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Best electric toothbrush

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ineednewhair · 31/08/2019 20:43

Looking for recommendations for a new electric toothbrush please. I previously had an oral B years ago (got it as a gift) but couldn't source the replacement heads successfully.
Anyone got any good recommendations please? I don't mind spending money to get a good one.
Thank you

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DisplayPurposesOnly · 31/08/2019 21:08

The standard round Oral B heads seem to be everywhere. Were yours a special kind?

DontCallMeShitley · 31/08/2019 21:20

My Oral B died after a few months. Wouldn't get another one. Expensive waste of money.

Old style ones with batteries lasted much longer and I am going to get another of those or continue with a manual one. My father still had his own teeth at 82 and never had a fancy toothbrush.

GoAndAskDaddy · 31/08/2019 21:39

Definitely Phillips sonicare!

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ineednewhair · 31/08/2019 23:16

@DisplayPurposesOnly it was a few years ago now and I tried many places and could not get them.

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ineednewhair · 31/08/2019 23:18

@DontCallMeShitley that's great re your dad - I have good teeth and want them to stay that way and from watching the ads about how the 'motorised' bristles clean in all the hard to reach areas I'd like to try this method.

I agree that the charging was a faff with oral b also

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darkcloudsandsunnyskies · 31/08/2019 23:19

Both my sonicares broke within the two year guarantee period due to battery failure. John Lewis have replaced it twice free and I am now on my third one. Our oral b of the same age has never been replaced.

ineednewhair · 31/08/2019 23:19

@GoAndAskDaddy thanks I'll have a look at the Philips sonicare now

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GoAndAskDaddy · 01/09/2019 09:49

Yes, I have had problems with one breaking in the past… Keep your receipt. You can get them for £100 on offer. I have justified this by hopefully having a reduced dental treatment bill 😆

SoVeryLost · 01/09/2019 09:52

Oral b heads are easier and cheaper to source than sonicare. Every supermarket I go into has oral b heads. I have just got an oral b toothbrush for both DS and myself and we are both very happy with them.

TheGirlOnTheLanding · 01/09/2019 10:32

Can't vouch for its longevity yet, but I've just replaced my broken OralB with a Fairywill - sonic but the same price as a basic OralB. I think I saw them recommended on here. So far very impressed but as I say, too early to tell whether it will last.

RoseReally · 01/09/2019 10:34

I have a sonicare, it's good. You can get cheaper generic toothbrush heads from Tescos.

NoBaggyPants · 01/09/2019 10:38

The Superdrug own brand one produced better results in trials than the more expensive ones. We've got one and it is just as good.

NoBaggyPants · 01/09/2019 10:41

And it's half price at the moment.

www.superdrug.com/Toiletries-Offers/Superdrug-Pro-Care-Advanced-Clean-Rechargeable-Toothbrush/p/985765

Hecateh · 01/09/2019 10:44

I got one of these

amazon.co.uk/s?k=sonic+toothbrush&crid=1MICIYLTSIF1I&sprefix=sonic+toothbru%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_14]]

The charge is guaranteed to last for a month and it charges with a standard usb so even if it does need charging on holiday you can do it with your phone charger.

SisyphusDad · 01/09/2019 10:44

I'm on my second Oral-B in around 25 years. At one point my wife had a Sonicare. It lasted a few months before packing up and being returned. Never had a problem getting the Oral-B heads.

Hecateh · 01/09/2019 10:45

does take some getting used to though - the vibration in your mouth is strange

summ · 01/09/2019 10:49

Philips sonicare I love it!

userxx · 01/09/2019 10:54

Philips sonicare, I tried the oral b but always go back to sonicare, just a basic one will do the trick.

thisisthetime · 01/09/2019 11:00

Any sonicare. Miles better than oral b.

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