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The option five slipped under your radar? Welcome back to planet earth, how was it on Mars? 
Option Five DE Razor
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The option five slipped under your radar? Welcome back to planet earth, how was it on Mars?
There is very little mention of it on any of the U.S. based forums. Is it still in production or was it just a short run project?
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Hard to say, especially as their website is still down. I bought mine when they came out, but I don't use it much: I've decided I like adjustables, and the option five is too mild for me.
I dropped it shortly after buying it, and it flew apart. The whole thing is held together with two tiny screws that thread into the casting.The threads in the casing were stripped after falling onto the floor in the bathroom, and I had to glue it back together Very bad engineering...
I wouldn't buy one again after seeing how they're put together, and in the end it's just another zamak razor, but dressed up in a pretty frock
Decide for yourself
Here ya go: http://theshavingroom.co.uk/community/index.php?threads/dont-drop-your-optionfive.41545/
I dropped it shortly after buying it, and it flew apart. The whole thing is held together with two tiny screws that thread into the casting.The threads in the casing were stripped after falling onto the floor in the bathroom, and I had to glue it back together
Very bad engineering...I wouldn't buy one again after seeing how they're put together, and in the end it's just another zamak razor, but dressed up in a pretty frock
Decide for yourself
Here ya go: http://theshavingroom.co.uk/community/index.php?threads/dont-drop-your-optionfive.41545/
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Thank you for the information GuitarTech. It looks like I did not miss anything.
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I bought one when it came out, and had to tighten up the screws to solve a "movement" problem.
Usually I'm not very keen on innovative or modernised DE razors, but this, for me, shaves well. I'd say it's about a medium on the aggression scale.
Given @GuitarTech 's unfortunate experience, I've taken care not to drop it.
I like it - not bad for a DE razor. But I try not to drop my razors.
I might have a rare collectors item now
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Their web site is still down: maybe they've buggered off to somewhere where the sun shines with the proceeds from selling the Option five
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Their website has been down for days now: have they closed down the operation? Just curious...anybody have any info as to what's going on?
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No, but I too would like to know.
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The web site is still down, if they were still in business the web site would've been back up long ago, it's been over two weeks now....so my option five is now a collecters item ?
You've got the rare "glued-back-together" version as well...The web site is still down, if they were still in business the web site would've been back up long ago, it's been over two weeks now....so my option five is now a collecters item ?
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Funny business all round. I like mine, and I thought they were doing OK. Somewhere, perhaps, is a stash of gold razor blades; maybe on a rusting goods train in an abandoned tunnel "somewhere in Europe".
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I don't use OptionFive much at the moment, due to my love affair with the variant, but I don't think I'd ever sell it: it's nice to have around. And since I glued mine back together, it's rock solid.
A rare thing - a rock solid investment ...
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It keeps getting wierder: since today, when I try to go to optionfive.ch, my virus scanner (NOD32) flags an alarm, and warns that it's an unsafe website What is going on?
What is going on?Their SSL security certificate is invalid, probably expired. Happens to abandoned web sites..... Nothing sinister...It keeps getting wierder: since today, when I try to go to optionfive.ch, my virus scanner (NOD32) flags an alarm, and warns that it's an unsafe website