It isn't all that weird when you know that Energizer owns Schick.

Just like Proctor and Gamble own Gilette and Duracell.

These companies thrive on products that require supplies, and getting you hooked on their razors is how they make their money.

This would have been a better match if it were Duracell and Gillette since they are both under Procter & Gamble. Seems to be preemptive marketing

@scoobydoo: Good catch on the connection.

@scoobydoo: And this is why I switched to wet shaving, I pay $15 for 100 blades.

@Hoss: Considering I spent 11 dollars on 5 disposable razor heads, I agree. They definitely make their money on the razors.

Brilliant. If the razor is free, then I'm choosing the pack of batteries that contains the razor. They get a client who now has to also buy blades for a new razor...unless another free razor comes along.

I use an electric razor, so this doesn't do much for me.

"the add-on probably gives Energizer an edge"

I see what you did there.

It's the MacGyver special, obviously.

$78.06 ???

@Skaperen: Cost per 100 batteries.

Since that's the razor I use, I'm really tempted to run out and see if my CVS has this package deal. I use a ton of batteries for work, and that razor has a BLADE on it! (Those things != cheap.)

Is it one of those stupid vibrating razors that requires batteries perhaps?

@morganlh85: Don't knock the vibrating razor until you try it. It seems to make a difference.

Am I the only one who is true to his razor? I have been using a Gillette Sensor since it came out almost 20 years ago.

Yea, when a new razor debuts, I give it a try and buy one of those crazy loss-leader, promotional numbers for a buck-or-two, but I have never found another razor nearly as comfortable as the Sensor.

As for the batteries, the Kirkland (Costco) brand are way cheaper and top rated by our friends hosts at Consumer Reports.

@crashman2600: Really? I'm surprised...it has the ring of a silly marketing gimmick. Maybe I'll try it out :)

@TinaBringMeTheAx: i went from sensor to fusion (non powered) and i really like the closer shave.

@winshape:
I use an electric Norelco something for during the week shaving but for the Sunday night face fuzz, I use a Mach 3 or something similar. I find that a electric just doesn't give that close shave that I like after a weekend of not shaving.

@gjones77: Spent $250 2 years ago on a Braun 7...never looking back since there are NO supplies to buy besides the $2.50 self-cleaning cartridge!

@morganlh85: +1 on the vibrating razor. I have the Gillette fusion, which I have tried in both vibrating and not, and the vibrating does work better. The blades are mucho expensive though.

The razor in the battery package above seems to be a conventional Quattro for Women, which is not a battery-powered razor. Usually the battery razors take AAA batteries anyway, not AA.

@Skaperen:

Costco; 48 pack of great batteries (they used to be made by Energizer...same thing as Energizer Titanium... now Duracell makes them) for $10!

@TinaBringMeTheAx: I'm loyal to the Venus razor.. but I'm wanting to try that new Quatro razor that comes with the trimmer on the other end.

Crazy thing is, the last two times I've been to Walmart to look for them.. they haven't had any.. They haven't even had a place where they would be at.

@Hoss: And because I like to track those kinds of connections (see my other comments/rants against naming rights & official this & that of whatever), I have the following information for those that desire to know:

Not only does Energizer own Schick, it owns Playtex, Banana Boat, and Hawaiian Tropic.

Procter & Gamble owns not only owns Duracell & Gillette, but Old Spice too.

Old Spice, which introduced body wash in 2003 and is a close second to Axe among men's brands, with 6 percent of the total market, also emphasizes manliness: it is the official body wash of the N.F.L. and Nascar.

It also introduced its own shower tool, the Deck Scrubber.

@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: I really like the Quattro razor with the trimmer thingy on the end. Be warned - those razors are SHARP! I sliced off half my fingernail the first time I used it, and I've been using the Venus for years without incident.

I gave my husband all my old Venus blades to use. He likes them better than the Mach 3 blades, especially on his neck beard.

@Hoss: Energizer and Schick are also under the same corporate umbrella.

@nybiker: I'd never heard of that new Old Spice shower thing, but wow, a shower "tool" for men called a "deck" scrubber? Wow, again.

@nybiker: Am I the only one that misread the shower tool as saying Dick Scrubber?

@jurisenpai: Ouch.. I'll have to be careful. If I can ever find one for purchase, that is.

I noticed a long time ago that the Venus and Mach3 blades can go on either razor handle. Which has been handy when I've ran out of razors.. I just take one of my husbands and put it on my Venus handle.

@TinaBringMeTheAx: Cool. Maybe I should try a Sensor... I know they still make blades for like 15 generations of razors back, so it should be no problem getting my hands on one.

I use a Fusion (with vibrating) now... Gillette sent me a Mach III when I turned 18 (brilliant gimmick!), and the Fusion is the only razor I've ever bought. However I am itching (!) to try that new Shick with a trimmer... I signed up for an online Wolverine movie tie-in promo to get a free one and it never showed up though. :( Now I'm afraid that if I finally go buy one, my free one will show up the next day and make a fool of me.

It kills me that "isle" is used almost exclusively online for "aisle".

Carnival now travels to the Isle of Razors and Batteries. Come one! Come all!

Procter & Gamble owns all of the following:
Gillette
Duracell
Oil of Olay
Pantene
Aussie hair products
Cover Girl
Vicks, including NyQuil
Oral-B
Prilosec
plus they make a bunch of very expensive RX only pharmaceuticals.

@TinaBringMeTheAx:

Same here, I've been using the Sensor since it first came out. It does a great job so why switch.

One of my friends recently bought a refill for some razor and it cost about $25.00 and was he complaining. I believe it had 5 blades and the cartridge was the size of a small cat. It was so big that I don't see a need for the handle, just hold the cartridge in your hand. He just shook his head and gave a little sigh.

These are also the same people who buy Axe and Dial Magnetic Attraction Enhancing Body Wash.

I've also seen a pack of razors with a free pair of earbud headphones. Emo special?

$12.49 would probably get you 2 of those razors and twice the batteries at WalMart. But OH-they won't be packaged together!

The whole vibrating razor thing (and toothbrush) was created for women who are too embarrassed to run out and buy a vibrator...God I hope that's not why they make male razors that wiggle and jiggle.

It is actually useful, suppose you are out of shaving cream. Well you are still in luck, simply poke a hole in the battery and squeeze out the liquid then rub it on your face, then shave it all off. works just as good as shaving cream.

@threlkelded: Okay, that was so wrong, but I lolled.

@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: On top of that, the Mach 3 disposable razors have the same exact blades as the cartridges and are often cheaper than just the cartridge refills.

You can also take the cartridges off of the disposable handles and put them on the regular razor handle.

Back in July, the Freakonomics blog did a call for reader comments on weird pairs of goods (complementary goods, in economic terms, which are goods that are supposedly consumed together, or at least ones where a decrease in the price of one has a positive impact on the demand of the other), and the responses were pretty entertaining:

[freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com]

For example:

"In a supermercado in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, I saw a package of spaghetti shrink-wrapped to a box of corn-flakes."

"I seem to recall driving by a small store advertising live bait and Beanie Babies."

Classic.

@Battlehork: Thanks for the tip. I will have to see if that is the case for Venus as well.

@SugarMag: That sounds like a powerfully uncomfortable vacation.

Walgreens had this same thing several months ago.

@TinaBringMeTheAx: I used the sensor for many years before I tried the Schick 3-bladed disposables. I shave once a week and a box of 10 lasts for a couple months easily.

@nstonep: That's why we have the internet, my friend. Sent straight to your home in nondescript plain brown box.

@Razor512: Soap works too without the need for vicegrips.

@larrymac: Yep. A glorified... well, did Ironhead Heyward ever tell us what this thingy was called?

@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: Surprisingly, not so much. Just have to be careful, is all.

@nstonep: I thought that's why Walgreens sold "personal massagers" that are quite clearly not designed to be used on a back, box be damned...

I live in Korea, and these kind of bundled giveaways are common here. I've seen scrubby sponges on batteries, pens on toothbrushes, and so on. Some of it makes sense, like coffee filters on coffee, but ponchos on cereal? Whatever. Getting freebies like this is standard practice here. They call it "service." Maybe I'll see if I can get some pics and send them to Consumerist.

@TinaBringMeTheAx: Gillete Sensor all the way. I have tried every new one that comes out, or maybe not, I might have stopped at 4 blades..