electric toothbrush

Can anyone tell me if they really think the Philips Sonicare toothbrushes are worth over £70 more than the Colgate one?
Looking at the specifications, the Colgate A1500 would appear to be somewhat better than the Philips Sonicare DiamondClean for less than half the price.
 
molly 2 said:
Buy a toothbrush that takes AA battery's
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i found an electric toothbrush today molly at Superdrug for £4.99 including batteries..... will report back on how efficient it is in a day or two - if its ok will take it with me this summer

My brilliant dental practice manager told me today that there are now several USB chargeable electric brushes on the market - see amazon for a wide variety
 
To be honest if you use a Phillips rechargeable you will find the.battery one a very poor second I would rather use a norm toothbrush.

Alf



delicagirl said:
i found an electric toothbrush today molly at Superdrug for £4.99 including batteries..... will report back on how efficient it is in a day or two - if its ok will take it with me this summer

My brilliant dental practice manager told me today that there are now several USB chargeable electric brushes on the market - see amazon for a wide variety
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delicagirl said:
i found an electric toothbrush today molly at Superdrug for £4.99 including batteries..... will report back on how efficient it is in a day or two - if its ok will take it with me this summer

My brilliant dental practice manager told me today that there are now several USB chargeable electric brushes on the market - see amazon for a wide variety
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My old Braun is just about knackered , just bought a battery Braun for £6.10 on Amazon . Pretty good and I can use the Braun replacement heads I still have
 
delicagirl said:
I had no idea you could buy new batteries ... I will examine it in more detail and see if I can work out how to get it apart.... thank you
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You can't take them apart as they are sealed at the factory if it is a Braun.
The idea of the projection into the base is that is the charging coil that goes into the chraging ring coil inside. make for a waterproof item with no open contacts. You need a conversion plugs three pins to various outlets one of which allows the two pin for shavers and toothbrushes etc.
Most people on here use a Steradent tablet and a glass of water, do'nt they????????????????????
 
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GWAYGWAY said:
You can't take them apart as they are sealed at the factory if it is a Braun.
The idea of the projection into the base is that is the charging coil that goes into the chraging ring coil inside. make for a waterproof item with no open contacts. You need a conversion plugs three pins to various outlets one of which allows the two pin for shavers and toothbrushes etc.
Most people on here use a Steradent tablet and a glass of water, do'nt they????????????????????
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I'm not there yet - although i did have an extraction yesterday which was a long bloody affair... but improving today .....

i have used a Braun for years and took it with me on my last long trip and charged it in camp sites or B&B occassionally and in a restaurant once, but with a manual brush as a backup. i am now trying not to overload my van batteries - hence the research into a battery operated new electric toothbrush.
 
delicagirl said:
I'm not there yet - although i did have an extraction yesterday which was a long bloody affair... but improving today .....

i have used a Braun for years and took it with me on my last long trip and charged it in camp sites or B&B occassionally and in a restaurant once, but with a manual brush as a backup. i am now trying not to overload my van batteries - hence the research into a battery operated new electric toothbrush.
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I had 2 extractions in January, but it was under a general anesthetic, with added morphine before I woke up.

Lower left and lower right seven.

Didn't feel a thing :lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:
 
harrow said:
I had 2 extractions in January, but it was under a general anesthetic, with added morphine before I woke up.

Lower left and lower right seven.

Didn't feel a thing :lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:
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i am jealous !! After 4 injections i finally felt no pain.... but was really whoozy afterwards...... but i have a superlative NHS dentist in Salisbury in Endless Street

hopefully no more will need extracting for a good while now.
 
A low power inverter

Will do.
Plug the inverter in to the ciggy lighter whilst travelling.
Easy to find the correct adapter from 3x squarish pins to 2x round.

Or charge from your LB bank (again using ciggy socket and inverter) in the morning and/or when sunny so solar recharges your batteries
Charge say once a week maybe twice.

I have a small inverter which I only use for 2 items

1 Toothbrush
2 Camera battery
 
delicagirl said:
i know Trev - £56 to have a tooth out - on the NHS as well ???? bloody tooth fairy's rates have disappeared haven't they ?
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You can have it done outside any irish pub on a sat/night free.:hammer::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053:
 
trevskoda said:
As above or get your teeth removed del,look at the money you will save:lol-049::wave:
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Not if you do what my late wife did, dental implants @ £17,000 !
She had perfect teeth but problems with gums. She said I waste money on cars, shotguns, fishing rods etc, etc so I had to keep my opinions to myself lol !
 
electric tooth brush

HI
just bought an oral b that uses two aa batteries haven tried it yet
but i had asked the same question, how do you recharge ,so no
problem now just change the batteries.

JAS
 
I wrecked my Oral B rechargeable using a cheap inverter,after a few months use.They don't like modified sine wave for some reason.All the pure sine wave inverters I could find were quite expensive and unnecessarily powerful for only this requirement.
I bought an Oral B with AA batteries,but my dentist said not powerful enough.OK for a few days,but he said any longer use a good quality manual toothbrush.So I have.
Korky.
 
obanboy666 said:
not if you do what my late wife did, dental implants @ £17,000 !
She had perfect teeth but problems with gums. She said i waste money on cars, shotguns, fishing rods etc, etc so i had to keep my opinions to myself lol !
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how much ????
 
delicagirl said:
how much ????
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That's was cheap. Consultation with Hungarian dental surgeon in Harley Street then all work carried out in Budapest with 4 visits to complete the work.
She originally had quotes from uk dental surgeons, £30,000 - £40,000 !
She spent months researching numerous surgeons, locations etc, etc and actually visited 2 patients who used the surgeon she finally decided on. The surgeon she finally went with was a leading authority in the field, lecturing and training dentists around the world.
His surgery was state of the art and the implants were the same used by uk dentists or anther dentist for that matter, Swiss made I recall.
We had a wonderful time visiting Budapest, I can highly recommend it for a visit. We had subsidised accommodation in 4/5 star hotels, the dentist had his own limo's that collected you from the airport and took you anywhere in the city you wanted to visit.
When we were there he had patients from around the world having treatment.
Personnelly I couldn't have gone through what she went through, she was way tougher than me ! She had a head like a football when they fitted the implants but she always said it was well worth it in the end.
 
DEL keep your eyes out for a good buy 22 rechargeable tooth brushes nicked overnight for Tesco Billingham

Alf
 
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