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Best electric toothbrushes to buy right now
A mid-range brush with a two-minute timer and a pressure sensor does almost everything a flagship does. Pay more for an app or extra modes only if you will use them; spend the difference on replacement heads, which cost more over the years than the handle.
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Best overall
1. Oral-B iO2
3 intensity levels · 2 minutes · Travel case · Slows and shows red
The brush most people should buy, because it has the two things that matter: a two-minute timer and a gum pressure sensor that slows the brush and shows red when you press too hard. It works from one button, has three quiet intensity levels and comes with a travel case. Only one brush head comes in the box.
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Best sonic brush
2. Philips Sonicare 5300
SmarTimer and BrushPacer · 62,000 per minute · 2 · Yes
For anyone who prefers the buzz of a sonic brush to Oral-B's spinning round head. The listing confirms a pressure alert, a SmarTimer with BrushPacer, EasyStart and two intensity levels at 62,000 bristle movements a minute. It has two intensities and no separate cleaning modes, so it is a plain brush rather than a feature-packed one.
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Best budget
3. Oral-B Vitality Pro
UK 2-pin · 3, incl. Sensitive Plus · Quadrant timer · 2
The entry-level Oral-B and the best seller in this list, for anyone moving up from a manual brush. It has three modes including Sensitive Plus, a timer that tells you when to move to the next quadrant, and two heads in the box. There is no pressure sensor, so heavy brushers get no warning when they press too hard.
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Best budget sonic
4. Philips Sonicare 2100
14 days · Yes · 31,000 per minute · 2
A low-cost way into sonic brushing for someone switching from a manual brush. EasyStart builds the power up gently over your first 14 cleans, there are two intensity settings, and the listing quotes a 14-day runtime. It moves the bristles 31,000 times a minute, about half the rate of the Sonicare 5300, and the listing mentions no pressure alert.
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Best for couples
5. Oral-B Pro 1 (twin pack)
30-second quadrant alerts · 2 · 2 · Stops pulsations
Two handles in one box, so it suits a couple or a household that wants matching brushes on one order. Each has gum pressure control that stops the pulsations when you brush too hard, a quadrant timer that alerts every 30 seconds and three cleaning modes. Only two heads come in the box, one per handle, so replacement heads are an early extra cost.
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Best flagship
6. Oral-B iO9
Yes · 7 · Charging travel case, magnetic pouch · AI position detection
For the person who will actually open the app every night. The iO9 adds AI position detection that tracks which tooth surfaces you have covered, seven modes, and a charging travel case and magnetic pouch. Most of the extra money goes on tracking and accessories, since the iO2 already has the timer and pressure sensor, and it still comes with just one brush head.
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Best premium sonic
7. Philips Sonicare DiamondClean 9000
Sonicare app · C3 Premium Plaque Control · 4 · 62,000 per minute
The Philips flagship, for someone who wants app guidance with a sonic brush. Four modes cover Clean, Deep Clean+, Gum Health and White+, and the app checks you are on the right mode and intensity. It quotes the same 62,000-a-minute figure as the Sonicare 5300, so the extra money buys modes, the app and finish rather than a faster motor.
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