Honestly, I have been using a blade for years and love the closeness it gets. On some occasions you do get cuts so I have to be careful. For my bday, my mrs bought me a nice electric re-chargeble. I was like you, have they made any advancement as I havent bought one for probably 15 years. Ok first shave, left it for about 5 days so a fair bit had to come off as I had a few days off work and the weekend so didnt need to shave until monday morning. Result, shocking. Once my skin heats up and sweats especially on my neck, it gets no-where. So out comes the blade. I find, if I want a quick and easy every day shave then the electric is fine, but if its been a while, definately need a blade as the electric won't do the job properly.