Sonic Toothbrushes, good or just a gimmick?

[RyanTank]

I need to replace mine and my mrs electric toothbrushes and spotted a Colgate branded sonic one for roughly the same price as a regular oral b electric brush.

tbh I'm clueless on which, if either, is the better one to choose.

So any dentists/toothbrush salesmen here able to offer advice?

Is a sonic toothbrush going to offer a better clean than just a normal electric toothbrush?

[grumbledoak]

I have gone from an Oral B to a Philips Sonicare (basic model) after a thread here and I do like it. I won't go back, but I probably wouldn't have just tried the Colgate either - the Oral B is that good.

[BorkFactor]

I have a Oral B Braun one, it is fantastic and works flawlessly.

Would be interested to try another but I would imagine they are pretty much all the same?

[Rachie]

Philips Sonicare far superior IMO and I've used all mentioned. Well worth the investment

[Martin_M]

I've previously bought my mum and fiancee one and they only have good things to say about them.

[Craphouserat]

Sonicare all the way - used to suffer from sensitive teeth, not only did my teeth feel cleaner, my sensitivity disappeared. The sensitivity was probably caused by my manual brushing. I will never go back to manual.

[BorkFactor]

Craphouserat said:

Sonicare all the way - used to suffer from sensitive teeth, not only did my teeth feel cleaner, my sensitivity disappeared. The sensitivity was probably caused by my manual brushing. I will never go back to manual.

You should get a job in their marketing team

[Porkbrain]

Rachie said:

Philips Sonicare far superior IMO and I've used all mentioned. Well worth the investment

Is there a particular model that you would recommend Rachie?

Looking on Amazon there are about a dozen different models at a wide range of prices.

Thanks for any advice you can give

[whoami]

Rachie said:

Philips Sonicare far superior IMO and I've used all mentioned. Well worth the investment

Far superior in what way?

[Rachie]

Porkbrain said:

Rachie said:

Philips Sonicare far superior IMO and I've used all mentioned. Well worth the investment

Is there a particular model that you would recommend Rachie?

Looking on Amazon there are about a dozen different models at a wide range of prices.

Thanks for any advice you can give

Go with the flexcare
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Sonicare-HX6902-02...

[Rachie]

whoami said:

Rachie said:

Philips Sonicare far superior IMO and I've used all mentioned. Well worth the investment

Far superior in what way?

The colgate is very new and needs some tweaking in its design, I didn't like the texture of the brush and it feels very harsh. The light which tells you if you're holding at the correct angle can't be seen when brushing the lower teeth.

Oral - B - sonic - different patent technology, bigger head and not so easy to clean hard to reach corners.

Sonicare - standard and extra small heads available, feels weird to start with and tickly, but once you're used to it your teeth feel much cleaner.

It's still personal preference, I've had units of all 3 to try over the years and always stay with sonicare.


You still need to floss or use interdental brushes too.

[Porkbrain]

Rachie said:

Go with the flexcare
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Sonicare-HX6902-02...

Thanks Rachie, I'll go for that one, cheers.

[Craphouserat]

BorkFactor said:

Craphouserat said:

Sonicare all the way - used to suffer from sensitive teeth, not only did my teeth feel cleaner, my sensitivity disappeared. The sensitivity was probably caused by my manual brushing. I will never go back to manual.

You should get a job in their marketing team

On re-reading that you are right....I should have got a glass of iced water in there somewhere !!

[RyanTank]

cheers for the feedback everyone.

On all the advice it would appear the colgate one is cheap for a reason!
Time to brake the news to the finance director (SWMBO) that if she wants a sonic brush she has to stump up for it!

[sparkyhx]

Warning - My Philips Sonic is on the blink since it fell off the window sill and onto its 'head'. Expensive mistake, its one of the expensive models and was only 7 months old.

pretty sure the Braun twizzy head one would have been fine.

[KENZ]

Recommend Phillips soniccare too. Have had 4 I think in 10 years. Word of warning. I did buy a base model from amazon and it didn't clean my teeth as well as my old one. So I had to buy expensive one. I find they last about 3 years before they start to lose charge though. Just after the warranty runs out;-) maybe they are getting more reliable now as I must be near my 3rd year with this one. No fillings since using them too..

[smack]

grumbledoak said:

I have gone from an Oral B to a Philips Sonicare (basic model) after a thread here and I do like it.

+1 But in my case a friends recommendation after the ex took her Oral B with her.