How do you charge an electric toothbrush please?

[Artylady14]

I want to buy my parents electric toothbrushes for Xmas but they dont have one of those wall units for charging in their bathroom. Can you charge electric toothbrushes in any other way?

Also, if anyone can recommend one for sensitive teeth I would be very grateful, thank you.

my electric toothbrush came with an adaptor plug that goes into a normal plug so i charge mine in the kitchen

You can charge it off any power socket with an adaptor, but it's a nuisance if you have to go and fetch it from another room and take it back to charge.

Same as chips. They are supplied with a charging unit that you plus into the wall.

If you buy an adapter you can plug them into an ordinary socket.

I charge mine in the kitchen, with a travel adaptor plug to make it the right sort. It's a bit of a pain as it's in the way, but not much. I tried buying an adaptor plug at poundland first, but it didn't really fit and kept popping out and wouldn't charge, so the travel one was a better bet (you can get loads on eBay and amazon for a pound or two, but they're likely the same as the first one I tried).

I think some brands might actually come with a normal three-prong plug. Mine was Phillips, which didn't.

I charge mine on the landing. It needs to be charges about once a week.

I bought an adaptor for about 60p so that I can plug into the regular wall socket. (also use it for my epilator)

any power socket will do, but we have a hotel-type hairdryer with socket in the bathroom which comes very handy

VegetablEsoup

That doesn't sound very safe.
Only shaver type sockets are allowed in a bathroom and they won't normally power a hairdryer.

You need an adaptor plug and then the 2 pin plug on the toothbrush stand will plug into that.

The adaptor looks like this

sally fixed installed hairdryers are legal.
like this one

Thanks for all your advice. Does anyone know if there is a good one specifically for sensitive teeth/gums?

I've always found the Oral B ones to be great, usually half price this time of year as well. I think you can get sensitive brush heads, they have a good few to pick from anyway.

VegetablEsoup
Yes permanently wired equipment is fine.
As I said it is mains sockets that are not permitted because of the risk of electrocution. Shaver sockets are an approved standard with double insulation.

I don't like electric toothbrushes at all. I had one couple of years ago and the scent of burned plastic during brushing my teeth really scared me off. I prefer using natural teeth care products like this bamboo toothbrush. It's organic and doesn't contain chemicals which can be found in plastic toothbrushes.