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Oral-B
Oral-B iO Series 3
The cheapest brush with the good motor. Everything above it is dentistry-flavoured theatre.
$79$50–$150
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Equipment that survives contact with an actual routine.
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Philips
Philips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 4100
Forty dollars, two buttons, three weeks of battery. Fine forever.
$44Under $50
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The Best Electric Toothbrush
WinnerOral-B iO Series 3
This is the cheapest brush with the mechanism that matters. The $300 one has an app that congratulates you.
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The best piece of equipment is the one that is already in the room.
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Good Product, Stupid Price
$299 electric toothbrushes
$$$A good toothbrush attached to a screen that tells you where your teeth are
The motor at the top of the range is the same motor that appears three rungs down. What the extra $220 buys is a travel case, a display, and an app that awards you points for an activity you were going to perform anyway. It is a genuinely good toothbrush. It is a stupid price.