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Better than Quip
By 🌴 Tropical Panda 🌴 on Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2022
For the past five years, I’ve been using a Quip electric toothbrush and was pretty devoted to it, but this Oral-B 7500 blows the Quip out of the water. I was honestly shocked at how much better the Oral-B cleans my teeth. I guess not all electric toothbrushes are created equal, lol. PROS - Cleans MUCH better than the Quip. - No AA batteries to throw out. - Love the two-minute timer. You can use the Oral-B app to subdivide the timer into 4 or 6 sections (30 seconds each or 20 seconds each, respectively). - Love the size of the brush heads; more nimble & better reach than Quip. - The pressure sensor light is great for in-the-moment feedback. - The variety of brushing modes is excellent and gives this brush versatility. - Comes with a travel case and storage tray for extra brush heads. CONS - Brush handle arrived scratched on the front. This could have easily been prevented with a plastic sleeve, which, incredibly, Oral-B put over the travel case but not over the brush handle. 🙄 - Loud motor, especially compared to the near-silent Quip. Can’t listen to podcasts while brushing my teeth anymore. But that’s okay, I guess, because I use the Oral-B app while brushing now. - Takes a LONG time to charge (10 hours). - Instruction manual doesn’t explain the different icons & brushing modes. You have to download the app to see what they are. But I’ll explain them to you now. WHAT EACH ICON MEANS - Tooth: “daily clean” mode - Tooth with plus sign: “pro clean” mode - Diamond: whitening mode - Feather: sensitive mode - Wavy lines: gum-care mode - Tongue: tongue-cleaning mode BRUSHING MODES Not gonna lie, the intensity of the “daily clean” mode (tooth icon) seemed aggro at first, especially compared to the Quip’s super gentle vibration. So for now, I am only using the “sensitive” mode (feather icon) while I am getting used to this new brush. I’m sure I will be able to graduate to the “daily clean” mode in a week or two. THE APP You really do need to download the Oral-B app to get the most out of this toothbrush. The app is excellent and lets you change a ton of settings on the brush, like the timer, ring light color, goals, and more. It also tracks your history, flossing, mouthwash use, and brush head replacement schedule. The app also offers challenges, brushing journeys (ex., plaque busting, bad breath), and “medals” to strive for if you want to adopt healthier brushing habits. Importantly, you can use the app to disable any of the individual brushing modes so that it only cycles through the ones you want. You can also reorder them so that the brush automatically starts on your preferred mode. I only have the sensitive and tongue-cleaning modes enabled at the moment, and I can switch between them by pressing the down arrow on the brush handle. The only downside to the app is that the position detection (using your phone’s front-facing camera) doesn’t work very well. I turned that off and instead just use the regular guided-brushing mode, which shows a timer on the screen. SUMMARY Overall this is a fantastic toothbrush, and despite the minor downsides, I am thrilled with it and genuinely shocked at how much better it cleans than the Quip. Glad I bought it. ** UPDATE, six months later, May 2023 ** I just got back from the dentist today, and my hygienist told me, “Wow, your teeth are extremely clean! You have great oral hygiene.” I told her I had switched from the Quip to the Oral-B, and she nodded knowingly and said it’s obvious when a patient has started using either an Oral-B or a Sonicare. I’ve found that I prefer different brushing modes for different brush heads. I’m still mostly using the “sensitive” mode (feather icon), but I do switch it up with the “daily clean” mode (tooth icon). I haven’t used the “pro clean” mode (tooth with plus sign) because, well, I’m kind of a sensitive person, and the noise the Oral-B makes is already loud enough. The “gum care” mode is nice if you floss too enthusiastically one day and need to take it easy the next day. I am still highly impressed with this toothbrush, and I enjoy using it every day.
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Want a product with too many features? This might be what you want. It does work, however.
By Mr. Amusing on Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2020
This version comes with a travel case... but I wonder why. The travel charger is NOT included. You can only charge this unit with the base that comes with it and the base CAN NOT FIT into the travel case. The unit is remarkably over featured. For example it comes with 3 different brush heads and does a poor job explaining why you'd pick one over the other. Some of those heads you're supposed to use "like a regular brush" and others you're supposed to "hold stationary over each tooth." And other heads you're supposed to "angle toward the gum". Good luck remembering which is which. This 7500 unit doesn't come with the "gentle brush head". If you visit the OralB site for replacement heads, you'll see 13 products listed (6 are pictured). Which gets me to the next problem... They have *13* different models of this toothbrush on their website but the 7500 isn't one of them! It hurts my head to try to figure out what brushes are compatible with which units. Perhaps they are all compatible... except for the "spin brush" and who knows how many others. The '7500' model (this one!) "looks" like the "Genius" series... but the model number makes it seem like the "Pro" line. Why bluetooth? It's only conceivable use for me would be to change settings. And the only reason you'd need to do that is because when you're holding the brush (in your mouth so it doesn't spatter), it's not really possible to read the blue LED display indicators. The led display that indicates which "mode" you're using is on the same side of the unit as the brush head - i.e. right up against your face. It seems you can only change the mode WHILE it's running. And some things, like changing between "Pro" and "Intermittent" mode require a very curious sequence of presses. Unfortunately those changes can also happen by accident since all the buttons are there in your hand while you're... brushing your teeth with it. Next let's talk about those modes... "Tooth+, Feather, Gem, Wavy Lines, Tongue" = overkill which isn't well explained in the manual. You have to take the unit away from your face to change modes (if you wan't to see what the mode is)... maybe if you try using all the modes repeatedly you'll get a feel for it... but just give me one mode, please - maybe two. I don't want to have to exhaust all my engineering brainpower on a toothbrush. I previously owned a SonicCare. It was an older model but it had two modes: On. and Off. Ah, I miss those days. I got the Oral B thinking my wife might use it too... the rapid vibration of the SonicCare made her teeth feel weird. However so far the extent that she's used the Oral B is to toss it into the closet - because the DARN thing BLINKS bright blue when it's on the charger.... which is of course where you'd put it when you're through using it for the night. If your bathroom is a LONG way from your bed - like in another county - or you always keep the bathroom door closed perhaps it won't prevent you from sleeping. Or maybe you're expected to only charge it during the day time. What I'm getting at: ORAL-B over engineered the heck out of it but didn't think at all about having to sleep near one that's charging... not actually running and while they could have used the colors around the head to clue you in about what mode the thing is in, instead they must have figured "Of course all of our customers are going to want to have a bluetooth phone handy when they brush... how else are you going to get saliva and toothpaste on that phone? So I've griped... and my conclusion is: I wouldn't buy another one. I probably won't use it after the current heads are worn out... I might even go back to the Sonic Care. They claim it's the number one dentist recommended brand... Dentists must be getting a kick-back. But maybe they mean ORALB is the number one brand. Their manual toothbrushes are great... really. Meanwhile, it does seem to get my teeth clean. Like the SonicCare did, the ORALB vibration provokes excess salivation. Only my next dental checkup will tell me if it's better than the manual brushing I've been doing since I stopped using the Sonic Care - but I have doubts.
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