Oral-B Professional Care 1000 Electric Rechargeable Power Toothbrush 1 Count

Customer Video Review Length:: 1:09 Mins

I've been using the Oral-B series of mechanical toothbrushes since the early 2000s. I'm a fan of the system because it is very cost effective, especially compared to the sonic variety. I've got my family and friends to use them to great results. Their advantage over standard toothbrushes cannot be overemphasized, provided you use both correctly.

This is apparently a tier above the most basic model, by adding "3D" feature--which is really a vibrating brush head in addition to rotation--to the basic rotation model. Based on usage and observations of various users and previous models, and after testing the unit out myself for the claims, let me try to break it down:

Pros/Improvements:

- it's still impeccably made; not that the origin (Germany) necessarily have anything to do with it, but I'd be hard pressed to find anything more consistently well made, or feels more solid, including the much more expensive Sonicare lines, or... Read more

I have an old Braun Oral-B toothbrush that I got about 10-15 years ago. I was curious to see how this new Oral-B toothbrush would compare to my old toothbrush and if it would be worth it to "upgrade".

I foung that after using the toothbrush for a week, that this Oral-B toothbrush was significantly better than my old Oral B toothbrush.

Overall, this is a very simple toothbrush. Using the idea that you should brush for 2 minutes, which equals 30 seconds for a quadrant of your mouth, just press the button to turn it on and every 30 seconds, the toothbrush seems to hesitate to let you know that you should brush in a different area of your mouth. Seems a tad silly (I think a simple 2 minute timer would work better/make more sense since you may not need to brush the same amount everywhere), but I got use to it.

The speed of the toothbrush is much faster than my old toothbrush and when I finished brushing, my mouth had that clean feeling you get after your... Read more

I've only owned SONICARE toothbrushes for the past five years, which are heavier than the Oral B 1000. Oral B is lower in price and seems to do an effective job. Great thing about Oral B is it's very lightweight, easily packed for travel and offers a large variety of replacement head brushes. The brush itself was harder than I'd like but they do offer softer ones for those with sensitive teeth and for those with braces, implants, crowns and bridges. Overall, a reasonably priced product, lightweight. The battery is built in, so you will need to recharge accordingly, most likely two or three times a month. I wish the brush heads came with covers like Sonicare.