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years ago a colleague of mine used to say: could you, please, unplug your book from my computer? i need to charge my cigarette.
Oh noez, now you’ll have to switch to Bluetooth.
it must be those smart-lines of oral-b that are very expensive, like 100-200$+ the ones less than 70 wont do this. i heard the bougie ones are quite flimsy and prone to breaking, because theres more complicated parts and now electronics.
Can confirm! I bought one on sale which never connected to Bluetooth on my Samsung android (though documentation suggested it should.) connected to partners iPhone though. Anyway I used for less than 3 months before it stopped charging. I then went back to using the £25 I’d had for many years.
i was looking online reviews when i was looking for electric toothbrush, almost everyone that has smart-features including off brand tend to be defective, one way or another. its either the blue tooth, the sensor, it stops rotating, charging,etc. replacement heads are expensive if you are buying the OFFICIAL heads. i bought ones from ironically germany( alittle big for the american version of the actual toothbrush, it works and it last longer too as a replacement, apparently only the american ones get yellow and shorter before 3 months. while the ones from the official german versions dont. the americans have to be replaced every 3months.
the one i bought was the oralb1000 series, it was 39.99usd at the time(i noticed this color was noticbally cheaper both instore too, shouldve gotten another one jus tin case.) they sell the other colors which was more expensive and never on sale for some reason.
but why one needs a smart toothbrush that requires an account in the first place? does it have a loudspeaker so you can listen to some Cannibal Corpse on Qobuz while brushing your teeth?
its the expensive bougie ones. oral-b has mutliple lines. oral-b 100-1500 line is your standard non-smart ones more durable. its only if you buy something higher than that which is 100-200$each like the IO series. if you for some reason want to only use IO replacement heads that is expensive too, always get off-market replacement heads.
sonic toothbrush apparently is a different company(sonicare).
i think i’m going to stick with my regular brush.
Its prolly got a camera that looks at your teeth so you no longer need to get a checkup. But thats also very intrusive, imo
Obvs, im being sarcastic
But it could happen 🪥🦷
smart toothbrush has too much datamining features, plus the more electronics it has the more it likely is an expensive mistake. i look at quite of few of the smart or expensive ones, and they commonly become defective quite readily.
geee
Philip’s Sonicare line uses an app to track your brushing habits and can tell you when you’re underbrushing spots. It’s almost definitely also spyware, though, like all major corpo apps.
i bought a cheap one off-brand , it has 5 different intensities and settings and you can program it yourself(how long each one last) and it has a countdown to see how long you have been brushing, it warns you if you brush less than 2 minutes. sadly this one is very cheap(teetheory) and no longer sold on amazon, likely due to trumps tariffs on china last year.
damn.
And that’s what you get for buying an internet toothbrush.
indeed all the reviews i saw about these both brand name ones and off brands are defective one way or another.
I got a Phillips Sonicare a few years back and it’s pretty nice.
Wouldn’t even know how to begin to connect the thing to a computer or the internet. Certainly never had to log into anything.
That’s kinda on you, dude. Nothing is stopping you from subscribing to toothbrush premium with mouth-print authentication. Before you start whining, no, you don’t actually have to listen to the two minutes of ads for sour candy, transmitted directly through your jaw bones. You can always upgrade to add-free. It’s only like $10 per month.
i bought an off brand sonic toothbrush for under 15(with discount from tootheory, amazon) unfortunately they dont sell these anymore. apparently it has all the features of a more expensive sonicare that is usually around 80-100$.
Get a load of mistah moneybags over here. Gotta whole $15 to drop on a toothbrush alone. Meanwhile, I get whatever kind of $1.50 manual toothbrush my dentist hands out for free and I gotta brush my teeth like some kinda neanderthal.
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$10 per month? I thought it was $10 per tooth…
No, it’s a flat fee, but you get a 10% discount off of tooth implant services provided by our network of dentists whom we charge 20% to participate in our exclusive market.
And now, a premium ad from our sponsored doctor, Dr. Dentoothio…
Same thing with only one tooth left
Dude, you must have just void someone’s patent idea xD
Yeah, this is kind of on you.
If you spend your money on a “smart” toothbrush, expect it to do “smart” stuff.
they probably dont look all those reviews online about these, i got curious and most of them said they stopped working, or some part of the smart features becomes defective within a year.
anything above oral-b 1500 series, you are asking for it. 1500 and below you are just getting the standard rotating toothbrush with no smart gimmicks, and they last alot longer too. plus, oral-b makes thier money from the toothbrush heads, its every 3 months replacements, but the official replacements heads are expensive. if you are buying the IO series you will have to get those.
And soon with AI, smart things will get even smarter.
I have a “smart” toothbrush, I have never logged into it or connected to to anything but the charging block. It still has multiple modes and buzzes when I’ve been brushing a quadrant for 30 seconds.
So does my non-internet-connectable dumb electric toothbrush
Same, there’s also an unofficial home assistant integration for mine, so I get my brush tracking without ever using the official app.
Oh ffs this is ridiculous. Wtf does a toothbrush need internet?
too collect data, and make it look like you are buying a bougie product, because it has all these features. some off-brand ones that are way cheaper has the same thing already.
you usually dont encounter these ones unless you are paying alot for it, like 80-200$+ for the expensive lines of oral-b.
To collect data for advertisers and health officials. To add a subscription to turning on your tooth brush.
To adequately measure your brushing habits and tell you which teeth you are missing or not brushing enough?
An electronic brush coule do this locally, without internet or account
Ahhhhh I see your point
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“Brushing experience”. Every morning is an adventure.
Did you remember to drink a verification can of Mountain Dew?
I gave up on electric toothbrushes. My dentist recommended them, I used them, got two infections in six months where I had no issues for years. Returned to normal brushes three years ago, no more infections.
They are definitely, without a question, much more effective at cleaning your teeth. My guess is coincidence vs. you had a poor technique when it came to using them
Or bought a bad model, some electric toothbrushes just have a vibrating handle and that doesn’t transfer much to actual brushing benefit. I do notice the ones where the brush actually spins or oscillates make a huge difference.
i noticed the offbrand ones claiming very high rpm, are likely not true, or just oscillates. also sonic and rotating are somewhat different too. some off-brand sonic ones are good too, epsecially the ones where you can set the intensity.
that doesnt seem like the cause, my teeth were really way cleaner and efficiently brushed than with a manual. with a manual you can definitely go too hard on the enamel if you are aggressive. electrics now have sensors that detect pressure. are rinsing the brush heads before and after using them? or you using it way after 3-4 months? or you using it on your gums or too much.
not all electric brushes are made equal. my dad’s best friend is an oral surgeon so i know a fair bit about teef
LOL, I thought this was a joke.
Internet of things was a mistake
Nah.
Like it often tends to be, the mistake wasn’t the concept itself, but rather letting some of the worst and least qualified people get away with any fuckery they want in the neverending quest for short term profits and shareholder dividends.
The IOT could DEFINITELY be a vehicle for actual convenience with no drawbacks for consumers if we would just have and enforce laws and regulations favoring their experience over the profits of misery-makers.
The convenience isn’t worth the downside. It’s just a gaping security hole and data sink for corporations to suck from. Eventually the company will stop supporting the product and you’re stuck having to use an outdated app and maintain your own copy (if that’s allowed). You can roll your own system, but then all that work is placed on you, and for what kind of convenience? To remotely control devices or sync states to provide a minor convenience when it works and a major headache when it does not?
i agree with your philosophy bit i still think the instability thay comes from the added complexity always outweighs the use
💩 No one expects the enshittification! 💩
