I let the beard grow so that I didn't have to shave as often as well. I did go back to a goatee this summer, but the extra shaving bored me. I have been a Mach 3 (just the plain one, not the one that flippin' vibrates). I don't use shaving cream, but rather just some Irish Spring on my face after the shower.

One of these days I will find an old school barber and go for a straight blade shave (just to say I have done it).