- Hello, this is the Oral-B Wireless Smart Guide.
It's an accessory that many people love, but sadly
no longer comes provided
with Oral-B electric toothbrushes.
In this video, I'm going to explain how you can get
this working with your
newer model of electric toothbrush and where you
can still indeed actually buy these from.
So, if you're not familiar
with the Oral-B Wireless Smart Guide,
what it is, is a small unit that wirelessly
communicates with selected
electric toothbrushes from Oral-B.
And, that communication does a number of things
on screen on the Smart Guide.
Now when not connected or not in use you get
a clock like you see here, and usually
a little smiley face.
But when you power on your electric toothbrush,
this changes and you get a timer that
acts like the two minute timer and the quadpacer
so that you have built in to the electric toothbrush.
You also get a star rating to encourage you to
clean well, and icons at the top of the screen
change depending on the cleaning mode that you've
selected on your electric toothbrush.
And what made this product so popular, and why
I like it, and many others, is because it was
another clue in a stimulus to brush for longer
because it's all too easy to get distracted
when you are brushing.
And this gives you another little bit of encouragement.
You can mount it on the wall, you can
have it on a shelf or countertop within your bathroom.
And it's a great accessory that sadly is no
longer provided in the box with the newest
Oral-B electric toothbrushes.
But, the fact of the matter is,
you can still buy it and it does work
with the latest models of electric toothbrush.
But, there are some things to be aware of.
So, the first thing to note
is there is different versions.
Here I have one of the old versions, this is 3741
that is completely redundant now and works
with a lot older models, sort of maybe, five plus years
something like that, that's how old
the toothbrush needs to be to kind of work with this.
The most recent model is this, model number 3742.
But, as we understand it, there are a couple
of different variants of this.
And, the thing that you need to look out for
when buying it, is to ensure
that this is version B.
And, version B is actually printed on the ridge
in between the battery compartment here.
So, where the two batteries are is a ridge
with some numbers.
And if it ends in the letter B, you've got
the most current version.
Now, you can still buy this.
The best place to buy it from
is the Olympic Shaver company.
Which is, shavers.co.uk.
I'll leave a link in the description to that.
And they generally sell the latest version of this
to make it compatible with your electric toothbrush.
Now, for it to work with the current versions
or current models of Oral-B toothbrushes,
your brush has to have Bluetooth connectivity built in.
That's actually how they communicate,
Bluetooth connectivity.
So, if you've got a Genius 9000, an 8000
a Smart 4 4000 a Smart 5 5000, a Smart 6 6000,
and others that have Bluetooth connectivity,
you can be pretty much assured
that it's going to work.
Now I must stress this isn't a flat out rule,
it won't work for everyone.
There seems to have been some people
that have had issues with compatibility.
But as a general rule, most people who have picked
one of these up, be that brand new or even secondhand,
providing it's the B variant.
So, 3742 B variant of the Smart Guide, you should
get it working with your Bluetooth enabled
Oral-B electric toothbrush.
There is a link in the description as to
where you can buy it.
There's also a link in the description to an article
that goes into a lot more detail on this.
And also, has a number of comments by users
and their experiences and how they got it working,
and things like that.
I hope you found this video useful.
But, until next time, thanks for watching.