Personna Med Prep rebrand.

RayClem , your thoughts on Med Preps for shaving and its ranking in your trial?

I get nothing searching the number and only an image of the blades searching the name. No ability to buy it

I just entered "AVBL-3001-0000" into the search engine on Amazon and got it again?????  Don't know why you are having problems, Marko.

My results minus the pic:

AVBL-3001-0000 Double Edge Prep Blade AccuThrive 3 Facet Edge, Stainless Steel, 0.004 Inch Thick Box of 100

These might be fabulous blades but spending $60 just to try them out seems a bit steep.

I get nothing searching the number and only an image of the blades searching the name. No ability to buy it

I just entered "AVBL-3001-0000" into the search engine on Amazon and got it again?????  Don't know why you are having problems, Marko.

My results minus the pic:

AVBL-3001-0000 Double Edge Prep Blade AccuThrive 3 Facet Edge, Stainless Steel, 0.004 Inch Thick Box of 100

I found them, they were just unavailable

The Personna Med Preps are $40/100 and $78/250 at Robbins Instruments Medical Supply, not including shipping cost.
Accutec Company (accuteccompany.com), is now owned by a private equity company called Finley Parker Holdings, LLC (Morristown, New Jersey, USA) (fpholdingsllc.com). It is a private company, and not listed on the Stock Market. You can check out the holding company website for info on their purchase of the blade factory from Edgewell. The Accutec website has information about their manufacturing facility in Virginia. The packaging for the Personna blades was changed a couple of months ago, and now reflects the Accuthrive name instead of Personna. GeoFatBoy on Youtube did a comparison of blades in both the old and new packaging to see if there was a difference in how they shaved. In his opinion, they shave the same. I recently purchased 100 of the Personna Med Preps from Robbins, and the blades have the Personna name on them. I assume that when the old "Personna" stocks are gone, it will be the end of the "Personna" era in the USA . The good news is the blades will be the same, from the machines and workers in the old Personna factory.

This is quite interesting. 

If I told you the blades are off of the same line as the standard Personna “Comfort Coated” who doesn’t believe me?

I’m not saying there might be a different coating put on a blade (that corking and palm stropping will remove).

The med prep part is in sterilization, marking and packaging.

This is quite interesting. 

If I told you the blades are off of the same line as the standard Personna “Comfort Coated” who doesn’t believe me?

I’m not saying there might be a different coating put on a blade (that corking and palm stropping will remove).

The med prep part is in sterilization, marking and packaging.

So, you’re saying that there is no difference between Lab Blue and Med Prep blades?

In theory, maybe not.
In practice, many shavers believe there is.
My mileage varies (a lot) according to my skill level and my face.

This is quite interesting. 

If I told you the blades are off of the same line as the standard Personna “Comfort Coated” who doesn’t believe me?

I’m not saying there might be a different coating put on a blade (that corking and palm stropping will remove).

The med prep part is in sterilization, marking and packaging.

So, you’re saying that there is no difference between Lab Blue and Med Prep blades?

In theory, maybe not.
In practice, many shavers believe there is.
My mileage varies (a lot) according to my skill level and my face.

I am not guessing.

dtownvino , have commented the same in a couple of posts, including recently BUT the fact is that, for my face and razors deployed, there is a noticeable difference between Labs and Med Preps with Labs just not performing well.

In fact, the Labs have performed so poorly, have given them all away Including a full 100 box bought on expectations of being a must have blade.

Conversely, have hoarded every Med Prep as they have exceeded high expectations, gifting many but only as wishing to share a positive experience that comes with a high price tag.

Anecdotal evidence may not be everything but it is something, especially when one clearly outperforms the other in side by side shaving comparisons.

dtownvino , have commented the same in a couple of posts, including recently BUT the fact is that, for my face and razors deployed, there is a noticeable difference between Labs and Med Preps with Labs just not performing well. 

In fact, the Labs have performed so poorly, have given them all away Including a full 100 box bought on expectations of being a must have blade.

Conversely, have hoarded every Med Prep as they have exceeded high expectations, gifting many but only as wishing to share a positive experience that comes with a high price tag.

Anecdotal evidence may not be everything but it is something, especially when one clearly outperforms the other in side by side shaving comparisons.

I get it, I like the American Standard Heatpump better than the Trane that comes off of the same line.  

Call me crazy, I think they perform better.  

But I’m confident they come from the same line so the blade sharpnes should be identical (minus the coating).  Key words “should be”.

I have to admit I like both blades.