Oral-B Smart 5 5000 Electric Toothbrush (White) Dual Handle @ 119AUD. lowest per camelx3 by 1AUD. got one for me and the missus…
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What will be next model after this?
Smart 7 I believe.. Though the latest are the iO series…
Next real step up is the genius series but you're looking at double the cost
Really any better having a fancy one vs the $20odd dollar one?
battery longevity. I bought the el cheapo OralB and after a couple of months the battery was needing charging nearly every use.
Might have got unlucky, my cheapo oralb has been going for 4 years
Without charging? That's a long lasting battery.
The very cheapest ones don’t pulse either: they’re only “2D”. Once you get into the four digit models, the brushing action is mostly the same, with extra whizzbangery. The big change has been the new iO series, which has a new brushing action, and expensive heads ($12 each!), so I won’t be opting in.
This is a great deal. I bought the Triumph 9000 in a dual handle deal 15 years ago and used them sequentially - the second handle is just dying now. Annoyed that I just ordered a Genius Ai (admittedly half off) from ShaverShop a few days ago now.
There was a site that reviewed them in detail and from memory the Oral-B 2000 was the best bang for buck - it has more oscillations per minute than the $20 one but you don't pay for all the bells and whistles of the smart ones.
$119 for 2 is pretty close to the price you pay for Oral-B 2000 when it's on discount and you get all the bells and whistles that you don't use.
Nah, the discounted dual handle 2000 from Coles were only $57.80.
This.
I used two sets of the 2000's and then moved to Oclean. Same shit for about the same price but silent when it's on and colour screen.
My dentist said, apart from the batteries, there was very little benefit between the standard one and the top of the range.
I agree with them since I ended up buying the top of the line model and don't use 99% of the features. I should've listened to the dentist.
How about you listen to us ozbargainers and get the more expensive one with bigger discount instead?
I did, and spent a pretty penny on one that had bluetooth connectivity, a companion app with pretty graphics I think, multiple modes and speeds. All i use is the on and off switch :D
One thing I do appreciate from my model is that there's a light that lights up if you're pressing too hard. I used to think that pressing harder gets better results, and that light has taught me to not press so hard.
The cheap ones are a lot less powerful, I bought a cheap Oral B one, was crappy…big difference in power…I now only use it for when travelling and I replaced my 'expensive' Oral B with another high priced one…once you tried the better ones, the cheap ones are just that…cheap.
Yeah, batteries. I wouldnt even look at those not having a lithium ion battery.
Hmm, I think masano1 was replying to parkies' comment above asking if it was better than a $20 one. I don't think he was saying this one doesn't come with a lithium ion battery.
Correct. Sorry for my clumsiness. Have been a member of Ozbargain so many years but normally as a benefit taker.
Edited: just realised I joined in 2021 despite using it more than that.
Wish they'd do different colour handles. Much easier for kids
I use different head ring colours at the base of the head where it connects.
Tried putting their names on them but it wipes away eventually
Why not printed labels?
Might be the next thing haha
Trying to decide if I should buy for the kids or get crappy ones.. But the price is pretty good
somewhat off topic. i've used the elcheapo $20 ones for years and one of the issues i've always had with them is some weird residue keeps leaking/depositing on the base charger and the bottom of the handle after some use. is that some kind of battery discharge or something and is there a way to avoid that?
Its just the way it is. Gunk seeps down from inside the head mechanisms. The handle and electronics are all totally sealed.
oh okay so it's coming from the replaceable heads? that's probably an indication i'm not cleaning those properly. haha. i'll google how to do that. thanks.
Yes and its gross. The heads have holes in them and gunk from your mouth as you brush goes inside them. No matter how much you rinse the head afterwards each time, there gunk eventually seeps out then down the handle and onto the base.
No matter how much you rinse the head afterwards each time, there gunk eventually seeps out then down the handle and onto the base.
I've always wondered if simply dipping the whole brush head in a cup of water and turning the toothbrush on to agitate everything would be an effective way of rinsing it out.
I never got past the 'wondering' stage though…
@eug: I use those denture tablets from Coles, mix one tab with water and submerge the brush head for a few hours. Usually after 2 rounds of that the gunk comes off with a quick rinse.
We have an ultrasonic cleaner; it was bought mostly for jewelry but works a treat on the toothbrush heads. Probably only do it once on the brush heads as they'll need replacing eventually anyway.
Can't do much about it, humans are pretty gross.
Happens to me as well and I rinse it pretty thoroughly after every use. I just accept it's inevitable and clean the charger base every now and then.
Yes that one is easy to clean, but the parts that attach to the replaceable brush get dirty over time too, and they are harder or even impossible to clean.
it’s possible to clean. Soak the handle part in mould cleaner (or diluted bleach) for a few hours, then rub it and soak it again and repeat a few times.
@OzComment: You're surely joking…. Idc how much you rinse after that but I would never clean the shit I put in my mouth with mould cleaner or bleach…..
Personally I was denture tablet mixed with water and soak the head..
@PuntyBrah: I won’t too but sounds like you have a deep mouth so you are putting the handle into the mouth……
@OzComment: The plastic bits may be cleaned with bleach, but I don't think it can clean the rubber bits. Once the rubber got stained, mould or otherwise, it just can't be be cleaned anymore. And there is a small rubber area at the bottom of the handle too. In addition, there are few small holes and crevices that are just too hard to be scrubbed.
@leiiv: yes, i’m talking about the rubber part. I have another one to clean this week i can show some before and after photos….
it will be either the charging base or your bench top so the charging base seems to be a better destination for the residue ; )
I've always thought the design of the base could be a little better. The residue is just remnants of your toothbrushing water+toothpaste+mouth gunk that drips down to the base, as everyone has mentioned.
For some reason Oral B designed the charging base with a concave surface so any liquid will collect there. The base has a coil which gets warm during charging, which then evaporates the water leaving behind the residue. If the base was convex the water would drip away, although I guess that's just moving the mess elsewhere.
You can actually get little drip trays for the base. They're pretty overpriced though.
What I do is just store the toothbrush on the benchtop and only charge when the battery is getting weak. That should hopefully prolong the life of the battery as well, as keeping lithium ion batteries at a high state of charge continously will degrade it more quickly.
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$62 for some plastic sheet
he wasn't kidding about the overpriced bit
Yes but you get 62 of those bad boys….
but seriously you can probably do the same with other materials or just wipe clean for a fraction of the cost.
I get a pack of cotton make-up pads, fold in half and cut a slit in it. Then it slips over the top of the charger to absorb the gunk.
I wipe down my kids’ ones after every use. I use tissue or cloth to wipe dry the brush and its base :) helps minimise the build up.
I do the same but doesn't help much
Do you take the brush-head off and wash inside with hot water and tap dry?
got two of these couple of year ago and the rubber on the handles all worn out. time to replace and it seems to be a better deal than Coles' half price not long ago. thanks OP
annoying thing about many of these toothbrushes is the proprietary charging base. usb-c is so much more convenient when travelling!
You can get USB chargers on ali express. I bought one and use it for travelling.
Mine is a USB A though.
Do you know any that can be charged via USB-C?
I've been annoyed 2 out of 3 times when travelling to Japan by forgetting that my toothbrush base doesn't work in Japan because they're on 100V.
how much does replacement heads cost for these?
Who would of thought that so many people get suckered into this gadgetry. Its fancy marketing that provides no better a brush than a standard electric or even manual. But I guess it's about being cool
Agree, but at $60 each it's a good option, i would pay 120 for a single one. I think the Pro 2 2000 has been at around $50 in recent deals, so for$10 more it's not that bad.
It's crazy these days people will pay over $1000 for a vacuum cleaner, hairdryer or toothbrush
Are there $1000 hairdryers and toothbrushes?
Dyson V15 stick vacuum is $1,450
Dyson 360 robot vacuum is $2,400
Dyson hairdryer is $950
Oral B iO9 toothbrush is $1,300
Apple phone is $1,950
@eug: I just got these prices from Good Guys, JBHiFi and Shaver Shop websites. Maybe they're MSRP prices but what makes you think they're inflated?
Maybe they're MSRP prices but what makes you think they're inflated?
Dyson V15 stick vacuum is $1,450
dyson.com.au $1,333
$798 when on sale
Dyson hairdryer is $950
dyson.com.au $499 - $649
$424 on sale
Oral B iO9 toothbrush is $1,300
shavershop.com.au $399
$349 on sale
$219 at Costco
Dyson 360 robot vacuum is $2,400
@eug: Your links are for items on sale. Check those links next week and they will be different again. MSRP is not an inflated price, it's what people pay when these products came out. The point is who would of thought that so many people get suckered into this gadgetry with sheeple paying over $1,000 to buy these items. This is a recent phenomenon that started when mobile phones started selling for over $1,000
Your links are for items on sale.
I gave both regular and sale prices. The hair dryer is not on sale on dyson.com.au, that's the regular MSRP selling price. Also how did you get $1,300 for a toothbrush? That was the price that made me question your prices.
MSRP is not an inflated price, it's what people pay when these products came out.
MSRP is used as a marketing tactic called price anchoring. There will always be some people with plenty of money who don't care about sales, but "people" will generally wait till they go on sale. That is why large sale events like EOFY, Black Friday, Boxing Day etc make so much money.
With regards to the smaller number of people who do buy expensive items at full MSRP, don't forget that everything is relative.
A student living off pocket money might say "it's crazy these days people will pay $8 for a smoothie".
When the student starts working and going out for breakfast every weekend, $8 is nothing but they might say "it's crazy these days people will pay $50 for a steak".
Ten years later they might be earning $150k a year. A $50 steak is pocket change but they might say "it's crazy these days people will pay $200k for a car".
Another ten years and they might be earning $500k a year. A $200k car is peanuts but they might say "it's crazy these days people will pay $20 million for a yacht".
Then they become a CEO and own two yachts.
The point is, there will always be a relatively small number people to whom a $1000 vacuum is literally a rounding error. But "most people" aren't just paying full MSRP for expensive items, they wait for a sale or just buy something cheaper.
This is a recent phenomenon that started when mobile phones started selling for over $1,000
16 years isn't very recent though. The popular Nokia N95 was $1,149 in 2007 which is $1,663 in 2022 dollars.
There's also the Nokia 8800 Arte from 2008 which cost $1,799 ($2,496 in 2022).
And before that, the Nokia 8850 in 2003 and 8810 in 1999.
Manual brushing relies on you doing it properly. What's a standard electric toothbrush though? One that runs on AA batteries?
IO Brush heads are too expensive.
what's the difference between this and the pro 700?
Not bad for two handles
I'm sticking to my Oclean Pro X Elite for now though ..