Philips Sonicare Essence Power Toothbrush

by Philips

Product Features

• Soft-grip handle holds charge for up to 2 weeks, ideal for travel
• Rechargeable toothbrush cleans with ultra-high speed bristles
• Removes 80% of coffee and tobacco stains in just 28 days
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
• 2-minute smartimer
• Includes 1 contoured brush head, charger base, and travel case

Product Description

Product Packaging: Frustration-Free Packaging

Amazon.com Product Description

Taking care of your oral health is easy with the Philips Sonicare Essence 5300. This rechargeable power toothbrush features a unique angled neck, extra-soft contoured bristles, and patented Sonic technology to gently remove plaque in hard-to-reach areas. An Easy-start feature helps you acclimate to the Sonicare experience, and a two-minute timer ensures you brush adequately. For further convenience, the Essence 5300 remains charged for up to two weeks, a great feature for traveling.

This toothbrush arrives in Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging, which is recyclable, easy to open, and ships in its own box.

Essence 5300 Toothbrush with Frustration Free Packaging

At a Glance:

• Better plaque removal than a manual toothbrush
• Angled neck helps remove plaque in hard-to-reach areas
• Patented Sonic technology cleans with up to 31,000 movements per minute
• Easy-start acclimates you to the Sonicare experience
• Smartimer encourages two-minute brushing time
• Rechargeable design provides two weeks of power on a single charge
• Frustration-Free Packaging is recyclable, easy to open, and ships in its own box

Contoured Bristles

Easy-start

Smart timer

Recharge indicator

Massages gums and reaches deep between teeth and into hard-to-reach areas.
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Better reach for a better clean.
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Gently Cleans Teeth with Sonic Technology

Unlike a manual toothbrush, the Philips Sonicare Essence 5300 uses powerful Sonic technology to clean teeth with up to 31,000 movements per minute. These sweeping motions drive fluids deep into the tight spaces between your teeth and along your gum line, resulting in a cleaner, healthier mouth.

Angled Neck and Contoured Bristles for Comfortable Use

With a unique angled neck and contoured bristles that correspond to the natural shape of your teeth, the Sonicare Essence 5300 delivers a thorough, comfortable brushing experience. The angled neck provides optimum reach for the bristles, which have extra-soft rounded ends that gently massage your gums and go deep between teeth to remove plaque.

Easy-Start and Smartimer Simplify Brushing

The Essence 5300 makes it easy to care for your oral health. You need to apply only light pressure when using this toothbrush--the Essence 5300 will do the brushing for you. For further convenience, the Sonicare Essence 5300 features an Easy-start option that gently increases the toothbrush's power over the first 12 uses, so you can gradually adjust to the Sonic technology.

The Essence 5300 also features a Smartimer to keep you on track. The Smartimer encourages you to brush for a full two minutes, the time recommended by dental professionals. If you wish to pause or stop brushing during the two-minute cycle, just press the power button. If you press the power button again within 30 seconds, the Smartimer will pick up where you left off.

Two Weeks of Power on a Single Charge

After a full 24-hour charge, the Essence 5300 will provide approximately two weeks of typical use (two minutes of brushing, twice a day). A convenient recharge indicator on the brush displays the available battery life and blinks when you need to recharge.

Because the Essence 5300 can last two weeks between charges, you can leave its charger at home for most of your travels. A travel case and hygienic travel cap are included for further on-the-go convenience.

Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging

Philips Sonicare has worked directly with Amazon to offer Frustration-Free Packaging for the Essence 5300. Frustration-Free Packaging is recyclable, easy to open, and ships in its own box.

Your Sonicare Essence 5300 will arrive without hard plastic clamshell casing, plastic binding, wire ties, and other excess materials, yet it will be just as protected as it would be in traditional packaging. This streamlined packaging approach means less waste, and it also means your parcel will be easy to open without the use of a box cutter or knife.

What's in the Box

Brush handle, E Series brush head, brush-head holder, charger base, travel case, and travel cap.

Looking for the right Sonicare brush head? Click here for the Sonicare Brush Head Guide
For Kids	Essential Clean				Whiter, Healthier Teeth		Advanced Cleaning		Gum Care	Ultimate Cleaning	Air Floss
Sonicare for Kids	Xtreme e3000	Essence 5300	Essence 5350	EasyClean	Healthy White 710	Healthy White R732	FlexCare R910	FlexCare RS930	FlexCare+	Diamond Clean	Air Floss
Model #
HX6311/02	HX3351/02	HX5351/46	HX5352/46	HX6511/50	HX6711/02	HX6732/02	HX6911/02	HX6932/10	HX6972/10	HX9332/05	HX8111/02
Rechargeable											An easier way to floss
•	Battery	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Quadpacer											For best results use your Philips Sonicare rechargeable toothbrush with Air Floss
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Brushing Modes
Ages 4 - 7	Clean	Clean	Clean	Clean	Clean	Clean	Clean	Clean	Clean	Clean
Ages 7 - 10					Clean and White	Clean and White				White
						Sensitive	Sensitive	Sensitive	Sensitive	Sensitive
							Massage	Massage	Massage
							Go Care/Max Care	Go Care/Max Care	Refresh	Polish
									Gum Care	Gum Care	Air & Microdroplet Technology
Handles
1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Clean between all teeth in only 60 seconds with one teaspoon of water or mouthwash
Included Brush Heads
2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2
UV Brush Head Sanitizer
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Travel Charger
				•	•	•		•	•	Deluxe travel case with USB Charger
Illuminated Display
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Product Description

At a speed of 31,000 brush strokes per minute, the Essence 5300 is a very efficient cleaner. And because it has a slender, angled neck, it is easy to maneuver inside your mouth, and can reach hard to reach places, like wisdom teeth. This electric toothbrush utilizes its extra soft bristles to specialize in removing coffee and tobacco stains.

Since it holds charge for up to 2 weeks, you won't have to pack the charger base unless you're away for extended periods of time.

As part of a routine home and professional dental program, this Sonicare Essence Power Toothbrush helps assure dental and gum integrity.

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 1.2 x 8.1 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003QYFVRY
• UPC: 075020013958
• Item model number: HX5351/30
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,104 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #3 in Health & Personal Care > Personal Care > Oral Hygiene > Power Toothbrushes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

908 of 916 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Product, November 3, 2005

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Robert P. Fredericks (Belleplain, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips Sonicare Essence Power Toothbrush (Health and Beauty)

I have researched the Sonicare toothbrushes and found the best value to be this new model, I am very happy with it. I read all the reviews for the other models,held them in my hand at the Department store and found the only difference between this and the higher priced models is in the style of the handle and the fancy lights showing the remaining battery life. Also the Elite models have the beep every 30 seconds during the 2 minute timer. This model has all the features I need: Easy reach brush(Uses same replacement heads as the Elite models),2-minute timer. Since these things only last a couple of years anway, what's the sense of spending another $30 or more for features you don't need to clean your teeth. Buy this toothbrush and use the money you saved to buy replacement heads.

804 of 811 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Experience With Sonicare, March 25, 2006

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Todd Thorne "laesta" (The Woodlands, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips Sonicare Essence Power Toothbrush (Health and Beauty)

The Sonicare Essence is my second Sonicare toothbrush. Previously, I used an Advance, which lasted about four and a half years. Prior to that, I had a different brand of electric brush. Some observations follow.

In general, any Sonicare would be a wise investment for you. No question, years of using it have saved me time and money at the dentist. By now you've seen from the other reviews how effective it is at cleaning your teeth. As I get older, I'm finding just how effective a job it also does at slowing my gum recession. I consider the sonic system superior over other brand's rotating mechanical approaches, which seemed to have more of an unpleasant taste and couldn't be used with just any brand or style of toothpaste, unlike the Sonicare.

The Essence and Elite models use the more slender heads versus the Advance. Slender is more comfortable as you maneuver the head around your mouth. Also, the slender heads tend to stay cleaner from build-up and residue, reducing the effort and need for periodic head cleaning. So far, I've found the slender heads to last as long as the Advance ones: about 6 months.

What about Essence versus Elite? Other reviews have summed it up. Sonicare (Philips, actually) segments Elite versus Essence by tossing in a couple of extra bells and whistles. I recommend that you seriously consider the Essence and put the dollars you save towards your first head replacements.

As far as usage goes, it's hard not to have an effective brushing technique with Sonicare. Place it against your teeth and gums at an angle and move it across the surfaces from one side of your mouth to the other. Be prepared for a moderately loud sonic tone in your skull, which can be a bit deceptive to others in the room with you because it's a much more muted noise to them (just in case they have the urge to speak to you while you brush). Yes, if you bump the brush plastic against your teeth, you'll get the rattle effect, which is a tad startling. With a little practice, that rarely happens unless you rush your brushing motions.

If you use a fluoride toothpaste and have a particular brushing pattern, say top-front at start, bottom-inside at finish, just reverse your pattern the additional times you brush each day. Why? To give the fluoride a chance to stay on your different teeth surfaces longer before you rinse it out.

Lastly, I make it a point to unplug my Sonicare between full charges and run it down to complete discharge. Even though rechargeable battery technology has reached the point where the "memory effect" we used to experience with the old Ni-Cad batteries isn't much of an issue anymore, I think this approach tends to keep the batteries conditioned and gets you a bit more mileage out of your brush handle. The sacrifice you make with this approach is that last brushing as the batteries drain to empty will likely be incomplete. So trot out the old manual standby to finish and then plug in the Sonicare to charge up. With my new Essence, I find I can go about a week this way, brushing twice a day.

I consider Sonicare one of those appliances that's a great investment and which will pay you dividends over the long haul. Highly recommended.

Update Summer 2008:
Over 2 years of use on this appliance and my satisfaction level remains high. Regarding head replacements, I do want to add one observation. If you go 6 months like I do before swapping heads, the firmness of the new head will feel especially pronounced, perhaps to the point of causing gum tenderness. In that case, back off the hand pressure you apply, and in about a week, your gums should acclimate. Enjoy!

Update #2, Spring 2010:
Over 4 years of regular use and my Sonicare Essence still performs quite well. I can't go nearly as long between charges now, down to about half a week, but I've adapted to the battery's diminishing ability to hold a charge. Being a devoted user, I find I really miss the Sonicare on the occasions where I don't have it with me. This is definitely the kind of appliance that sets a standard for what you come to expect and want, thus any other experience tends to pale in comparison.

For readers in Europe and other countries that have 220V electrical systems, note that the Essence 5300 has a charger that is for use only on 110-120V / 50-60Hz systems. If you get the Essence technical spec from the Philips web site, it confirms this restriction. One possible option may be the Sonicare model called "HealthyWhite," which can be found on European Philips sites and which contains a multi-voltage charger. I don't have any experience with that particular model though, so definitely research it further before you purchase.

380 of 403 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pay more for the better design., July 8, 2008

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College Jane (So. California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips Sonicare Essence Power Toothbrush (Health and Beauty)

Do yourself a favor and buy the Sonicare Flex Care. The newer Flex Care models are an upgrade without the screw-on design flaw of this Sonicare model. This model has a hideous design where the saliva and other brushing liquids seep down into the inner mechanisms of the hand piece and pool up in a really disgusting way and requires you to take it apart and clean off inner crevices made up of metal and plastic parts. The new design eliminates all that slew of slime. This brushing action is fantastic, just like the new one, but this design stinks...literally.

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