I went from an Oral-B, to a regular manual bamboo toothbrush (1/10 cannot recommend), and then to Suri. It felt better than both of those.
My Oral-B was a relatively mid-tier one I think, not their super fancy £200+ jobs.
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For me it was just my idiocy. I had brushed my teeth in the shower, popped it on the side of the bath until I had finished and then knocked it clean off 
I haven’t repeated it.
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We use these cheapo Amazon brushes and have found them to be great. Used to buy expensive Sonicare’s but I honestly can’t tell the difference from spending 10x the cost.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09N98Q3YQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
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Is anyone part of the “Have Used Sonicare, Currently Use Suri” squad?
My 3-4 year old Sonicare is dying so looking at a replacement.
Does it clean as well as sonicare’s seem to?
Similarly on the A3 head - so yeah probably different experience on the whole.
It do be looking sleek in aluminium though
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It seemingly combines a lot of the features of the total line up on Sonicare heads.
Sonicare Basic - C1 / Sensitive - S2 / Whitening - W2
Now we get into the premium ones - which all have a flexible head feature:
Gum Care - G3 / Plaque Control - C3
then the ULTIMATE - A3
If you look at the products page for all of them - they basically (claim to) have improved plaque removal
from the Basic range with 2x removal* to the Premium with 10x removal* to the Ultra Pro Max with 20 removal*
*vs manual toothbrush.
I didn;t like the brushing experience of the basic brush, the C3 is pretty decent IMO, but I can’t tell much of a difference vs the A3.
Price wise the go about £7 / £12 / £15 by ‘tier’ per head.
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Still rocking my electric Oral B from 7 years ago, changed the head frequently, but time for a change.
Interested in ultrasonic, but there’s too much choice.
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It’s always interesting to hear the thought people put into certain purchases. When buying toothbrushes, looks don’t really register on my wishlist and feel is more about a brush being unusable rather than meaningfully better than fine 
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The brush head talk has me intrigued, but again it’s more a case of my dentist being happy with how clean my teeeth are and not wanting to spend £15 a toothbrush head for something which may or may not make any difference.
The last time I did any research, the TLDR was that any basic electric toothbrush does the job and you’re paying more for perceived niceness.
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I had two quite expensive Sonicare handles that failed on the button. Bought an Oral-B at half the price and don’t really notice anything difference.
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Yeah I think that’s a fair take - there are quite a lot of QoL improvments the “Higher End” ones tend to have.
I assume Soniccare have a decent amount of patents on their product which will limit the “how” other sonic toothbrushes can imitate for now - or at the least integrate with the heads.
I think there is a lot to be said for the psychology of teeth cleaning - the feeling of something ‘feeling clean’ is a factor in buying teethbrush I imagine. Wether or not my teeth are functionally more clean with a soniccare vs manual (or others) who knows. But I image the “feeling of cleanliness” factor has a higher gap vs “actual cleanliness” the more you delve into the more premium teethbrush.
I’ve just seen that Suri at least offer a 100 day satisfactioin guranatee - so might give it a whirl at least under that premise.
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Honestly some are just bonkers for the sake of it really.
This one for example - comes with an extra fancy rose gold carry case (which hopefully charges too…)
A sensor for a “3d scan” of your mouth that tells you where you need to improve your brushing technique
A sensor that adjust speed based on your movement etc
And the replacement heads will tell you when you need to change them.,
I can’t imagine most of that is at all needed tech.
And you can find them in Boots pretty often at 40-60% off.
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I pay around £10.98 for a toothbrush (set of three)
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This thread looks like what I am wanting to share. I have just got my hands on this beauty:
Any vintage camera lovers lurking?
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Ah nice! I’ve had my eye on those for a little bit - not sure it’s for me but really like the concept. Share some results when you get them!
Just back on the Suri v Sonicare thing.
Apparently the Suri brush head is clinically proven to remove 2x the plaque of a manual brush. So it’s comparable to the Philips ‘standard’ head.
Not to restart the debate on brush heads or anything…
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Can’t really go changing the immersion switch to smart nor the bathroom heater switch as it’s not my property, so considering smart switchbots.
Assuming I can stick one on the top and another at the bottom and time them differently, is there a cheaper alternative?
I could look to change the switches by asking the landlord but if there’s an easier option I’ll take it.
Ideally a WiFi style switch/rocker over the current setup, allowing me to control/set times to reduce energy costs.
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Or just change them? Takes two minutes, change them back before you leave! (obviously making sure there’s no power to them first, and earthing them if required)
I ended up getting a pair of these too and think they’re great!
Love that I’m able to add them direct to Google Home without needing to create an account and set them up in the Tapo app first!
Thanks for sharing 
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I did wonder on this but I couldn’t thoroughly work it out (cuz Monday).
Didn’t make sense otherwise, I’ll have another look!
Did also wonder on this, I know someone who could do it for me. With it all being brand new anyway I’d guess it’s earthed to modern standards?
Just annoying it’s not on timers to start. I’d need to also work out what amp or something they are?