Review (5/5): Best Toothbrush Available
I have been using the Braun Oral B 3D toothbrush for some time now, and although that unit does a much better job cleaning your teeth and gums than a traditional manual brush, my dentist kept recommending a sonic toothbrush. Unfortunately, the only sonic brush available at that time was the Sonicare, which in my opinion was large and ungainly, not easy to handle. At last, here comes a sonic toothbrush from Braun/Oral B with a nice design and a compact body no larger than the 3D model. I'm happy to say that it works every bit as good as it looks! It makes my mouth feel even cleaner than the 3D model did, and it's so much fun to use, it even seems to make the two minutes spent brushing fly by. As another user has noted, the only downside is the packaging: that hard plastic blister pack was all but impossible to open, and removing it exposed sharp plastic edges that could easily cut someone. It's just about the most consumer-unfriendly packaging I've ever encountered, so bad in fact that I got on Braun's toll-free consumer hotline before I had even finished opening the box and told them to eliminate the blister pack. Otherwise I can't wait until my next dental checkup, when I'm guessing the hygienist will ask what I did to improve my dental care regimen. Assuming that you can remove the blister pack without hurting yourself, this toothbrush must be the most effective and easy-to-use on the market. Highly recommended!
An addendum, written a few weeks later: one feature this toothbrush could use is a low charge indicator. Twice now it has run out of power when I've been brushing, and when it quits, it just quits -- no slowing down to alert you to a low-battery condition. I notice the instructions acknowledge this problem by advising you to keep the brush in the charger base at all times, but this is also a sure way to make the nicad battery lazy. So Braun -- how about making the speed indicator LEDs flash when the battery is running low?