The £420 toothbrush
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miniman

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30,211 posts

293 months

Tuesday 1st September
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Meanwhile, The Fonz sails gracefully over a toothy fish.



https://www.dyson.co.uk/oral-care/electric-toothbr...

What with all the furore about Meta glasses, attaching a camera to a vibrating personal care device seems a bold move.

AB

20,639 posts

226 months

Tuesday 1st September
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I actually think that’s a great idea.

My Sonicare was £300 so it’s not a massive jump and if it works then I might take a closer look.

Russet Grange

3,195 posts

57 months

Tuesday 1st September
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Reminds me of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street when he buys a blood pressure monitor for "less than one trip to the doctor" (or something like that).

May be a great device, but I remain of the opinion that the biggest advance in dental hygiene is the teepee stick. Use those once per day, on every gap between your teeth, every day, and you can kiss goodbye to cavities. If they'd been available in the 1970s there would never have been countless "drill and fill" procedures.

dapprman

2,805 posts

298 months

Wednesday 2nd September
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AB said:
I actually think that s a great idea.

My Sonicare was £300 so it s not a massive jump and if it works then I might take a closer look.
I had a similar one as a review item from Amazon (Amazon Vine program) and both the sonic brush and the flosser worked fine but together then were a compromise and you had to hold the toothbrush in a very specific (and unusable way) to get both benefits at the same time.

.:ian:.

3,178 posts

234 months

Wednesday 2nd September
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£400, bargain. This one is £800 and doesn't even have a camera laugh

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/oralb-io10-elect...


Simon_GH

1,017 posts

111 months

Wednesday 2nd September
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Russet Grange said:
Reminds me of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street when he buys a blood pressure monitor for "less than one trip to the doctor" (or something like that).

May be a great device, but I remain of the opinion that the biggest advance in dental hygiene is the teepee stick. Use those once per day, on every gap between your teeth, every day, and you can kiss goodbye to cavities. If they'd been available in the 1970s there would never have been countless "drill and fill" procedures.
Complete agree on the interdentals; it’s a daily obsession for me and my dentist has never been poorer.

AB

20,639 posts

226 months

Wednesday 2nd September
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.:ian:. said:
£400, bargain. This one is £800 and doesn't even have a camera laugh

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/oralb-io10-elect...
Nobody is paying that.

Supersam83

1,936 posts

176 months

Thursday 3rd September
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Well the current competitors in the Electric toothbrush market are more expensive:

Philips Sonicare Diamondclean 9000 is £769.99



Oral-B iO10 is £800



And both of them don't have cameras or spray mouthwash between your teeth.

AB

20,639 posts

226 months

Thursday 3rd September
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Nobody is paying that though, always on offer

Freakuk

4,877 posts

182 months

Thursday 3rd September
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Simon_GH said:
Russet Grange said:
Reminds me of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street when he buys a blood pressure monitor for "less than one trip to the doctor" (or something like that).

May be a great device, but I remain of the opinion that the biggest advance in dental hygiene is the teepee stick. Use those once per day, on every gap between your teeth, every day, and you can kiss goodbye to cavities. If they'd been available in the 1970s there would never have been countless "drill and fill" procedures.
Complete agree on the interdentals; it s a daily obsession for me and my dentist has never been poorer.
I 3rd that, interdental brushes seem such an easy thing and my dentist is always saying how good my oral hygiene is mainly due to these.

Don't see the point of this toothbrush personally.

ffc

789 posts

190 months

Saturday 5th September
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Russet Grange said:
May be a great device, but I remain of the opinion that the biggest advance in dental hygiene is the teepee stick. Use those once per day, on every gap between your teeth, every day, and you can kiss goodbye to cavities. If they'd been available in the 1970s there would never have been countless "drill and fill" procedures.
This 100%.

croyde

26,518 posts

261 months

Saturday 5th September
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Simon_GH said:
Complete agree on the interdentals; it s a daily obsession for me and my dentist has never been poorer.
Flossing string for me. Sit watching the telly of an evening and give my gnashers a good going over.

Luckily I live on my own biggrin

64 and I can't remember when I last needed a filling.

Sporky

12,516 posts

95 months

Sunday 6th September
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Supersam83 said:
Well the current competitors in the Electric toothbrush market are more expensive:

Philips Sonicare Diamondclean 9000 is £769.99

Oral-B iO10 is £800

And both of them don't have cameras or spray mouthwash between your teeth.
£120ish and £260ish from Boots/Amazon/John Lewis etc

rodericb

8,939 posts

157 months

Monday 7th September
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Sporky said:
Supersam83 said:
Well the current competitors in the Electric toothbrush market are more expensive:

Philips Sonicare Diamondclean 9000 is £769.99

Oral-B iO10 is £800

And both of them don't have cameras or spray mouthwash between your teeth.
£120ish and £260ish from Boots/Amazon/John Lewis etc
Interestingly at John Lewis the black Oral-B iO10 is £800.00 and the white version is £266.46 but they have no stock online.

snuffy

13,448 posts

315 months

Monday 7th September
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miniman said:
What with all the furore about Meta glasses, attaching a camera to a vibrating personal care device seems a bold move.
I read your line out to my missus; her face was a picture !

miniman

Original Poster:

30,211 posts

293 months

LJF_97

376 posts

63 months

Monday 28th September
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I saw this on The Gadget Show Podcast (YT) and agree with their sentiments about there being a an upper echelon of society that can spaff a silly amount of cash on a toothbrush.

I'll stick with me water flosser, which I also think was expensive for what it is.