Amazon is price matching Woolworths on these eco-friendly interdental flossers by Piksters. These are currently 50% off (Normally $3.50) and similar price to the old plastic ones.
These are a great solution for interdental hygiene for those that find flossing hard / visually impaired.
Interdental hygiene (between teeth) similar to floss, but on a stick
Man there's been a massive uptick in the number of nutters running around on the internets since the covids hit huh. Muh muh satanists indeed, they're floss picks you numpty.
Thanks OP, these are great to have in carry on luggage.
Get some sleep.
Bought these to try, not the best imo
Yeah not as good as the Caredent ones :/
Especially the hook part which is good for cleaning my metal retainer.
The minimum order qty is 3.
Thanks OP. Ordered some because I always run out.
Nice, bought 5. Hate anything that's single use plastic.
Don't get why everything that is plastic nowadays can't be corn based and compostable.
Don't single use it. I get a few days out of the caredent ones by using an old 2l bottle of vinegar that has been rinsed out and then I drop one Milton tablet into it, full it up and each day I sterilise the flosser with a little bit of the Milton liquid in a small plastic container.
If Milton has been good enough for babies for years then it's good enough for your gnashers. Been doing this for ages without any issue or contamination whatsoever.
Or you leave them in your pocket, clothes go through the wash and bingo… clean picketers already in your pocket.
LOL - +1 this! Mrs C is always finding my interdental brushes at the bottom of the washing machine when I forget they’re in my pockets. I always give them a good rinse after every use and then slip the cap back on to keep contaminants off it, and that seems to work for me.
I never do, I keep mine for weeks or until they break. I'm just saying, the concept of something that is (supposedly) single use and made of a material that doesn't break down and cannot be recycled in this day and age makes 0 sense.
These are normal priced $2
Then they have a piksters floss variant with 30 individually plastic wrapped flosses. So much for eco efforts.
Is the string floss cheaper than this?
String floss would be cheaper. These are more designed for people that have issues with (or cbf) using normal floss.
Right, I will stay with string floss then, đź‘Ť great to know thank you. Tbh, I don't know how to use this piksters, for me piksters is more difficult to use rather than string floss.
I find them a lot easier to use. I was very very lazy with flossing with string but when I found out about these kinds of products I now do it daily.
Use normal floss (<25cm) & make 2-3x knot at 2 ends for easy handling, rotating around full length & washing.
Just wrap the ends around your fingers and try to floss quicker than the blood flow cut off :D
Greenwashing at its finest. All you’re paying for is marketing. You’re better off just getting the home brand floss sticks if you’re going to try compost them at home.
Notice the asterisk on the word biodegradable…
https://piksters.com/product/piksters-eco-charcoal-floss-pic…
*PLA based polymer is a sustainable plant based polymer which will degrade if disposed of according to Australian Standard 4736-2006.
Not paying to access the standard, but this website has summarised it:
https://www.adventpac.com/resources/australian-compostabilit…
The AS 4736-2006 standard provides the criteria against which plastics materials that are to be biodegraded in industrial anaerobic composting facilities, are assessed. It is important to note that industrial compost facilities are very different to home composting systems. Industrial composting facilities are able to process organic waste at high temperatures that cannot be replicated in the home (50°C or higher), thus accelerating the rate at which the waste decomposes. Therefore, just because something has been certified for the AS 4736-2006 standard, does not mean it will decompose in the same way in a home compost system!
I wonder if these floss are as good as paper straws.
At present paper straws go in the compost. They are recyclable, but our recycling system is dated and most councils do not have the ability to deal with them. This was the same story for green waste and soft drink cans and bottle back in the day. Give it a few years
No.
The picks don’t dissolve half way through using them like the straws do
If you put these in your green bin, do councils usually follow the AS 4736-2006 standard when composting?
Rather stick to the string floss. Cheaper and better for the environment.
If you’re thinking about the environment then why not go for water floss instead?
Water floss does not do the job and water is a scarce resource too.
Do you not take showers? Do you not wash your face? Do you not rinse your mouth with the same water? Isn’t that also scarce?
My thoughts as well. Anything 'single use' or disposable requires orders of magnitude more water and energy to produce and distribute.
Of course there are environmental costs involved in manufacturing a water flosser, but in the long-run I would think it would be substantially more environmentally friendly than regular disposable items. I balked a little bit at the heavy 'eco' branding on this product.
It is good that they're no longer plastic and will degrade, but even then, presumably the plastic ones would have been outlawed anyway? (many single-use plastic items are now banned in NSW when alternatives are available - there's probably a carve-out for medical supplies, but I'm not sure if this would qualify.)
Not having a go at people using these, more the corporate green-washing.
as a dentist, waterfloss is shit but better than no flossing at all. mechanical removal is better.
Thanks Doc! All my dentist mates say the same.
How about tree twigs?
OOS
Still in stock at WWs
yeah this stuff does not actually compost at home, still ended up in the rubbish
Wife picked these up at WW today - wasn't marked reduced on the shelf but scanned correctly at half price
this aren't great, floss are thicker than required and break easily. Once you go plackers you won't go back. If you don't have a costco membership, the next best thing is the woolworths home branded ones.
use on one tooth? how? wash after every tooth?