this is the first sonic electric toothbrush
toothbrush I've been testing it for a few
few weeks and I'm here to give you my opinions
opinions on it so let me get straight to the
the point then the burst sonic is a very good
good electric toothbrush and I'd happily use
use it on a daily basis however if we take
take a little bit of a closer look at some
some of the details in select your toothbrush
toothbrush it's not quite as great as I'd
I'd originally hoped for now the main selling
selling point of the bare sonic is it's a
a subscription based electric toothbrush and
and essentially what that means is you pay
pay a one-off fee for the brush handle and
and brush head and then you pay a recurring
recurring fee for a brush head to be delivered
delivered direct to your door every three
three months the prince was a little bit like
like Spotify Netflix or Amazon Prime you don't
don't really have to think about it the amount
amount is deducted from your account at pre-programmed
pre-programmed intervals and the brush head
head just turns up at your door you don't
don't need to remember to replace the brush
brush head the brush head turns up and you
you use that as your stimulus to actually
actually replace the brush head and that's
that's every three months as standard now
now the subscription plan didn't actually
actually work out was cost-effectively as
as I would imagine given the way that burst
burst actually promote it but I'll explain
explain a little bit more about that in a
a moment
a moment so
so the toothbrush handle then is actually
actually very nice it feels good in hand Scott
Scott kind of like a diamond S textured pattern
pattern to it which makes the brush actually
actually feel quite grippy and comfortable
comfortable there's a few nice quirks on here
here you've got in a single power button with
with a little smiley face on it which I like
like and you also get a tongue cleaner on
on the back of the brush head which has that
that smiley face as well it's a nice play
play it's not quite the premium materials
materials of some of the sonic hair brushes
brushes but actually for the price it's pretty
pretty good I also like that you've got three
three dedicated cleaning mode icons and a
a battery status icon here would be a little
little bit more helpful if these icons are
are actually the names of the cleaning modes
modes rather than just icons themselves so
so you actually get three cleaning modes on
on this brush those modes are whitening sensitive
sensitive and massage now whitening is the
the main cleaning mode if you like and that
that operates at 33,000 brushstrokes per minute
minute
minute this
this is a sonic toothbrush they're very comparable
comparable to a Philips Sonicare electric
electric toothbrush in the way it works so
so 33,000 brushstrokes per minute is slightly
slightly higher than sonic air and but it
it cleans you know equivalently I would say
say although there isn't the clinical evidence
evidence to say that this is better or indeed
indeed equivalent to sonic air but from my
my experiences it's pretty pretty good the
the other two cleaning modes are slightly
slightly less powerful than the main whitening
whitening mode so main whitening mode offers
offers 33,000 brushstrokes per minute and
and the sensitive mode just 31,000 so mm less
less whilst you can notice the difference
difference it's barely noticeable and I can't
can't really see the point of such a margin
margin of difference between those two modes
modes so the modes are a little bit overrated
overrated so don't worry too much about it
it it does have those modes there if you want
want it overall the cleaning action is very
very good obviously the brush head itself
itself is detachable as you'd imagine now
now the brush head that we've got here actually
actually has charcoal infused bristles and
and skipping the science it uses PBT bristles
bristles rather than nylon which we are probably
probably more used to now there's pros and
and cons to PBT bristles basically they're
they're a cheaper alternative to nylon and
and they're more Hardy and resilient to everyday
everyday wear and tear now the benefit is
is they don't fray and split in the same way
way the drawback is they're not as pleasant
pleasant to actually use now the bristles
bristles on here and cut at different heights
heights and they've got a point to them and
and actually when it comes to brushing I felt
felt II actually pinching into my gum line
line a little stabbing sensation it wasn't
wasn't unbearable but once I noticed it I
I was like actually this is a little bit uncomfortable
uncomfortable to use on a daily basis if I'm
I'm being particularly honest I prefer Sonicare
Sonicare and oral-b because I didn't get that
that sensation but I could use it you just
just kind of got it's a mind over matter thing
thing I think and I didn't notice any sort
sort of damage to the gums but I wonder long-term
long-term what that might be now
now the Charco infused bristles it's a bit
bit of a fan in my opinion in the kind of
of dental health care Ian's at
at the moment and charcoal can have beneficial
beneficial effects when removing bacteria
bacteria and helping whiten teeth but it's
it's overplayed and there's very little if
if no clinical evidence to prove that's useful
useful so I would've just liked if birds have
have stuck to traditional nylon bristles so
so the brush handle itself is comfortable
comfortable to hold as I kind of mentioned
mentioned I've got the black colored unit
unit here you can get it in white as well
well as a rose gold edition in the box you
you get the one brush head the brush handle
handle a charging stand which allows the brush
brush to charge via USB connectivity you also
also get a two pin us plug adapter with USB
USB port on it so you can connect it to the
the power outlet if you prefer you don't get
get a travel case ready included in the box
box but you can pick up a color match one
one direct from burst it's about twelve dollars
dollars or something like that there are cost
cost of the replacement brush heads is six
six dollars every three months you can buy
buy spares or additional ones of those as
as well and it also nice such you can buy
buy from burst or what they call burst bans
bans which fit round the brush head and their
their little colored bands that you can use
use to identify as your brush head if you're
you're sharing the brush handle with other
other family members etc what's also really
really positive is the battery life built
built into this brush you get a good month's
month's worth of battery life and the battery
battery status icon on the front actually
actually flashes at 20% to let you know that
that the power is running low and when you
you need to recharge it so you don't always
always need to have to be topping this up
up and it'll make for a potentially good travel
travel companion if you do pick up that travel
travel case accessory as well now I mentioned
mentioned the price of this earlier this is
is a subscription service so you are paying
paying for some of the convenience but the
the initial price was a little bit higher
higher than I expected given how best talked
talked about it being couple then cutting
cutting out the middleman so the retail price
price of this is sixty nine ninety nine but
but quite easily you can save yourself at
at least twenty if not thirty dollars you
you can enter the promotional code friend
friend that's Fri EMD and you can save yourself
yourself $20 on the cost of the brush handle
handle if you get referred via a registered
registered dental hygienist or dental professional
professional in the US you can potentially
potentially save thirty dollars in total rather
rather 20 by them giving you their own promotional
promotional code and that's kind of how bursts
bursts have come on to the scene and grown
grown so rapidly it's the recommendation of
of the dental professionals now I'm a little
little bit surprised that it's got such high
high praise from a lot of dental professionals
professionals considering the Bristol configuration
configuration and the discomfort I've felt
felt with brushing but that's my personal
personal opinion what you can get with burst
burst is when you buy is you actually get
get not only a lifetime guarantee whilst you're
you're actually subscribed to their plan but
but you also get a 90-day money-back guarantee
guarantee so if you're not happy for whatever
whatever it is and you can return it and get
get your money back so you can test it yourself
yourself and return if you're not happy but
but many people have been happy with the performance
performance of this electric toothbrush so
so that's my overall impression of burst it's
it's not a bad brush it's a good everyday
everyday brush but truthfully it's not one
one that I will be choosing to stick with
with on a daily basis although I could I'm
I'm going to probably go back to my all be
be brushed it's nylon bristles and superior
superior cleaning performance if you've got
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