Oral-b Braun electronic toothbrush problem

[Meat Plow]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:14:41 -0700, William Sommerwerck wrote:

I keep my Sonic on the charge all the time when not in use. Use it for
2 minutes twice a day. I'm pretty sure I bought it when they first came
out was that 2000 or so?

That seems about right. Maybe a year or two earlier.

Odd you would not be getting the same battery life. Mine has no
indication the charge capacity has been reduced.



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[martinmarty]

I bought my Sonicare in about 2000 for about $80, didn't start using
it until 2003 and it is still going strong. I use it once a day and
miss a day sometimes. I usually run it for the pre-programmed 2
minutes plus another quarter or half-cycle, so about 3 min per day. As
Meat Plow reported, I see no indication that the charge capacity has
been reduced.

Normally I put it right back in the charger after I use it but I have
left it out of the charger for up to a week before I had to recharge.
The charger is in another room so sometimes that is more convenient.

I don't know how all the other electric tooth brushes work, but the
Sonicare uses a magnetic signal generated by the handle/battery pack
to make the brush oscillate very fast. I don't know the actual speed
but I would estimate 50 - 100 cycles per second. You would be brushing
for an hour to get the same number of strokes by hand and I can't
believe Consumer Reports still preferred a manual brush. The Sonicare
does an amazing job of cleaning my teeth and I knew the first time I
used it that I should have started using it sooner. My teeth felt
totally smooth like after the dentist cleans them.

I have never submersed the battery pack in water because it doesn't
look waterproof, but it is at least water resistant because I clean
the cavity where the magnets go thoroughly a few times a year using
water and have never had any problems doing so.

 

[Martin Urbanek]

I bought my Sonicare in about 2000 for about $80, didn't start using
it until 2003 and it is still going strong. I use it once a day and
miss a day sometimes. I usually run it for the pre-programmed 2
minutes plus another quarter or half-cycle, so about 3 min per day.
As
Meat Plow reported, I see no indication that the charge capacity has
been reduced.

Normally I put it right back in the charger after I use it but I have
left it out of the charger for up to a week before I had to recharge.
The charger is in another room so sometimes that is more convenient.


I don't know how all the other electric tooth brushes work, but the
Sonicare uses a magnetic signal generated by the handle/battery pack
to make the brush oscillate very fast. I don't know the actual speed
but I would estimate 50 - 100 cycles per second. You would be
brushing
for an hour to get the same number of strokes by hand and I can't
believe Consumer Reports still preferred a manual brush. The Sonicare
does an amazing job of cleaning my teeth and I knew the first time I
used it that I should have started using it sooner. My teeth felt
totally smooth like after the dentist cleans them.


I have never submersed the battery pack in water because it doesn't
look waterproof, but it is at least water resistant because I clean
the cavity where the magnets go thoroughly a few times a year using
water and have never had any problems doing so.

 

[Fardeen]

On Mar 21, 7:39 pm, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid> wrote:

Per Sylvia Else:

Buy a new one.

But be prepared for some sticker shock.

The one I had (that just went South couple days ago) cost less
than 15 USD a couple of years ago.

The cheapest Oral-B I could find retail around here was close to
eighty dollars.

Finally wound up paying $100 for a two-pack of "Professional
1000" models at Sam's Club - figuring that the extra twenty was
well spent against the day when one failed again.

I'm thinking all this is some kind of marketing ploy by Oral-B,
since Colgate offers electric toothbrushes at under $10 - albeit
not with the reciprocating action of the Oral-B.
--
PeteCresswell

Fascinating!

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per (PeteCresswell):

Finally wound up paying $100 for a two-pack of "Professional
1000" models at Sam's Club - figuring that the extra twenty was
well spent against the day when one failed again.

I'm thinking all this is some kind of marketing ploy by Oral-B,
since Colgate offers electric toothbrushes at under $10 - albeit
not with the reciprocating action of the Oral-B.

Well, I finally got off my butt and performed the due diligence
that I should have performed before buying.

Turns out there is something to the price diff.

The cheaper one that failed had a significant feature set diff.
Battery life, number of strokes per minute, pressure warning
light, and maybe more.

The bottom line I came away with is that I should have sprung for
one of the even more expensive ones that had the sonic cleaning
feature - which users report leaves the teeth feeling like they
do right after a professional cleaning.
--
PeteCresswell

 

[William Sommerwerck]

The bottom line I came away with is that I should have
sprung for one of the even more expensive ones that had
the sonic cleaning feature -- which users report leaves the
teeth feeling like they do right after a professional cleaning.

What comprises "sonic" cleaning is a matter of opinion. However, the current
Oral-Bs, and all the Sonicares, do/did a sufficiently good job of cleaning
that your teeth are "squeaky" clean -- runbbing a clean, dry fingertip over
them produces sound.