Toothbrush change - are the sonic ones worth the money?

I have a Phillips Sonicare, and I think it is a pile of crap. The previous one ... a Braun was much better.

I have an oral b braun Triumph which is not sonic but works quite well. So far as I could tell there was no evidence sonic were of much use outside a dental surgery.

I've got a sonicare too. The biggest problem I have with it is navigating the maze of which replacement heads are compatible with which model. Plus heads are blindingly expensive. last time I needed a new head (!) it was cheaper to buy a brand new Braun brush + charger than a new Philips head.

I've had one for several years. My gums are in a better state now than they have been for years. Heads don't last me long. 2-3 a year.

SWMBO gets the heads for me on Ebay at a better price. The two models (5000 and 6000?) now seem to have interchangable brushes, but still several different head sizes.

My son, who is a dentist, bought me a philips sonicare six or seven years ago. I have had no problems with it or my teeth since. In fact my gums are much better than they used to be. I get through 2 heads per year and they are expensive but not as expensive as implants!

Lawrence

I have a sonicare and an ultrasonex and use one morning and one nightly. It covers all my needs and I am happy with both, any failure of one is covered by the other.

The sonicare heads are expensive but not if you buy carefully. A £5 head lasts me at least 6 months, and an ordinary toothbrush lasts me 4 weeks and costs £2 so I am well in with the cost of the more expensive head. I treated my wife to a sonicare last xmas and we have just stocked up on eight spare heads which will last us years.

The new sonicare uses heads like some of the braun ones and come as 5 heads for £20, but the handle is a silly price, unless you can shop around over a period of time.

With regards the ultrasonex, I am told that the newer braun equivalent are better, but the ultrasonex is the nicest toothbrush of any type that I have ever held or used. The shape is perfect for oral use.

bout changing the head on a toothbrush on an earlier

Philips dont make a good anything!!

afaik most electric toothbrushes work above 20Hz, making them sonic

My dentist recommended a braun fwiw.

NT

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Owain

We had a Braun for a few years and thought it was pretty good.

When it got lost with our luggage we bought a new one and decided on a Philips instead.

The Philips is miles better. And the heads last a lot longer.

Boots have a special offer at the moment, £69.99 for the basic model which has "only" two programmes (all you need TBH).

I tried to use Slackware Linux for some time, and found it pretty interesting, shall we say.

It seemed to be produced and managed by one person, who had a time of little progress because he became ill with a mystery disease.

He posted that it had been suggested that his illness was caused by his use of a sonic or similar toothbrush, which might have vapourised some decay in his teeth or gums which might have then been breathed in.

I have no idea whether this was ever proved, disproved or laughed out of court, and didn't follow up on what happened, but Slackware still seems to be progressing under him.

I use a manual toothbrush.

Got a new Braun one a month or three ago. It feels like the turbocharged version. Far more whizz than the previous one, far better battery life, has 'I need charging' and 'I am full' lights. Performance does vary a little between fully charged and empty but nothing significant. Even the timer works sensibly. (Previous one never reset itself to zero so if you used it 'too long' in the morning for some reason, your evening brush would hit the end too soon.)

I had been about to jump ship (though had not decided where to) but partner got one and I was impressed. Had also recently been very pleased by Braun's warranty service on a kitchen blender.

agree on that (Superdrug is cheapest place)

the 'demo' on TV where they put it in a glass of water to show the sonic effect also simply does not work. I would not get one again.

Braun is better here, rotary scrubbing seems to be better on burnt on carbon

Found those useless for cleaning teeth though

Go for Braun rather than a Sonicare: good cleaning, lighter, less vibration.

More recent models have smarter battery technology. eBay's a good place to buy.

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