Oral hygiene is a must for all in my opinion and I find that due to my excessive consumption of coffee and demon weed habit my teeth take a considerable battering on a daily basis and it got to the stage where brushing my teeth with a regular manual toothbrush and specialist toothpastes wasn't making any difference to the stains that had started to build up on the back of my bottom front teeth.
I prompted did a little research - spoke to friends and family and then my dentist about what could help keep the stains at bay in between visits to the hygienist for a clean and both my friends and dentist mentioned the Sonicare range of powered toothbrushes - something I had not been keen on using. I opted for the HX7351 for £79.99 from Amazon - it has since come down in price by £5 and can be found with some searching for £65 at other online stores.
What do you get for that much of your hard earned cash? Well, not a lot to be honest. You get the toothbrush - one removable brush head - a charger base - a brush head holder and a travel case.
The handle is quite bulky - but tapered with a rubbery surface which makes it easy to hold onto as it vibrates vigorously in your hand - it also contains a rechargeable battery unit that lasts normally for around 2 weeks. Charging is fairly quick - leaving on charge for 4-5 hours is all that is needed to keep it going for a further 2 weeks. Within the handle is a little green light that becomes dimmer the more the battery drains and indicates when the unit is fully charged.
I have attached a picture as trying to describe it is tricky. The brush heads are small - about 30% smaller than most manual toothbrushes and the bristles are rigid but at the same time very soft - they don't take the surface off your gums when you use it!
Safety wise the unit cuts the power every two minutes - I have found this a bit annoying as I spend usually 5 minutes brushing and have to keep turning it back on. It isn't a fault - more of a gripe.
Overall I like the toothbrush - I have noticed that using it removes more stains from my teeth and this had lead to less frequent visits to the dental hygienist which in turns saves me a little cash which is good as the brush heads last only 6-8 weeks and replacing them costs something equivalent to the third world debt. 2 replacement brush heads cost in the region of £20 so this is one major negative with the product.
It works and does its job very well but to actually buy the unit and buy replacement brush heads is way to expensive and knowing what I know now I would have opted for a cheaper model - or indeed one that provided cheaper spare heads and because of the expense involved I can only rate this product as average.
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Charger Base & Brush
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Always used a manual tooth brush and one crazy moment in Florida i bought a sonicare and payed 45 dollars, back home uk would have cost 80 pounds, i will never look back and never use a maual toothbrush ever again, these are fab and even better now!!
orrin31 16.07.2007 16:21
Nice review - very informative, but too expensive for me - Ian
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Advantages: Extremly effective in removing plaque, whitens teeth noticably, a big help in reducing dental problems. Disadvantages: power display too rudimentary, noisy, expensive head replacement which is ESSENTIAL every three months.
peterkinxl5 06.02.2005 (06.02.2005)
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Review of Sonicare Sonicare HX 7351
Advantages: Extremly effective in removing plaque, whitens teeth noticably, a big help in reducing dental problems. Disadvantages: power display too rudimentary, noisy, expensive head replacement which is ESSENTIAL every three months.
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