Toothbrush head colours - a lament

[crumbledworld]

My family of four - me, DH and two teen DS - each have Oral B electric toothbrushes which need their heads replacing every so often. The replacement heads used to come with 4 optional colour bands to help us to distinguish our own brushes - dark blue (me), yellow (DS1), light blue (DS2) and pink. None of us particularly liked the pink band, so DH used no band instead. We used to buy the heads in our Tesco shopping, if discounted, or from Amazon. However, something has recently changed.

• The Oral B brush heads now all seem to be the same colour - light blue.

• Some cheaper brands have emerged. They claim to be compatible with the Oral B toothbrushes, and have similar colours, but the colour bands aren't detachable, so can't be switched around. In practical terms, this means somebody has to have pink, whether they like it or not.

Has anyone else noticed this? Have you seamlessly adapted or are you feeling slightly bereft, like me?

Seriously, who cares if their toothbrush head band is pink?
It's like playing monopoly, everyone wants to be the tophat or dog, but actually, once playing, who actually cares if you're a battleship?!

Just write your initial on the toothbrush base, or dab a different colour with a nail varnish, pen, etc on the toothbrush base.

Or, just keep your old band and stick it on the new head?