Philips Sonicare - £49

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Hi all!
Just seen this on amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0012NOEVU/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

I just bought one of these at full price :mad: although it is so great I was just searching for one to get for my mum and came across this great price.

Hope it helps some of you!

ThinkingOfLinking

I just got one free as I am a Vine reviewer for Amazon. My review will soon be published on the page.

One thing worth noting with this toothbrush is that you need an adaptor plug before you use it because it comes with a 2-pin plug.

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Flickering_Ember wrote: »

I just got one free as I am a Vine reviewer for Amazon. My review will soon be published on the page.

One thing worth noting with this toothbrush is that you need an adaptor plug before you use it because it comes with a 2-pin plug.

i think this is true of all electric toothbrushes so they fit in a shaving socket in the bathroom

Toothsmith

2 pin adapters are very cheap from DIy stores or supermarkets. I think I paid 75p for one a few weeks ago.

Toothsmith

That is a very good toothbrush. It looks slightly different to the one I have just aquired from Sonicare though.

Mine has an extra 'mode' button, and mine has 5 LED lights down the front for the 5 different modes - this only seems to have 3 modes.

I think you might have bought one of the better ones Red. The normal retail price for the one I have is £149.

Toothsmith

This offer was flagged up a few days ago.

This one looks like the one I have, and seems like an excellent deal. You'll just need someone else to give the other one to (For Xmas??)

http://www.cellsavers.co.uk/acatalog/Electric_Toothbrushes.html

barginunter

Why not buy a Sonic toothbrush from Oral-b £14.99 at the mo. My hygienist says they do a great job.

hollydays

and nectar points with amazon,thanks just ordered one,been looking for a while

myrnahaz

Think twice before buying them for family use. My DH bought a Sonicare set when they first came on the market, they had 4 different heads so that DS and DD could also use it - the awful thing about it was that DH and the children would rinse their brushes but not the handset so it was always slimy and drippy and disgusting (the thought of it is stomach churning). Also, having to pay £50 every 3 months for replacement heads (£25 per pair at the time) was totally against my MSE tendencies.
It also made travelling a pain - my DH once took the whole thing with him when he went away, it didn't enter his head that our brush heads were a bit useless without the vibrating handset.
I threw the filthy thing away when I noticed the build-up of plaque in the handset and the charging base....Yuck!

hollydays

I am sure this has a compact travel adaptor-its just for one person use..in my case
toothbrushes are 3 for 12.99 on amazon

g_attrill

myrnahaz wrote: »

Think twice before buying them for family use. My DH bought a Sonicare set when they first came on the market, they had 4 different heads so that DS and DD could also use it - the awful thing about it was that DH and the children would rinse their brushes but not the handset so it was always slimy and drippy and disgusting (the thought of it is stomach churning). Also, having to pay £50 every 3 months for replacement heads (£25 per pair at the time) was totally against my MSE tendencies.

The Braun ones have always been reasonably priced (but more than a decent manual brush), I got quite a few 4-packs when they were on offer, and I think they are still on sale.

myrnahaz wrote: »

It also made travelling a pain - my DH once took the whole thing with him when he went away, it didn't enter his head that our brush heads were a bit useless without the vibrating handset.

Yes, "backup" manual brushes are always essential to keep by!

myrnahaz wrote: »

I threw the filthy thing away when I noticed the build-up of plaque in the handset and the charging base....Yuck!

It was probably just toothpaste, I have to scrub mine every now and then.

The main problem with the electric toothbrushes is that eventually the batteries lose the ability to charge. They can be carefully replaced if you know somebody good with a soldering iron but it's usually not worth it.