Sonicare Essence e5500 Electric Toothbrush Review

this review is focused on the philips sonicare electric toothbrush e5500. what a great little toothbrush !!!

After a dental cleaning, the hygienists recommended to me i try a electric toothbrush. i tend to brush too hard with a manual toothbrush and that is wearing my teeth. (who would of thought brushing too hard would be bad) so off i go to find an electric toothbrush.

i choose philips because it was a reliable brand name. the sonicare brush was about $90. it came with the electric toothbrush itself, an extra brush head, the electric charger and a little travel case for the heads. the bonus on the box stated a quadpacer, didn't know what that was, but i would give it a shot. the quadpacer is simply a sort of "timer". the brush runs for two minutes, the quadpacer makes the brush "hesitate" for a second, every 30 seconds. you divide your mouth into quadrants, front, back, top and bottom. brush for the 30 seconds on each quadrant, the brush hesitates and that is when you move to the next quadrant.

the initial charge took about 24 hours. a charge will hold for about 2 weeks. so this is great when you are traveling, no need to take the charger. they do suggest if you are not travelling, put the toothbrush in the charger every night.

you are to replace the heads every three months or so. heads run about $25 and can be found at walmart.

you do get a good clean from this brush. you can brush too hard with an electric toothbrush. you just have to train yourself to let the brush do the work.