Customer Reviews

Spinbrush Swirl Full Head Battery Powered Toothbrush, Soft (Pack of 4)

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About Spinbrush® Swirl® electric toothbrush by Arm & Hammer. So I was trying to figure out how to change the battery/s for this toothbrush --- for a long time - lol too long! And I was feelin' a bit dumb (lol). I had always had a problem with the switch with the Arm & Hammer Spinbrush® Swirl®. tooth brush - it was easy to turn on but it was actually a puzzle (not intuitive, to me anyway) to shut off. LOL - I knew the design of this T/Brush had out smarted me in the past so putting ego aside I went to the Web with my problem and to the Electric Tooth Brush Manufacture's site [...] by Arm & Hammer. I must say this is Very FLASH-e Web Site. (lol) Very typical, over the top - big company stuff! Designed for the "Suit Client" not the Toothbrush Customer. The web sit does not have a Site Search Field, I knew I was "in for it" right then! YES there is a Q & A page but there is a lame "Ask Us" page that is really just a badly titled "where to buy" landing page., ([...]). It seems like you need to go two levels of pages in on this site to discover this page link found on the ASK US PAGE: [...] On the FAQ page, "How to change the battery for this model "Spinbrush® Swirl®" was an unanswered question, others yes full and complete "How To's", but not for this model! Curious? Which led me to Amazon to see what others knew about the Arm & (and) Hammer Spinbrush® Swirl®. I found my answer at Amazon. It seems instead of just saying that you have to toss this thing in the landfill where it will last for who know's how long the A&H approach is omission. Just not "talking" about the issue with their customers? It was almost like they were too embarrassed to put in writing the truth about such an un-ecofriendly electric tooth brush. Lessons I learned: I wasted a lot of time, I found the solution to my problem very quickly on Amazon, & I got what I paid for when I bought the cheapest Electric Toothbrush I could find. I am embarrassed to put this in the garbage but that's where it is.

My title may be pretty unclear, but so are my feelings about this toothbrush.
I had not used an electric toothbrush in years because of sensitivity. Recently my dentist recommended it (warning of the possibility of periodenture if I don't get a more effective routine).

I am very happy with this toothbrush. In fact, I am quite surprised at how effective it is!
I bought one at a local drug store on sale for around $6. I liked it well enough that I went and bought another as a replacement at almost twice the price. That one immediately got picked up by a family member...and then I saw this offer from Amazon. Less than $5 apiece, ; that's a pretty astonishing price.

So, why 4 stars? Purely environmental. I would give the performance & cost 5 stars, but really don't like that I will be throwing away 4 electric toothbrushes/ year. More if everyone else in the family uses them. I think there has to be a better solution, but really don't want to spend 20x as much. Well, that's a puzzle I will have to work out.

For now I can say that I like this much better than I would have thought. The performance is terrific. Amazon's price is impossible to beat. A great deal all around...

except for what you'll be contributing to the landfill.

I will note that replacement heads were available (on the model I bought just weeks ago), however they cost almost as much as the toothbrush. Now replacing the heads and/ or batteries are not an option. Silly, really.

I was fooled! I used it once on a trip and left it in my shaving kit. A month later I'm traveling again and I take out the brush and it's dead. I checked for battery and found it cannot be replaced. It should say on the label, "battery Not replaceable" and "Once on it never turns off". The maker should be embarrassed.

When it was brand new, this toothbrush was very underpowered -- almost like brushing with a normal toothbrush. The battery was completely dead in a matter of weeks. Don't buy this.

What can I say except...I would rather use a manual toothbrush and it would outlast all of the batteries in these cheap low power things!! TERRIBLE! One of the worst purchases I ever rcvd from Amazon. OH and by the time you get to the 2nd or third toothbrush...and find out they all suck...WELL it's too late to return!!