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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Ask a Mustachian => Topic started by: Nemesis. on October 22, 2016, 09:45:05 AM

Title: Is a fancy electric toothbrush worth the $$$?
Post by: Nemesis. on October 22, 2016, 09:45:05 AM
I was reading the Frugalwoods blog which I LOVE!! and came across their "expensive items that we own post".
One of the items was the top-of-the-line electric tooth brushes.
Now good health (including dental health) seams to be a standard tenant of mustachian/frugal living so I can see where paying a little more to protect something as important as your teeth would be a no-brainer.
My question is, are the fancy/expensive electric toothbrushes actually better than the battery powered ones you can get at the grocery store?
Do they perform better? Do they last longer? Anything else I may be missing as to why they are worth the extra $$$?
Title: Re: Is a fancy electric toothbrush worth the $$$?
Post by: Rubic on October 22, 2016, 10:22:38 AM
There have been a couple of lengthy discussions on the merits of electric
toothbrushes on the forums recently:

http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/ask-a-mustachian/electric-toothbrushes/
http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/reader-recommendations/electric-toothbrush-do-you-notice-the-difference/
Title: Re: Is a fancy electric toothbrush worth the $$$?
Post by: Bracken_Joy on October 22, 2016, 10:25:51 AM
Consensus from those threads was essentially "yes, they absolutely last longer, and *most* people think they perform better". I've had the same sonicare for over a decade.
Title: Re: Is a fancy electric toothbrush worth the $$$?
Post by: Rubic on October 22, 2016, 12:19:20 PM
Thanks! The search function was not...err...functioning. ;)

Pro-tip, use Google:

     electric toothbrush site:forum.mrmoneymustache.com
Title: Re: Is a fancy electric toothbrush worth the $$$?
Post by: Bracken_Joy on October 22, 2016, 12:19:34 PM
Thanks! The search function was not...err...functioning. ;)

It definitely has issues. Best approach is to use google site search. Go to google and type "site:forum.mrmoneymustache.com [search term]" So in this case, you could type site:forum.mrmoneymustache.com electric toothbrush

=)