- This is the Philips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 5100.
I've been testing it for a few weeks now,
and I'm here to give you my opinions on it.
So the first thing I'd like to let you know
there is a full written review
that accompanies this video.
Click the link in the description to read that.
It goes into a lot more detail.
So what do I think of the 5100?
Well I think it's actually
a really good electric toothbrush.
Sonicare have done a fantastic job here.
Now the first thing to note,
it's got a really lovely design.
I've got the black gray color option here.
There's also a white and mint color option.
It's a slim handle.
It's fairly grippy.
It's got a matte finish to it.
It looks quite minimal, but kind of smart
in the design as well as being functional.
Feels solid as well, and just feels really good in hand.
On the front of the brush handle here, we've got
a power button which turns the brush on and off.
And then we've got a cleaning mode button,
which allows us to cycle between one of the three
cleaning modes that are available on this brush.
You've got a clean, white, and gum care
cleaning mode, each of which has an LED above it.
So as you cycle through the modes,
it actually lights up to make it clear
which mode is selected.
Now once you've actually powered the brush on,
each cleaning mode lasts for slightly
different amount of time.
You've got two minutes for clean,
two minutes 30 seconds for white,
and three minutes for the gum care mode.
And that's to get the optimum clean
based on those modes.
Also included in the box is a Sonicare
G2 Optimal Gum Care brush head.
So you get one of those included
along with a charging stand,
and a color matched travel case.
This is an interchangeable brush head.
One of range of brush heads available from Sonicare,
but what's particularly special about this
brush head, it has an RFID microchip builtin.
And that's to work with the BrushSync technology
built into this brush handle.
And what that basically means is that the brush
tracks the brush head and its usage
and via an LED on the front of the brush handle here,
this will light up an amber sort of orange color,
as of when it's time to change your brush head.
So it's a reminder system that you need to replace
your brush head after three months of use,
but this tracks it perfectly.
So that's a really useful feature
to stop you doing too much damage to your teeth
and gums, because overusing a brush head
can cause that damage.
As can brushing too hard when you're cleaning your teeth.
So built into this brush is a pressure sensor,
and when you brush too hard, the brush will actually
change the sound of the brush,
it will change the cleaning motion,
and you'll hear a vibration and feel the vibration
through the brush handle.
When you feel that change, you need to relieve the pressure.
The BrushSync LED will also light up.
Unfortunately you can't really see that
while it's in hand, and it's a shame.
Unlike Oral B models, there's no large, visible
pressure sensor on the back of the brush handle here.
Built into the brush is a timer as well.
So you've got the two minute timer
on the standard clean mode.
And at 30 second intervals, you also have
what's called a pacer.
Check out the full written review
for more information on how that works.
But that timer allows you to clean
for the right amount of time,
and it also automatically powers the brush off
at the end of the cleaning session.
You get up to 31,000 movements per minute
from this brush, so it gives a really good clean.
And whilst the brush head is a little bit larger
than some of the Oral B round brush head equivalents,
I found the cleaning to be very good.
I can't criticize the way
in which this brush actually cleans.
Built in is a lithium ion battery.
Sonicare claim a two week battery life,
but I got much more than two weeks from it.
Even on the longest running gum care mode,
I got 20 days, so that's nearly three weeks of usage time.
Just on the standard clean mode,
I got five weeks of usage time,
which is incredibly impressive.
I can't rate the battery in here high enough.
It's really really good.
So it's massively going to exceed the two weeks
that they claim.
The retail price of this brush
is around about 90 dollars.
Typically you can pick it up for about 80 dollars,
which is a very good price overall,
considering that you're getting a good quality brush,
three different cleaning modes, a travel case,
charging stand included in the box as well.
One of the slight negatives is these brush heads
with the BrushSync technology builtin
are a little bit more expensive.
They work out about 12 dollars per head,
which is a little bit of a disappointment,
but I think for what it offers,
it's really useful and perhaps worth spending
that little bit extra for a nicely designed,
nice performing, excellent electric tooth brush.
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