I don't think I've used a straight razor in my life, and with my hair, I really doubt I ever want to try. I use an electric razor, and I've had the same one my father gave me almost a decade ago. It still works well. It's a cordless, and when I went on my trip to Europe, I made sure to charge it the night before I left. The first day I woke up in Prague, I got out my razor to shave. I found out it had been switched on sometime in the flight over, completely draining the battery.
So, I decided to grow a beard.
Now, I grew it out a couple months ago, but I realized at a wedding this weekend how many people still didn't know about it.
Perzik