To be a true gadget obsessive one must fully embrace technology into all aspects of one's life. Being at the cutting edge isn't just about flashing your tablet on the train or letting the old ladies you pass by in the morning know just how big your headphones are. No, you need top of the range tech while stripped to your pants first thing in the morning.
{Please note: this not a sex toy review. Well...}
We've always been big on oral hygiene and our morning routine of brushing and flossing is adhered to rigorously each day. Its just such a shame that the time is spent away from our precious gadgets as, and we urge you to remember this, tech and water tend not to be friends. Unless its a submarine, then its okay. But now our bathroom time has been technologically enhanced by the Colgate Omron ProClinical A1500 Electric Toothbrush. Yay!
And so, with our teeth freshly smeared
with pork pie and Dr Pepper, we tore at the ProClinical A1500 to
free it from its red and shiny cardboard prison. And we were...
disappointed.
Full disclosure: this toothbrush
retails for around £85. On hearing that (and after picking our jaws
up from the bathroom floor) we were expecting a little more bang for
our buck in the box. What you get is the brush itself, just one
bristly head, a charging station and a plastic carry case. Don't get
us wrong, the brush itself is very nice, complete with LCD display
and pleasing-in-the-hand curves – but only one head and a carry
case that the nerdiest of nerdy school kids would be ashamed to stick
their NHS glasses in? We were hoping for more.
But accessories aside, we set to the
cleaning of our gnashers. However, the charging station comes
supplied with a European two-pin plug. This is fine if you have a
bathroom socket for shavers and the like. But we don't. So after a
trip to Homebase to buy an adapter to plug it into a standard UK
socket, we grinned our cheesiest grin and started the clean.
Then we learned we had to charge the
brush for a recommended initial period of 16 hours. By now we were
really late for work.
Fortunately we didn't have to prolong
our teeth cleaning session until the next day as thankfully the
ProClinical A1500 comes supplied with a light charge to get you
through your first brush. Phew. The brush uses sonic waves to
stimulate the bristles, which in turn give a far superior clean than
ordinary hand brushing. In fact the Colgate ProClinical A1500 is
fairly outstanding in his field producing a whooping 32,500 stokes
per minute. That's far more than our weak sleepy hands can provide
first thing in the morning – even after the fourth coffee.
What makes the ProClinical A1500 even
more special is the brushes ability to know where it is in your mouth
and adjust the intensity of the vibrations accordingly. The on-board
sensors know what teeth it is currently cleaning by the angle in
which it is being held, giving a superb clean tailored to all the
different kind of teeth in your gob. It was a little unnerving at
first, having the brush decide how best to polish our teeth, but we
soon came to enjoy the sensation and trust in the Colgate computer
programmers.
The brush also has a couple of other
nifty features, such as a timer to ensure you brush for a least two
minutes during any given session, and a 30-second pacer which helps
to make sure you move the brush around all the areas in your mouth.
We've been using the brush for about a
month now (don't worry, we bought separate heads) and can honestly
say it has drastically improved our oral cleanliness. Although it was
a bit harsh at first, even making our gums feel quite sore after the
initial brushes, we soon adapted and actively started to look forward
to brushing our teeth.
Yes its pricey, but consider this: £85
one off payment for a toothbrush now, or potentially thousands of
pounds in dental treatments throughout your life? We bet those
private dentists hate Colgate.
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