Electric toothbrush

Nishy

Nishy

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Geordieboy said:
If you'd bought the Oral B, you'd be able to download the Oral B app for you phone to tell you when to move your brush to another quadrant, and you could mount your phone on the bathroom wall at eye level so you could see the quadrant on the screen light up, because today's youth don't know how to judge 30 seconds (4 quads at 30 sec equals 2 minutes). Now you're going to have to do it the boomer way.
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It is an oral b. Think I'll enjoy the AI for a few weeks
 
Dr Watson

Dr Watson

James
Bit late now but Ion-Sei are pretty good. One full charge lasts 3-4 weeks, lots of whizz bang tech... In use it feels very much like the discontinued Omron/Colgate brushes, my teeth feel like I've just left the dentist after each use.

It does have a few negatives though: Heads are expensive, the soft head is perfect but the medium one is like brushing with a wire brush... Also overpriced IMO, £75 max I would say it's worth.
 
Grarea

Grarea

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wow, they do a lot of things don't they?
It seems like they don't need attaching to a phone for me.
I have had an Oral B type 3756 for (I can't remember how many) years.
It had a thingy dislplay as well. That just sat in the cupboard.
I do rather like the 30 second buzz thing.
However, it wouldn't be hard to have a timer on the shelf.
I don't know if I benefit from the red flashing thing when I press too hard.
I do think I back off a bit.
Not sure that I would pay extra for those gizmos.
Once you have a motor that jiggles the head, the rest is all a bit of just gizmos it seems.
I replaced the battery in it again a couple of years ago for a better and bigger capacity one.
It was better than when new.
I will look more into the battery type next time.

@slapo did you try different types of brush heads?
I had one that shook the teeth out of my head. Another that felt huge.
I prefer the simple, small ones.
It definitely does a better job than manual brushing for me.
 
slapo

slapo

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Grarea said:
wow, they do a lot of things don't they?
It seems like they don't need attaching to a phone for me.
I have had an Oral B type 3756 for (I can't remember how many) years.
It had a thingy dislplay as well. That just sat in the cupboard.
I do rather like the 30 second buzz thing.
However, it wouldn't be hard to have a timer on the shelf.
I don't know if I benefit from the red flashing thing when I press too hard.
I do think I back off a bit.
Not sure that I would pay extra for those gizmos.
Once you have a motor that jiggles the head, the rest is all a bit of just gizmos it seems.
I replaced the battery in it again a couple of years ago for a better and bigger capacity one.
It was better than when new.
I will look more into the battery type next time.

@slapo did you try different types of brush heads?
I had one that shook the teeth out of my head. Another that felt huge.
I prefer the simple, small ones.
It definitely does a better job than manual brushing for me.
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For me, it isn't about the "smart" tech at all, but the improvements that came with the different design of the IO series that makes it a lot quieter and more pleasant to use than the old Oral-B electrict toothbrushes, at least for me. I bought the IO 9 because at the time, there wasn't that much of a price difference and I'd thought I'd use the app to monitor how well I'm cleaning my teeth, but they generally feel so nice that I didn't go through with that.

I've tried a bunch of different heads with the older Oral-B toothbrushes, pretty much all the genuine Oral-B ones and some third party ones.
I found the only ones that worked to my satisfaction had been the cross action heads. They did feel a little harsh, but using less pressure effectively sorted it out.
None of the heads sorted out the "jackhammer" like feeling in the mouth and the noise levels and character.
 
SammieM

SammieM

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Dr Watson said:
Bit late now but Ion-Sei are pretty good. One full charge lasts 3-4 weeks, lots of whizz bang tech... In use it feels very much like the discontinued Omron/Colgate brushes, my teeth feel like I've just left the dentist after each use.

It does have a few negatives though: Heads are expensive, the soft head is perfect but the medium one is like brushing with a wire brush... Also overpriced IMO, £75 max I would say it's worth.
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It is being sold for 75£ right now…
 
Grarea

Grarea

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slapo said:
For me, it isn't about the "smart" tech at all, but the improvements that came with the different design of the IO series that makes it a lot quieter and more pleasant to use than the old Oral-B electrict toothbrushes, at least for me. I bought the IO 9 because at the time, there wasn't that much of a price difference and I'd thought I'd use the app to monitor how well I'm cleaning my teeth, but they generally feel so nice that I didn't go through with that.

I've tried a bunch of different heads with the older Oral-B toothbrushes, pretty much all the genuine Oral-B ones and some third party ones.
I found the only ones that worked to my satisfaction had been the cross action heads. They did feel a little harsh, but using less pressure effectively sorted it out.
None of the heads sorted out the "jackhammer" like feeling in the mouth and the noise levels and character.
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Darn it, now I feel like I am missing out.
 
SammieM

SammieM

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slapo said:
Whereabouts? I did a quick search for it and it seems to be ~£130 on Amazon and elsewhere, except for a few fishy looking websites.
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It was on their website. I saw it yesterday. Only one of the colours was at that price and the other two were MSRP price.
 
C

Clay F. Blair

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slapo said:
For me, it isn't about the "smart" tech at all, but the improvements that came with the different design of the IO series that makes it a lot quieter and more pleasant to use than the old Oral-B electrict toothbrushes, at least for me. I bought the IO 9 because at the time, there wasn't that much of a price difference and I'd thought I'd use the app to monitor how well I'm cleaning my teeth, but they generally feel so nice that I didn't go through with that.

I've tried a bunch of different heads with the older Oral-B toothbrushes, pretty much all the genuine Oral-B ones and some third party ones.
I found the only ones that worked to my satisfaction had been the cross action heads. They did feel a little harsh, but using less pressure effectively sorted it out.
None of the heads sorted out the "jackhammer" like feeling in the mouth and the noise levels and character.
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I used both these Sonicare and Oral B. According to my experience, Phillips Sonicare is not bad at all, But Oral B is best here. Just because of its some nice feature like soft bristles, two extra replacement heads, Disney-themed, Magic Timer App access, Two-minute built-in timer, also it is Oral B approve, But requires frequent charging, It is a drawback. Al over it’s great.
 
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