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I disagree on the toothbrush. The problem is all the e waste. Everything else being equal I would love it and my wife won't give it up but basically the manufacturers change and you can't get heads that will work and you end up having to buy a new brush every few years which is almost worse with rechargeables.
Wife and I have had our Sonicare toothbrushes for something like 15 years and never had trouble finding replacement heads. In the event Phillips stops making them I'm certain 3rd parties will still make them.
must depend on model because one was definately soniccare.
But you could just go with Phillips? They have been using the same heads for a long time I believe. I buy mine from Costco in bulk.
Im not sure who I started with but initially there was no rechargeables and then like the first rechargeable I got had to be replaced because we could not get heads. I gave up at that point. I just don't trust them to keep the things going. A few years is not enough for me its gotta last minimum a decade and preferably a few.
You should take a look at Suri. I had the same annoyance and objection fo oral b and philips and their lazy lack of any form of effort to improve or innovate or be environmentally responsible. Been very happy with a suri for a couple years now, I send heads back for recycling and the battery lasts months at a time. https://www.trysuri.com/
I have been using Quip toothbrushes for quite a few years now and they seem to be going pretty strong. Every quarter they send me a new brush head and battery and your toothbrush is covered under wareanty as long as you have you subscription. I have rwally liked it and there doesn’t seem to be much risk of their support ending.
it disturbs me they send you a new batter every quarter. Do you send back the old batter? If so do they say what they do with it?
It is a regular alkaline battery, so no I don’t send the old one back. It is not required you can just get the brush head if you like and use a rechargeable battery that you supply if you want.
A subscription for a toothbrush?
Our family has tried electric toothbrushes more than once. We're all back on old school brushes and I doubt I'll ever try electric again.