As someone two weeks away from graduating college with a degree in biology, your explanation of the formation of the thymine dimer and the cellular repair mechanisms responding to it hurt a little, but was actually not a terrible explanation for people who don’t have a degree in biology. Kudos.
So I don’t have any teeth and therefore wouldn’t be able to use this for its ‘primary’ duty. My question thus is how good does it vibrate? Will it please my wife (and not necessarily be pleasurable to her via her mouth)?
@bigjl98"theoretically" if you use this on your wife, she will never make eye contact with you again- her eyes will still be rolled up in the back of her head.
@bigjl98 just no. Get a hitachi massager and a dimmer cord. Without it, “low” is like you dropped the hammer at a drag strip, and “hi” is like dumping in nitrous. The dimmer lets you cruise around town and not wind up in s pile of twisted metal.
So, I am right in the middle of getting $10k worth of shiny new dental implants and have a renewed interest in taking excellent care of my teeth so I was considering this.
DAE bother to read the Amazon reviews before buying stuff on here? One guy even left a 5 star review but stated in his review that he had to agree to leave 5 stars in order to get another one under warranty, all while warning everyone how bad it is.
Another 5 star review says only “the replacement one works great”
Meh, your math is meh again today! 31,000 strokes per minute is about 516.67Hz, which is sonic to us mere humans. It’s a little bit shy of a middle C. Or a meh C.
Bought one in the past. Loved it until it failed after about 30 months or so. It was not as fancy as my $190+ name-brand Philips Sonicare unit which I use for travel. It did a great job and is a great value for the price, even if the lifetime not infinite. (Tidbit: It lasted longer than most couples date before getting married.)
I bought one last July. I had just been thinking about this two days ago because it doesn’t hold a charge as long as it used to. At first it was almost a month of brushing, now it’s down to around a week and a half before it dies.
I wonder how long I’ll get before it won’t charge at all.
Meh’s Amazon price comparison is a little misleading. The default option that appears when you click the Amazon link is for a Silver one of these at $49.90. But if you change your selection to either the Black or Blue models, which are the only two models Meh is offering, the price through Amazon is $39.95/$39.94.
It’s called a “sonic” toothbrush because the upper limit of human hearing is on the order of 20,000 cycles per second. 31,000 cycles per minute is comfortably below that.
Got the silver version from here a few months ago and it’s still working great. I like that you can remove the tray from the UV area which makes it easy to clean.
Sidenote…I’ve had an Oral B electric toothbrush for several years now. I only plug it in when I charge the unit, otherwise it is unplugged. I would agree that leaving it plugged in continuously is not a good idea. For replacement brushes there are several cheaper versions available at bulk pricing on eBay and Amazon.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Pursonic toothbrush
1x Charging/UV sanitation base
3x Red brush heads
3x Yellow brush heads
3x Green brush heads
3x Blue brush heads
Price Comparison
$49.90 at Amazon
$69.95 List
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Warranty
1 Year Pursonic
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Friday, July 17th
A deal you can sink your teeth in – ER you can brush off or meh whatever only the tooth fairy will know – “sound” right?
i bought the pursonic last time it was up here, it works great, wish mine had the uv feature.
@jihiggs: reminder that you lived your whole life without UV disinfecting your toothbrush, so I think you 'll be OK. Let us know if you die, though.
@aa040371 sorry man, I died last week from sans-uv-itus
As someone two weeks away from graduating college with a degree in biology, your explanation of the formation of the thymine dimer and the cellular repair mechanisms responding to it hurt a little, but was actually not a terrible explanation for people who don’t have a degree in biology. Kudos.
@Mehsturbator
As the author of the first predicted structure of the Thymine dimer to appear in Science magazine, I’m probably qualified to comment here, too.
The layperson explanation isn’t bad, but the assertion uv light is going to protect you from anything is pretty dubious.
Got one the last time…well worth it.
ORA: I have one of these. His name is “Gerard”.
So I don’t have any teeth and therefore wouldn’t be able to use this for its ‘primary’ duty. My question thus is how good does it vibrate? Will it please my wife (and not necessarily be pleasurable to her via her mouth)?
@bigjl98 "theoretically" if you use this on your wife, she will never make eye contact with you again- her eyes will still be rolled up in the back of her head.
@alacrity that’s assuming that she makes eye contact with me now!
@bigjl98 just no. Get a hitachi massager and a dimmer cord. Without it, “low” is like you dropped the hammer at a drag strip, and “hi” is like dumping in nitrous. The dimmer lets you cruise around town and not wind up in s pile of twisted metal.
@mike808 just don’t get the Sybian. that thing will replace you.
Purchased last time. Seems like a good product.
I got one of the ones without UV. Works great, don’t notice how soft the bristles are.
So, I am right in the middle of getting $10k worth of shiny new dental implants and have a renewed interest in taking excellent care of my teeth so I was considering this.
DAE bother to read the Amazon reviews before buying stuff on here? One guy even left a 5 star review but stated in his review that he had to agree to leave 5 stars in order to get another one under warranty, all while warning everyone how bad it is.
Another 5 star review says only “the replacement one works great”
I think I see a pattern here.
@Steve7654 stick with a philips.
Got one some time ago. Very pleased with it.
Meh, your math is meh again today! 31,000 strokes per minute is about 516.67Hz, which is sonic to us mere humans. It’s a little bit shy of a middle C. Or a meh C.
@mehcuda67 I’m glad I’m not the only one that noticed the mistake. KHz is 1,000 cycles per second, not per minute. “Meh C”… lmao
I might buy the blue one just to say I have a bluetooth brush.
@mehcuda67
@mehcuda67
Bought one in the past. Loved it until it failed after about 30 months or so. It was not as fancy as my $190+ name-brand Philips Sonicare unit which I use for travel. It did a great job and is a great value for the price, even if the lifetime not infinite. (Tidbit: It lasted longer than most couples date before getting married.)
I am planning on buying another one now.
@dude you… use your crappy toothbrush everyday, and save your expensive nice one for travel? wut?
“… whitem teeth.” on the box??
Oh also, re: end of writeup. Copper IUD’s are awesome.
The link says that vitamin C isn’t an effective treatment for colds… not that “it doesn’t do anything”.
/giphy pedantry
Now how am I going to cure my scurvy…
I bought one last July. I had just been thinking about this two days ago because it doesn’t hold a charge as long as it used to. At first it was almost a month of brushing, now it’s down to around a week and a half before it dies.
I wonder how long I’ll get before it won’t charge at all.
@RiotDemon you can always move it back and forth manually, and get another year or three out of it.
I have been using this product for over a year now and haven’t had any cavities.
@dino2269: a ringing endorsement if I ever heard one!
@dino2269 No cavities for me either…my teeth fell out…
Meh’s Amazon price comparison is a little misleading. The default option that appears when you click the Amazon link is for a Silver one of these at $49.90. But if you change your selection to either the Black or Blue models, which are the only two models Meh is offering, the price through Amazon is $39.95/$39.94.
@kungfuqua That said, I still bought one. Because $24<$36.
Unless my math is wrong. WHICH I AM SURE YOU WILL TELL ME(H).
The package claims the device will “whitem teeth.” Meh teeth?
It’s called a “sonic” toothbrush because the upper limit of human hearing is on the order of 20,000 cycles per second. 31,000 cycles per minute is comfortably below that.
@pdhenry But why is it called a sonic screwdriver?
Got the silver version from here a few months ago and it’s still working great. I like that you can remove the tray from the UV area which makes it easy to clean.
Fine. I’m in for one Bluetooth brush.
Lot’s of bad reviews on Amazon.com, like 24% 1 star. I’ll pass.
@u4icmusic Just gota not leave it plugged in all the time because the battery doesn’t like that.
…is this talking about my comments on yesterday’s poll???
Sidenote…I’ve had an Oral B electric toothbrush for several years now. I only plug it in when I charge the unit, otherwise it is unplugged. I would agree that leaving it plugged in continuously is not a good idea. For replacement brushes there are several cheaper versions available at bulk pricing on eBay and Amazon.
I’m an X Men mutant, as I have a unique ability to miss deals I actually need.
@wew You are a VMP, so you get another chance to buy in 45 minutes.
@Trillian I seriously didn’t know this.(I’m not even sure why I kept the VMP, maybe I was secretly hoping for a new pair of socks.)
Seems like over kill, for one toof…