It’s fairly often that that there are products where the core mechanism is the same regardless of the like luxury version of it.
Electric toothbrushes are one of those things which generally just have the same motor from the cheap to the expensive version with you know just a variety of quality of life things like the look or beepers and alarms or a larger battery.
My Oral-B Braun with AA batteries has lasted about 7 years with no signs of slowing down, and was on sale at CVS for $11 (12 after tax). Go for the stripped down model when it doesn’t change core quality.
My electric toothbrush is almost 7 years old and cost $12
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Yeah I have a similar one if not the same, 5 years old and cost the same. No signs of slowing down. Just wish it was easier to get recyclable refills for it where I live 🙁
I find that the basic version is just fine for me as long as I replace the heads often enough, the off brand heads are fine too and costs a fraction of the name brand.
I disagree. I finally got a more expensive one for Christmas and definitely notice a difference in how it cleans vs the cheaper one I had. Both beat the manual brush though