Electric toothbrush

My Oral B 3000 Pro takes 24 hours to charge and that's through the standard charger plugged into a 3 pin socket. If more than one person uses it then the charge won't last as long. We have three using ours and it won't last a week.

But the 3000 is a superb toothbrush and I'm on my second one. First one lasted ten years so pretty good I reckon. Heads are expensive mind and the generic ones off ebay aren't that good. Got ours from Argos last year on a half price offer. Worth looking out for those offers, make them much better value.

I use the Oral B Professional Care 1000 - I bought one for both of us but R. doesn't like it, meaning that I always have one charging and one in use. I use it twice a day and the charge lasts at least a week. I'd definitely recommend.

I have an electric toothbrush but quite often I still prefer to use my manual one! Mine takes about 24 hrs to charge and so does my OH's.

I used to have an Oral B that lasted well over a week. I replaced it about 6 months ago with another OralB (can't remember which one) and that only lasted for 3 days. Could be that particular one has a rubbish battery life.

I know share OH's Sony Sonicare with him and it's great. Lasts a good 10-14 days with both of us using it.

I think we have the same brush as you, and have noticed the same thing. We just leave the charger out but hidden away so its easier to pop it on charge - usually it flashes in the morning, we put it on charge and then use it again at night. So it never gets a full charge (I've never seen it stop flashing) but we just got used to charging it fairly often.

Thanks for the replies everyone. At least I know I'm not doing anything wrong.

I was just assuming it would be like charging a mobile phone and a short charge would last ages! I don't really like leaving things charging when I'm out of the house or asleep so I guess I'll have to do short charges every day.

We have a Philips Diamond Sonicare. It's INCREDIBLE. We share it (because it was disgustingly, eye-wateringly expensive, even at half price!) and just swap the heads- they just pop on and off so no effort. We both use it twice a day and charge it about once a fortnight I think.

It's so bloody good that for the first few weeks I had to use it on the sensitive setting because my teeth couldn't handle such a thorough cleaning!! ? but now I've got used to it. I love that it buzzes every 30 seconds so you can then clean another 1/4 of your mouth. It's so good.

I have only recently lost my electric toothbrush virginity, and i loves it! it is only a cheapy oral b something or other, but it does the job!

I just keep the charger on, so it is always charging...

I have an Oral B Professional Care 2000 one, which I use with the "sensitive" head. It takes a long time to fully charge - I think almost 24 hours - but once charged it will last for at least a week. H has an older Oral B one and leaves it on charge pretty much permanently, it will only do two cleans before needing recharging.

You'd think with all the advances of technology they could make a toothbrush last longer without having to pay £250!

Maybe they should make a solar powered one - I could leave it in my window all day then

I've never used a proper one, but H uses the "normal" toothbrush that has a battery! That seems to last quite a while. I wasn't a big fan but he is a smoker who is addicted to coffee so every little helps! I'll get him a proper electric one as soon as they stop being obscenely expensive!

Currently £99.99 at John Lewis, usually £249!

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