- This is the Oral-B Pro 1000.
I've been testing it for a few weeks now
and I'm here to give you my opinions on it.
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So before we take a detailed look at this brush
I want to let you know there's a full written review
that accompanies this video.
Just click the link in the description that goes
into a lot more detail.
But I will give you a good overview of this brush
in this video.
Here is the Pro 1000.
It's more of an entry-level toothbrush from Oral-B
offering the 3D movement and an excellent clean.
What I really like about this brush
is it's kind of like a no-nonsense, good electric toothbrush
if you just want something that doesn't have
necessarily all the bells and whistles
and lots of features, and you just want a good value
electric toothbrush.
What you get here is a lovely slim-handled brush.
It feels comfortable in the hand.
There's a rubber grip running down the front
of the brush handle.
You've got a power button up here towards the top
with grips above and below.
You've got battery status icons and charging icons
towards the bottom of the handle.
On the back you've got a gloss white finish
with contoured grips.
On the base you've got a recess for the charging pin
for the supplied charging dock.
Then at the top you've got the removable brush head here.
So you get supplied in the box with one
CrossAction brush head.
Fits on and off like so.
And you also get a charging stand provided as well.
The brush head is one of a range of different brush heads
available from Oral-B.
You can pick and choose which one you want to use.
But the CrossAction is like your every day brush head.
They are interchangeable and work with a lot
of different models.
They do have these blue indicator bristles
that fade over a three-month period.
And they act as reminder for you to basically
change your brush head.
Inside the actual brush handle is the battery
and the motor that powers everything.
When you press the power button on,
that kicks everything into life and the clean
is delivered via the brush head here.
As the same time as you actually power on,
you turn on the two-minute timer and pacer
which basically means at 30-second intervals
you get a slight pause in the brush head motion
to tell you to change quadrant,
which is standard across many electric toothbrushes.
Then at two minutes after the recommended cleaning time
you get slight pauses in the brush head motion
that acts as another sign to you to basically tell you
the clean is over and you can power the brush off.
It does not automatically power itself off.
That's really handy on the cleaning side.
It does clean very well, I love the CrossAction brush head.
It gets deep within the teeth along the gum lines
and leaves your mouth feeling lovely and fresh after use.
Although you don't get a visible pressure sensor
on the back of this brush,
there is a pressure sensor built in.
So if you do brush too hard you will hear
the motor straining.
But it will automatically reduce the amount of power
it delivers to the brush head until such time
as that pressure is relieved.
So built into the brush handle is the battery.
It's a nickel metal high drive battery
which gives seven days of battery life
based on two cleans a day for two minutes.
That's 28 minutes of usage time.
So you get a charging stand included in the box.
That fits into the recess on the base of the brush handle.
That charging stand works with standard U.S. main supply.
It takes about eight to 12 hours to actually
charge the brush up fully.
The brush handle itself if water resistant,
so don't go submerging it.
But it will survive a rinse under the tap
if you need to clean it off and things like that,
the toothpaste and things.
It's all protected against that.
The retail price of this price is around about $60.
But the good news you can generally pick it up
for about 40 to $45.
Replacement brush heads that you see here
cost somewhere between six to eight dollars
subject to where you buy them and what size pack
you buy them in.
When we priced this over a three-year period
which we like to do here at ElectricTeeth
because three years is roughly the life
of an electric toothbrush, it works out about 10 cents
per day or a total ownership cost of $117
which we think is pretty good value for what you get here.
It's a solid electric toothbrush, it cleans your teeth well,
it hasn't been bogged down with loads of features.
It feels good in hand.
Yes, the battery life could be better than seven days.
That would be a nice thing.
But overall, for what you have to spend to get this,
it's a good electric toothbrush.
For more details be sure to check out the written review
that is available.
Click the link in the description.
Until next time, thanks for watching.
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