Customer Reviews

Ultrasonex SB300U Rechargeable Toothbrush with 3 Replacement Brush Heads

5 star:		(36)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I work in a job that has allowed me to try all of the powered toothbrushes on the market. I have tried Cybersonic, Braun Ultrasonex, the old Sonicare Advance and new Sonicare Elite. This item was #2 out of the bunch. The reason I give it five stars is for value. The Best I have tried is the Sonicare Elite which is over 6 times the price of this item. Ultrasonex had better results than all of the other more expensive brands. My advice is either step up to the plate and spend over one hundred dollars for a Sonicare or buy 6 of these for the whole family.

I've been using the Ultrasonex in conjunction with an oral irrigator for over a year and am very happy with the results. On my last dental check-up and cleaning, the hygenist inquired as to what I'd been doing differently as my gums were in such good shape. The difference was the toothbrush. The three minute timer is a great feature and keeps me "honest". Another good feature is the comparatively low price of replacement heads. I would have given the product 5 stars if I was able to buy replacement brushes locally. There is no store in my local area which carries them, so I have to plan ahead a bit, but the toothbrush is worth the small extra effort.

The Ultrasonex SB300U Rechargeable Toothbrush is the best I ever had.
Unlike most reviewers, I had it for over 3 years AND I own both
SoniCare and Braun toothbrushes, each in almost all versions
[I have been using electric toothbrushes for about 30 years].
Nothing beats the Ultrasonex SB300U Rechargeable Toothbrush.
I use it together with the Braun mouth irrigator [I own at least 5 of those
too but the Braun is the best]. BTW, I found that most dentists
know nothing about electric tooth brushes and irrigators except what
their salespeople tell them. So it is pretty stupid when a reviewer refers
to a dentist. BTW, this is the 1st review I ever wrote for Amazon.
Paul Nevai [I am just a tremendously satisfied customer]


N.B. For the best effectiveness, just brush with it as if it were a regular toothbrush.

These are great toothbrushes, especially for the massage they provide the gums. Staying on for 3 minutes (unless manually turned off) to "keep you honest" is a nice touch; 3 minutes seems like forever to me when I'm brushing my teeth.

The only problem I had was that of the two I bought, my girlfriend's started malfunctioning after only a few uses. It still charges but the switch only turns it on intermittently. Fortunately it failed early, so Amazon's already arranged to replace it.

Note to the Nov. 26th reviewer: if you got this at Amazon recently, return it! Go to the order in Your Account, click the order number, select return, give as your reason that it's defective, and Amazon provides a postage-paid return shipping label! Print it pack it and ship it!

This is my first "sonic" toothbrush, after a few electric mechanical ones, and the difference is night and day. It cleans amazingly well, and is nicely designed to boot. Other brands cost 3-4 times as much, and frankly I doubt they are any more effective. The power button on it is a "soft" button, meaning that it is not hard wired to the motor, and one interesting side effect of that is that it actually turns the brush on when you let the button go after pushing it. This may trick some less technically astute users into believing that the button does not work, and they squeeze the poor thing with such force that they actually do break it after a short while. BTW. This item seems to have a rather generous warranty, so I do not understand the whining about defective ones, you can always get them replaced... And as to it being made in china: I bet even the $100 toothbrushes are made there. Welcome to the real world after spending the last 20 years under a rock...

I bought this toothbrush because my dentist reccomended a power toothbrush (she said even a Crest Spin-Brush is better than a normal brush). I was ready to lay down the 60 bones for a Sonicare and came across this guy. I figured, for it's price, it's worth a try-even if it only lasted a year or so.

I compared it side by side with a friend's Sonicare. It's not as loud, and doesn't appear to move as much (has a shorter amplitude of it's brush stroke). The battery doesn't last as long without a recharge, but I can stand to live without a power brush when I travel.

In short, this brush isn't as fancy or maybe doesnt even clean your teeth as well as a Sonicare. It may not last as long or look as pretty either. Bottom line: it cleans your teeth great and costs less than $20. Long term reliability is yet to be determined, but none of these things are indestructible.

After being a long time Sonicare user, I gave Ultrasonex a try, motivated by Amazon putting it on sale and by resentment against the high prices Sonicare is charging for replacement heads. Also I was mildly worried about my gums getting less firm than they had used to be.

1) The Ultrasonex brush head is larger and the vibrations are stronger compared to Sonicare. One is able to hit the tooth surfaces AND quite a lot of the gum surface. I personally like the larger stronger approach but I notice that some people like very small and soft brush heads.

2) In addition to getting my teeth squeaky clean, my gums are getting a terrific massage and I notice that they have become firmer

After having had it for a couple of months now I've become a fan and have bought two more! I'd advise anyone with concerns about their dental health to give it a try.

I have never wrote a review here before, but this toothbrush, deserves it! I have always wanted one of those sonic toothbrushes, but could never afford one, until I saw this one on sale at amazon.com. So I decided I would give it a try. I just got it today, and charged the battery (you're supposed to charge it for 24 hrs before 1st use, but I couldn't wait), and I put a little toothpaste on the brush, and pushed the button (which has an automatic shut off after 3 minutes), and I brushed my teeth in amazement! I get headaches behind my eyes a lot, and to tell you the truth the soft movement, and pressure of this brush sooth the headache away, while giving me a great smile! My teeth feel so smooth right now. It truly gives you the dentist clean feeling but better, because you didn't actually have to go and sit in a chair for 20 minutes with your mouth wide to the world! You have to buy yourself this brush! It's well worth the money! You wont regret it. It was my favorite best buy for the whole year!

I've been using this ultrasonic toothbrush since Sept 2003. Generally speaking, it serves its purpose very well. Due to teeth crowding, I used to have pretty bad staining at some blind spots on my teeth difficult to reach without an electrical brush. After I started using this toothbrush, most of the stains were gone and my dentist noticed significant improvement of my gum.

One tip to share with new users, this ultrasonex toothbrush uses a NiCd rechargeable battery which could last for at least 10 uses before it needs recharging. Since NiCd batterys have quite strong "memory effects", putting the brush back to the cradle after each use will very quickly reduce the capacity of the battery, i.e., the life span of the brush itself. I have been using a schedule in which I only charge it on Thursday and Sunday nights for around 10 hours and it has been working very well.

After a couple of days of receiving our purchase one of the toothbrushes ceased to work. We (my wife and I) never dropped it nor did we treat it in any way differently than we treated the other one. Occasionally it will work for a couple of seconds but is normally unresponsive and has become a $20 run of the mill toothbrush. The other one works great and is a pleasure to have and to use even though we now have to share.