Any cheap Oral B electric toothbrush deals around?

Charliezoo

I'm pretty annoyed that my expensive Oral B Professional Care 5000 has lasted less than 2 years, I'm now lucky if the charge on it lasts 2 days.

I need to replace it but don't want to pay much if I'm just going to have to throw it away in 2 years so would like to find a more basic version Professional Care toothbrush.

Has anyone seen any particularly cheap deals around?

AbbieCadabra

sorry, don't know of any deals. that's really poor, my oral b sonic has lasted about 5 years, possibly longer. how have you charged it? i only charge mine once a week & it still holds a full weeks charge even now. it might be worth contacting oral b to see if they will offer anything off against a new one, perhaps stress how loyal you are to the brand but how disappointed you are?

jumpingjackd

Boots were doing these at half price for a while, not sure if the deal is still on



Just hadf a look and offer is still on http://www.boots.com/en/Men/Dental/Electric-Toothbrushes/Electric-Toothbrushes/?cm_re=c1020_image2-_-product_list-_-electric_toothbrushes&cm_sp=department-_-c1020-_-c1020_image2

McKneff

Does it really matter if the charge just lasts 2 days, it works, why get rid of it.

Just get into the habit of putting on the charger every night and youre sorted without having to fork out for a new one.

But, it might be worth getting in touch with Braun, you never know.

AbbieCadabra

McKneff wrote: »

Does it really matter if the charge just lasts 2 days, it works, why get rid of it.

Just get into the habit of putting on the charger every night and youre sorted without having to fork out for a new one.

But, it might be worth getting in touch with Braun, you never know.

i could well be wrong, but i'm sure i read that over charging is what might cause the battery to fail sooner? i had a sonicare that i used to put in the charger every night & it only lasted about 2 years.

must admit that i'd been having very non-MSE thoughts recently about getting a new one, until i saw the prices (even on offer!). i'll be sticking with my current one & buying the official replacement heads for a while longer (cheaper copies off ebay really didn't work out well when i bought them).

Charliezoo

McKneff wrote: »

Does it really matter if the charge just lasts 2 days, it works, why get rid of it.

Just get into the habit of putting on the charger every night and youre sorted without having to fork out for a new one.

But, it might be worth getting in touch with Braun, you never know.

I work away from home so ideally need a toothbrush to last 3 days or more. I try to travel light so having to carry the charger with me all the time is a bit annoying. It also loses charge with very little warning and often dies when I'm on a longhaul flight or somewhere I can't charge it.

I used to charge it once or twice a week and it would be absolutely fine. Apparently this is quite common and is just due to the age of the battery. Its a shame because the old ones I had lasted years and years.

I'll contact Oral B but I'm not hopeful. Its a shame they don't offer a repair service where you can get the battery replaced, I'd happily pay for this rather than throw the whole thing away when it dies.

kittycatface

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002951&langId=-1&searchTerms=ORAL+B+PROFESSIONAL+CARE
these are the offers on at argos (I got my one half price from here last August, it was the 500 model, £22.99 collect in store and works better than OHs which cost £44). To keep costs down I'd also do cashback/loyalty point offers. The one I got came with at least one replacement head but its also worth putting out an ad on somewhere like freecycle for the brush heads: I got 3 unopened oral b packs worth about £15 from someone who had updated their brush. It says on the site: Also available Up to 3yrs Replacement Product Care £20 - £29.99. (883/3516) £6.99 so for the price of your old one you could protect yourself if the new one conks out! hth

Toothsmith

AbbieCadabra wrote: »

i could well be wrong, but i'm sure i read that over charging is what might cause the battery to fail sooner? i had a sonicare that i used to put in the charger every night & it only lasted about 2 years.

must admit that i'd been having very non-MSE thoughts recently about getting a new one, until i saw the prices (even on offer!). i'll be sticking with my current one & buying the official replacement heads for a while longer (cheaper copies off ebay really didn't work out well when i bought them).

That's right,

The battery will last longer if you let it run down a bit between charges, and not have it on charge all the time.

The problem for the sonic ones though, is that the action is affected by the power running down more that the pulsing/osscillating ones.

I would never advise really pushing the boat out on buying an electric toothbrush. The osscillating/pulsating Oral B/Brauns are as good as it gets, and the speed and action of the head is the same on the lower price models as the top-of-the-range ones. You just get more whistles and bells with the more expensive ones, but whistles and bells don't clean your teeth.

If you go for a brush at about the £40 price point, but wait for it to be half price somewhere (which the almost always are somewhere!) then you'll have as good a toothbrush as you need.

Just remember to change the head frequently.

Charliezoo

Thanks Toothsmith + all.

What Toothsmith says about the cost sounds right. My toothbrush sells for £160 (crazy) and has lasted 2 years. My DH has the £40 one by Oral B and when I've borrowed it it feels absolutely no different to use! Its also lasted about 5 years with no sign of it losing charge at all.

I'll be going for a cheapo one next!