Spec me an Electric Toothbrush...

I am far more impressed and satisfied with my low end Sonicare than I ever was with my low end Oral-B, which I endured for far longer than I would have done if I'd experienced the Philips before. The only thing I don't prefer is the cost of the heads. But compared to what my dentist charges it's insignificant.
 
The hygienists I know have always maintained the expensive electric toothbrushes are just a waste of money and do no better a job than the cheap electric disposables for £2.50
 
Si105 said:
Phillips sonicare is what i'd recommend, just prefer them to the Oral B ones.
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There was a recent thread on this forum regarding eleccy toothbrushes. I decided to jump in and try the Sonicare. Well slap my face and call me Timmay - it really did make a massive difference from the first day!

I've had mine for about a month now and it has definately brightened up my teeth. I was hugely surprised.
 
Freakbro said:
The hygienists I know have always maintained the expensive electric toothbrushes are just a waste of money and do no better a job than the cheap electric disposables for £2.50
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That's odd because all hygienists I've seen at the dentist say that electric toothbrushes are the best. They allow you to brush far more efficiently in hard to reach areas and require no force.

I don't see how a manual job could match something that is vibrating about a thousand times faster.
 
Hedge said:
That's odd because all hygienists I've seen at the dentist say that electric toothbrushes are the best. They allow you to brush far more efficiently in hard to reach areas and require no force.

I don't see how a manual job could match something that is vibrating about a thousand times faster.
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Try reading what I said :p
 
Another vote for the Sonicare. I used one of the rotational ones for years and never thought it was that great. Battery seemed to die rather quickly and it just didn't clean as well as the sonicate. Both parents have switched to one now from their old oral-b rotational ones and are very happy with the sonicare.
 
Hedge said:
Ah I see... disposable electric... seems unlikely to me still.
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Nah, it's just the age old fallacy that just because something is expensive it must be better.

And a £100 electric toothbrush is not any better than a cheap disposable electric toothbrush according to the 3 hygienists I know *shrug*

But yes, an electric toothbrush is overall far superior to a manual one
 
I recently got the Braun TriZone 1000 and am glad I didn't spend any more than the £30 I did on that. It has the same cleaning power as the top-end 5000 model.

Judging by the reviews most people tend to use these things on the normal mode. If you have really sensitive teeth you can get brush ends designed for that, rather than a more expensive main body.
 
SoliD said:
What this man said, mine is about 3 years old, battery is starting to die and i'm having to charge it every few days, but nothing a new battery won't sort out.
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I've read up and watched a couple of videos. Although a lot of these Triumph models look the same, there is more than one type of battery they have used. If you've not checked yours already, open the brush up and measure the battery. The two types I've seen are 43mm (4/5A 1.2V) and 50mm (A 1.2V). The video I watched was of a brush that looked identical to mine but used a 4/5A but I opened up my brush and mine is a 50mm battery.

Oxide™ said:
You can replace it's battery? google here I come
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I was as surprised as you are before SoliD mentioned it. Here are a couple of videos with slightly different methods:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um3ncK4FonM

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5DlnEherdY&feature=player_embedded

As I mentioned in reply to SoLid, my brush looks identical to the one in the second video but he uses a 4/5A battery (43mm long) and my battery is A type measuring 50mm.

I'm guessing that the strength and size of the spring inside the brush will allow you to use the 4/5A instead of an A but you may as well get the right size to start with.

Batteries available here:
http://www.component-shop.co.uk/html/single_cells.html

I want to get my hands on a Sanyo battery (HR-AU) but finding it difficult to find in the UK with solder tags except a seller on Amazon I've never heard of and Farnell but I don't have an account with them.
 
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Thanks Hamster :)

Mines definitely the 4/5A size - will order it from that site.

Also need to order a soldering iron too lol
 
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