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expiredCyanLeopard593 posted Mar 03, 2024 03:07 PM
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expiredCyanLeopard593 posted Mar 03, 2024 03:07 PM
Philips Sonicare 4100 Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush
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Don't buy any Philips toothbrush model with a rubber/silicone power button. If it's not hard plastic, it will be destroyed in 3 years or less.
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Don't buy any Philips toothbrush model with a rubber/silicone power button. If it's not hard plastic, it will be destroyed in 3 years or less.
Which model is hard plastic?
Which model is hard plastic?
I have a 12 year old Diamondclean model HX9340. It's needed a new battery and a few repairs, but I'm handy with stuff like that. It has a hard button. My two previous Philips toothbrushes had rubber buttons and that's the only reason they failed.
Just look at the reviews for all of their models and it shows the story of intentional design decisions to make sure you have to buy another brush every couple of years.
The power cords on these lower end models also deteriorate and become brittle after a couple of years, but it's possible to replace them if you are handy with a soldering iron and screwdriver.
Philips electric toothbrushes are insanely marked up, and have a variety of dark patterns that make the lower end models fail on schedule.
I hope to never have to buy another one from them ever again. I wish the Chinese manufactures would improve their quality just a little more, because some of them are already very decent and comparable with these low-end models.
Update... for $25 from Walgreens, this is probably an okay deal, but it's still expensive considering the actual manufacturing costs. I bought one of those super cheap Chinese no-name brand brushes for $12 about a year ago for work and while it's not as good as my Diamondclean, it gets the job done. Maybe wait for another one of those. I know that Chinese brush is going to outlast one of these because that rubber button will fail eventually, guaranteed.
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Or maybe it's underneath the brush head. You get the outer bits caked in dried toothpaste but it's a big gap, the inside could have something more disgusting. Either way, I'm personally confident in my ability to take apart my sonicare (I already replaced the brush head connector) so I'm not too worried.
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