Switch is stiff . Poor quality electronics, if not plain dangerous
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Be careful. You get what you pay for.
They're a great idea and let's face it they're great value, it cost me about £3 (from Bodycare) which is amazing considering it has an interchangable head and comes with decent alkaline batteries. It costs £1-2 for a manual toothbrush so it's a bargain, if only to take the batteries out of it. It works just fine when you get it, in fact I wondered what the point of those £40+ electric brushes was as this gives you a decent clean. Though the switch is very stiff, I had to use my fingernail to turn it on.
But with cheap prices come cheap manufacturing. It seemed to hammer the batteries (they'd last a couple of weeks max), so on the second replacement I replaced them with fully charged standard NiMh rechargables and yet it was still nearly dead, which I found a bit odd.
I figured out why: the bottom end was literally MELTING. I'm serious, the base was liquidy molten plastic and quickly deforming.
Yes I do know how to fit batteries of course! It was faulty, and shorting out. If I hadn't noticed how hot the bottom was, who knows what could've happened, thankfully bathrooms don't seem too flammable. I had to hack the battery holder apart with a pair of wire cutters to get the £7.50's worth of rechargables out. Stay away if you prefer safety.
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