Why don’t electric toothbrushes sell their toothbrush with an adapter?

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I don’t know of any house that has a two prong plug in the UK to charge up their toothbrush. Means we have to go out and buy an adapter. No they aren’t expensive but it’s a PITA to get one especially if you’ve just got home and realises you need one

This. Like phones, kindles etc. People buy far more of the devices than the plugs and adaptors so it's a way of reducing unnecessary electronics, and cost.

same issue, ive got to get the adapter

@Soubriquet are you sure it doesn't fit? You have the exact same shaver plug as me and toothbrush chargers fit.
They fit in both sides although the 230 side is tge correct one. The plastic gets pushed in by the prongs normal plugs have them too. It's a safety mechanism to stop random objects being shoved in

The voltage won't affect whether the prongs can fit in the holes though will it?, mine will go in either

Sorties it’s really difficult to push the two prongs into the adapter plug. As everyone says , they should come with adapter or 3 pin plug.

But that means we always forget to take an adapter with us if we go and stay anywhere in the UK

Our adaptor lives with our travel stuff now so we're less likely to forget it.

I'll be pleased when I can get a usb charger though that'll work anywhere with no bulky plugs or adapters.

Shaver socket/plug is not the same as the EU plug/socket though they are similar. The shaver plug is shorter and the pins are very slightly closer together, although the Europlug is flexible enough it will fit into a shaver socket.

You might struggle to fit a shaver plug into a Euro adapter because the holes are slightly too far apart. Where they have the dual holes that can also fit a flat-pin US style plug in then you'll usually fit it fine but the contact might not be great. You should use a shaver plug adapter rather than an EU > UK adapter if possible.

Some shaver plug sockets have differently shaped holes for the two different voltages to prevent devices being plugged into the wrong side.

Yes that’s what I have an toothbrush fit perfectly as does a shaver.

Every electric toothbrush I've ever bought (Oral B and superdrug, several of each) did NOT have a plug.

OP, I've often wondered this. We don't have enough plugs and sometimes it's a fight for the charger!

In case this is useful to anyone else, I got a shaver plug to euro plug adapter online - very useful and means you don't need to plug 1 adapter into another when you're travelling.

I've never not had a 2 prong socket in the bathroom, even in old houses.

One of the best investments I ever made was a permenant charging point for the electric toothbrush ( sits on the wall where the old shaver socket was).

Really not expensive but so much better than all the faf with adaptors etc.

The worst is they are actually British plugs! They don't work in everywhere Europe because the pins are wider and further apart then EU ones. The Braun and OralB chargers sold in Europe have a different plug that doesn't work in UK bathroom sockets

We have that socket and definitely fits an Oral B toothbrush!

Lol I know! We have 2 adapters now finally. X

Our new build has two shaver points and a USB point in each bathroom.
One shaver point per room is on the wall and the other is in the bathroom cabinet (along with the USB).

Still surprised by those who didn't get three pin adaptors included with their toothbrush. I bought this brush shortly before Christmas, and it came with the charging cable, the adaptor plug, and a travel case, as per the photo.
My husband bought a new brush earlier last year, and again, cable and three pin adaptor were included.
I've never bought an adaptor and I have at least four (I just checked one drawer, there may be more).

I've never lived in a house that did have one and I've lived in 15 houses. Also none of my friends or family have one.

I have also only lived in places with shaver sockets but as inbuilt batteries get better and better I wonder if we'll see them less and less?

However, I changed my shaver plug for the wall mounted toothbrush stand pictured above. It's actually very easy to do if any of you fancy having a go.

Our bought adapter stopped working the other day. It just needed a new fuse but we’ve had countless oral-b and Phillips and not once have they come with an adapter so we decided to buy another adapter. Never seen a shaver socket in a domestic UK bathroom. I kind of thought they were old fashioned actually so quite surprised that a PP thought all modern bathrooms had one. None of us uses an electric shaver though so for the once a month charging of toothbrushes it’s never been an issue to be fair.

I've never bought an adaptor and I have at least four (I just checked one drawer, there may be more).

That's exactly why they shouldn't be included.

I'd be quite pleased to have the option of buying the toothbrush without a charger even, we've quite a lot of old ones.