Rechargeable Toothbrush

[ChrisCooper]

Does anyone know of a rechargeable toothbrush that works on DC? I worry about using my current one on a cheapish inverter.

 

[Willi-Wonti]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DerekBrad]

Willi-Wonti,
Now really, this deserves far more serious comment than that! The poor chap must be beside himself to think that he may not be able to use an electric toothbrush in his van !!!

 

[Guest]

I hope this is not a wind up? but my oral B is now 4 or 5yrs old and at once a day it still goes a month between charges, only out done by my Philashave, a lot older but perhaps 5-6weeks!.
Why then don't battery drills last more that half an hour?!!

 

[Gagakev]

Why then don't battery drills last more that half an hour?!!

Because you are not drilling teeth

 

[Brum1]

I hope this is not a wind up? but my oral B is now 4 or 5yrs old and at once a day it still goes a month between charges, only out done by my Philashave, a lot older but perhaps 5-6weeks!.
Why then don't battery drills last more that half an hour?!!

I don't think this is a wind up...Maybe wer'e being given the 'brush off'

 

[slowsod]

May be he's using it to clean the van!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TonyG]

I hope this is not a wind up? but my oral B is now 4 or 5yrs old and at once a day it still goes a month between charges, only out done by my Philashave, a lot older but perhaps 5-6weeks!.
Why then don't battery drills last more that half an hour?!!

You mean you pnly clean your teeth ONCE a day ugh!!!!!

 

[Gagakev]

I hope this is not a wind up? but my oral B is now 4 or 5yrs old and at once a day it still goes a month between charges, only out done by my Philashave, a lot older but perhaps 5-6weeks!.
Why then don't battery drills last more that half an hour?!!

You mean you pnly clean your teeth ONCE a day ugh!!!!!

Psst Tony did you consider they could be false

 

[TonyG]

I hope this is not a wind up? but my oral B is now 4 or 5yrs old and at once a day it still goes a month between charges, only out done by my Philashave, a lot older but perhaps 5-6weeks!.
Why then don't battery drills last more that half an hour?!!

You mean you pnly clean your teeth ONCE a day ugh!!!!!

Psst Tony did you consider they could be false

well if thats the case he doesn't need to use it once, a glass of water and sterident should do the job,,, lol

 

[Guest]

....yes boys, pity you did not pick up on the possible double meaning of 'wind up'?!, for the record, teggys are still 100% original.
but don't worry, I've made note of all your names

 

[ChrisUK]

I have the same problem but no answer. We go away for up to 8 weeks at a time and I hate hand tooth brushes. I have used a standard inverter to charge my old braun but the charger and the inverter did get hot. With my new braun the same happened and the charger failed. These chargers obviously need a proper sine wave ac volts, not the odd waveform from the avarage charger. Unfortunatley sine wave chargers are very expensive, you could probably buy 6 electric tooth brushes for the same price.

I think you can get tooth brushes which use rechargable AA batteries, you have reminded me to look out for one. Charging AAs is no problem

 

[ChrisCooper]

Despite the childish sniggering about electric toothbrushes I thought I'd give you an update. I found the Philips Sonicare DiamondClean HX9332 which can be recharged via a USB socket ie DC. Its a bit pricey at the moment though, well over £100.

 

[ProfJohnL]

On a serious note, a quick look on Ebay using the following search term:-

sine wave inverter -modified -24v* -quasi

shows up quite a range of pure sine wave inverters. IF you look for a used one rather than new there have been a number on for around £50 with a rating of between 150 to 600W.

So not only OK for rechargeable toothbrushes, but also suitable for other more sensitive equipment such as laptops. Of course these can be used in the car as well as the caravan.

 

[Dustydog]

Despite the childish sniggering about electric toothbrushes I thought I'd give you an update. I found the Philips Sonicare DiamondClean HX9332 which can be recharged via a USB socket ie DC. Its a bit pricey at the moment though, well over £100.

I've successfully mastered a hand controlled manual toothbrush for decades and have most of my teeth to prove it. Is there any real benefit in a battery driven one?
SWMBO prefers manual, she says the buzzing of the electric ones put her off. Lol.

 

[Gafferbill]

Well I have to thank you Chris Cooper as your post has cleared up a puzzle for me.
I use a good old manual toothbrush but my wife uses an electric version and during our February/March trip to Spain the charger packed up.
Now in the past the toothbrush itself has given up due to fair wear and tear but the chargers have been bullet proof.
Of course the chargers are never interchangeable.

…………..I now know what happened

We stayed on an expensive site in Seville at €25/night and they wanted an extra €5/night for an ehu.
We opted to do without the ehu and whilst there I used an inverter to power the toothbrush charger.

You live and learn!

This is an innuendo free post