Electric toothbrushes

[8bit]

We've been using Oral B electric toothbrushes since forever. Until a while ago these always seemed to do the job and last a long time before they'd wear our or die but recently we've had a few failures not that long after end of warranty. The heads are not exactly cheap either.

It occurred to me that there may well be better alternatives out there so wondered what, if anything, fellow PHers might recommend?

[tescorank]

Sonic are miles better than your whirly one.

[Griffith4ever]

And heads on spinny ones can be had on Amazon for pennies.

[Fore Left]

I've just bought one of these to replace my ailing Oral-B brush. 4.4 stars from 3,000 reviews so will hopefully be OK. 2 pack is currently £40 with voucher on Prime. Heads are £9 for 5.

[Griffith4ever]

Or £8 for 20 and that's not the best deal by far. Nothing complicated about electric toothbrush heads.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/KAV-PLUS-Toothbrush-Repla...

[craig1912]

tescorank said:

Sonic are miles better than your whirly one.

Went from a sonic to an oral b. The sonics don’t last and the oral b give a better clean…IMO

[archie456]

craig1912 said:

tescorank said:

Sonic are miles better than your whirly one.

Went from a sonic to an oral b. The sonics don’t last and the oral b give a better clean…IMO

I found it was the other way round, sonicare brush was miles better.

[tr7v8]

Our last Oral B rechargeable lasted 8 odd years before falling apart. So this time around bought the cheapy AA battery Oral B and a handful of rechargeable AAs and a USB charger. One charge lasts over a month & I just recharge the 2 x AAs on the 1st of every month. Massive saving & I can travel with it if needed.

[motco]

My last Oral-B started to increasingly vibrate and it was the interface between the head and the drive spindle that had worn. The brushes are the 'female' part and always fairly new, but the 'male' part on the handle had lost a lot of the edges of the flats so that the oscillating action was more in the head moving on the body that it was transmitted to the head mechanism. That not only caused a reduction in brush head movement but made an uncomfortable shaking of the whole head assembly. It took years to do that though.

[tescorank]

tr7v8 said:

Our last Oral B rechargeable lasted 8 odd years before falling apart. So this time around bought the cheapy AA battery Oral B and a handful of rechargeable AAs and a USB charger. One charge lasts over a month & I just recharge the 2 x AAs on the 1st of every month. Massive saving & I can travel with it if needed.

8 years for a tooth brush wow that’s impressive and also WE (how bigs the family) and then you buy a cheap one, I bet you buy lifetime clothing.

I tend to buy a new sonic once a year, they do tend to vibrate themselves to bits, but then the vibrations tend to loosen the stuck debris in places that whirly Oral bs don’t-which is the reason for using one in the first place.

Ex Oral B committed Sonic shaker man.

Edited by tescorank on Sunday 17th December 06:48

[E90_M3Ross]

I have just had a look, some of the top Oral B chargers are well over £300. For a fking toothbrush How can they justify that FFS!?

[grumbledoak]

I have both Oral B and Philips Sonicare. I oscillate between them.

The Oral B with AA batteries wins on practicality though - you can use a charger at home but buy batteries if it goes flat on holiday.

[tr7v8]

tescorank said:

tr7v8 said:

Our last Oral B rechargeable lasted 8 odd years before falling apart. So this time around bought the cheapy AA battery Oral B and a handful of rechargeable AAs and a USB charger. One charge lasts over a month & I just recharge the 2 x AAs on the 1st of every month. Massive saving & I can travel with it if needed.

8 years for a tooth brush wow that’s impressive and also WE (how bigs the family) and then you buy a cheap one, I bet you buy lifetime clothing.

I tend to buy a new sonic once a year, they do tend to vibrate themselves to bits, but then the vibrations tend to loosen the stuck debris in places that whirly Oral bs don’t-which is the reason for using one in the first place.

Ex Oral B committed Sonic shaker man.

Edited by tescorank on Sunday 17th December 06:48

I see your point. Its only a 2 person family & mainly me using it, Mrs TR7V8 goes for manual mode 99% of the time, she only uses the leccy one once a week or so.
As someone else said the mains ones are useless for travelling. A. They are not universal chargers (they are now) & B. they only last a couple of days off charge. I used to be )pre-covid) travelling 2-3 days a week so the double AA one had more use, so it made sense.