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I shaved off my beard for this razor, shelved the electric razor, and find myself passing my hands over my chin in amazement several times in the course of the day. The five-blade Fusion is that good.
‘Fact is, you might want to take out some extra insurance on the esophagus. Close means very close in this case.
The nice thing about an economy that spins out choices like a five-blade razor is that you don’t *have* to buy it. Gillette’s earlier products will clean you up just fine, not to mention comparable razors and blades manufactured by the Other Guys.
But if you want close to mean ‘as close as it currently gets’, you might want to invest in the Fusion (a small investment) and the replacement blades (a large one).
I have often suffered an irritated face while shaving with a blade, one of the reasons I moved to a beard and an electric shaver some years ago. But so far, in the thick of the Midwestern winter, I have yet to feel any irritation.
The battery-powered, chip-driven gizmo may be overkill, I must admit. I seem to get as good a shave from the Fusion with the power off as with the little hummer humming away.
Factor in the cost of the blades. Then, if you still want a shave as close as it gets, the Fusion would be the thing.
Canter Bridge 
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