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I've been up and down with the futur settings and settled on 2 for the 3 passes, or 1 for all passes with some blades for the first shave. I spent a few months trying 4 and 3 but was getting a fair bit of irritation, 2 works well for me. I did feel like I was closer shaved after first and second pass with a higher setting, but still need the against the grain anyway. I'll probably try higher again in the future but happy at 2 for now.
Christmas 2015 I decided to try de shaving and bought a Merkur 34c (£34.99), 100 Astra blades (£9.99) a brush for about £10 and an Alum block (£4.99)
My only outlay since then has been a 99p Palmolive shave stick every 3 months.
Initially its daunting but I can now get most of it done whilst havng a shower, then a quick tidy up after
I used to go 5,4,2 (down, across, up) but after a bit of reading, I found I was going the wrong way, much better saving going 4,5 and just doing across and up.
I might try a better razor at some point, but the qShave works, just one hell of a blade gap.