Not actually worth it
I had not brushed regularly in so long, and definitely didn't floss. Seemed I always had bleeding gums, and bad breath no matter what I did, and it was discouraging. I recalled years ago using a tool exactly like this with more success with regards to frequency of use, so I purchased it.<br /><br />Yes, it is reusable and self contained, which I like a lot, and fits much better in the mouth than some of the other reusable ones. But there are a few downsides. For starters, it's made of plastic, and unless one feels like raveling which ever floss one prefers using (assuming one didn't want, or couldn't get the refill kind made for it), one doesn't have too many options. Next, it has to be wound pretty tightly, or else it pops off the fork prong thingies, and even then it could do that anyway. But tightly wound means it doesn't curve around the tooth as much, if at all, cleaning less surface area as just using ones fingers to hold the floss.<br /><br />The biggest problem I had with this, was with the floss itself. One day, it caught between my back teeth and frayed. Thin filaments were stuck between my teeth, and I couldn't get it out. While driving it somehow dislogged, and got stuck at the top of my throat, back of the tongue - I had to pull over because it was making me gag, and I had to throw up trying to get it out... sorry about that. From then on, I decided to quickly find natural floss, as if I am going to swallow bits of string, I'd rather it not be plastic. Well, turns out virtually all floss found in stores is made from synthetic fiber... even the vegan kind. And a quick search on amazon will get you silk floss... sounds fancy until you remember that the silk worms don't survive the process. Thankfully, natural fibers for floss, that doesn't kill animals, is out there, so I tried it out, and somehow it's thicker, than this floss here, but doesn't get stuck between my teeth! Makes no sense!<br /><br />Finally, I got a proper cleaning from the dentist, started brushing and flossing after each meal, took turmeric for inflammation (turns out I had gingivitis, ew), and an alcohol-free herbal mouth wash, and within a week my mouth was clean again all the time!!  I finally felt effective, and decided to just use my fingers to hold the floss, like a big girl, and just like that I'm flossing all the time, without this gimmick!
Rating: 2 stars