Braun ORAL B PC 8500 (D 18 565)

...for my 5 year old Braun electric toothbrush. I only had to buy a replacement because it wasn't holding its charge anymore. I'd ran the product to the end of its life it seems. it hadn't let me down so I didn't see any harm going with another Braun. After all, all dentists seem to swear by the Braun brand when it comes to electric toothbrushes.

This one I chose in particular because I saw it in the Tescos at £35, half the original selling ...
...too. The difference between this and the 8000 series I could see was that the 8500 had a 30 second interrupt mode (to tell you that you've been brushing one area for long enough) and that it also came with a travel pack. I seem to travel a lot, and this was only £5 more expensive than the 8000 model.

Even though a travel pack comes with it, the charge isn't very portable. Its only a carry case to put the tooth brush in (and two heads). ... more

I bought this after needing a replacement for my 5 year old Braun electric toothbrush. I only had to buy a replacement because it wasn't holding its charge anymore. I'd ran the product to the end of its life it seems. it hadn't let me down so I didn't see any harm going with another Braun. After all, all dentists seem to swear by the Braun brand when it comes to electric toothbrushes.

This one I chose in particular because I saw it in the Tescos at £35, half the original selling price. So its a bargain for a top end model too. The difference between this and the 8000 series I could see was that the 8500 had a 30 second interrupt mode (to tell you that you've been brushing one area for long enough) and that it also came with a travel pack. I seem to travel a lot, and this was only £5 more expensive than the 8000 model.

Even though a travel pack comes with it, the charge isn't very portable. Its only a carry case to put the tooth brush in (and two heads).

Charging doesn't take long, you can charge it over night and the light blinks from red to green when its finished charging. During use, you're told that its running low on batteries when you've turned it off and it starts buzzing intermittently as well as the light flashing. At first I thought it was my housemate's alarm clock going off before i realised it was the toothbrush alerting me of low battery! The battery lasted about 2 weeks before this happened, so quite a reasonably amount of time.

Brushing itself feels clean, but i guess thats the purpose of these toothbrushes. I can't really comment on its brushing effectiveness or power since i've been using them for so long its come to a point that my mouth has the same fresh feeling after brushing now. I dont' really eat anything that stains my teeth so I can't really say that this will provide miracles and give you bright white teeth.

All in all though, I'm happy with this toothbrush. It does the job and the travel case is very useful for me. 

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