Convenience: Do you have trouble remembering when to change your brush head? Then having one delivered every three months might be useful.
One Quip subscriber noted that they want to follow what their dentist says to do—switching out her toothbrush every three months, and that this service helped them with that. “Now, I just get it delivered to me automatically so I don’t have to worry about that,” they told CR. “It holds me accountable.”
Most participants also found the brush heads easy to replace once they were delivered.
Counter appeal: Some electric toothbrushes require a base unit to charge on, which could take up valuable real estate on your bathroom counter. But others, like the battery-powered Quip, have a much smaller footprint, and can be easily stashed in the cabinet or attached to the mirror.
“That was another reason that I wanted this particular brush. . . . I didn’t want to have to worry about keeping a charger for my toothbrush in the bathroom, which is . . . not convenient,” a Quip subscriber said, adding that they don’t have a lot of counter space or outlets to spare.
A Burst user also remarked that despite having a charging base, they liked that “it’s really small and fits right into the cupboard.”
Some participants simply like the way their toothbrush looked.
“All of it’s pink, all of it’s gorgeous, I love it,” a Burst user weighed in. However, it’s worth noting that sometimes special colors—like Burst’s rose gold version—come with a bigger price tag.
One participant who wanted share a base with someone in their house was looking to purchase brush heads in different colors to make it easy to identify the owner. They noticed that the pink brush head cost more, which they found “kind of annoying,” likening it to the “pink tax” phenomenon where products marketed to women cost more based on appearance rather than function.
“So that was just a little bit off-putting,” the participant said, adding that they’d decided against purchasing the more expensive pink brush head in the end.
Long battery life: While CR hasn’t yet tested the battery performance of these brushes in our labs, subscribers thought they held a lot of juice.
Quip brush head replacements come with the AA battery needed to power your brush until the next one arrives. The Burst must be charged in a base. But once it’s fully charged, it seems to last a long time, our volunteers said, making it a good choice for traveling.
“I feel like my toothbrush’s charge holds for about two to three weeks before me having to recharge it, which I think is great. I think that’s perfectly reasonable,” one Burst owner told us. (Burst claims users “should get around 4 weeks battery life out of each charge.”)
Helpful timers: Many electric brushes—including Quip and Burst—have built-in timers to let you know when you should glide to the next area of your mouth, and when your 2 minutes of brushing are up. For example, you start brushing the upper right quadrant of your mouth, and after 30 seconds the brush will buzz, letting you know it’s time to glide to the next area of your mouth. Once you’ve brushed for 2 minutes, the toothbrush automatically turns off. This feature was generally appreciated by the users CR talked to.
Saving money: One way to cut costs, at least initially? Consider sharing a toothbrush base with your partner and use your own dedicated brush heads.
“We had talked about trying to use electric toothbrushes for a while, [but] just never really got around to it. Partially I just didn’t want to pay for it considering a normal toothbrush is like $2,” one participant told CR. Instead, they and their partner purchased one electric brush from Burst for the both of them.
“The two of us can use the same toothbrush just with being able to snap the head on and off,” they noted.
To keep germs from spreading between users, it’s also important to keep the brush’s handle clean when sharing it between people, Boghosian adds.
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