Fusion - a 4 blade razor that vibrates.......

Great to market and create a real fuss about. The problem is the blades are so close together that they get clogged very easily - the vibration doesn't help here. Also, the price of replacement blades is double that of more normal units. So I bought a Wilkinson Protector 3 with 5 spare blades for the price of just 4 replacement blades for the Fusion. There is something completely wrong there somewhere........

The thing is - the Wilkinson Protector 3 gives a better finish - so there you have it a far better more balanced piece of engineering that just gets the job done. Not so sure that there is a marketing line in that though................