Which Sonicare toothbrush model is the best one for you?

Picking out which features and options are important for your use.

This page isn't about making a specific recommendation about which Sonicare toothbrush model is "the best." It's about helping you decide which model makes the best choice, specifically for you (and any others who may share it with you). This page is about making intelligent choices.

We help you in this quest by outlining and describing those different features, functions and options that are available on various Sonicare toothbrush models. Then, once you understand the use, need and effectiveness of these items, you can make an informed decision about which model seems to be the best fit for your needs and your situation.

Picking out the best Sonicare toothbrush value means choosing the model that only has the features that you really need and will use.

For the most part, we typically think that the best Sonicare toothbrush is simply the least expensive model that offers the classic Sonicare 31,000 brush-strokes-per-minute brushing action (which is all of them) and just those features that specifically appeal to you or that you feel will make using the brush more convenient.

Of course, the trick here is to understand which of the available additional features actually have value. Toward this goal, we offer the following list. It describes (and discusses advantages and disadvantages of) the various Sonicare options. We also throw in our two cents about the value of many of these features.

Sonicare toothbrush features:
↓  The Sonicare UV brush head sanitizer (FlexCare models).
↑  The standard (full-power) Sonicare brushing mode.
↑  The Sonicare Easy-start and Sensitive mode brushing options.
↓  Sonicare FlexCare brushing options: The Max Care and Go Care routines.
↓  Sonicare HealthyWhite brushing options: The Clean and White routine.
o  Sonicare brush head designs: HydroClean, ProResults, e-series, a-series.
o  The Sonicare toothbrush Smartimer and QuadPacer functions.
o  Sonicare toothbrush battery and charger options.

When you're to a point when you need more information about the features of individual models, this link leads to a listing of the Sonicare toothbrushes that we discuss on Animated-Teeth.com.

We'll admit that we have a biased towards less expensive Sonicare models.

As you read our comments about the various features and options that are available, you'll soon discover that we are, admittedly, biased towards liking the lower-end, less-expensive Sonicare models. We are so because we feel that they represent the better toothbrush value.

Some people just want a good basic toothbrush.

It's our opinion that electric toothbrushes are simply tools that aid in accomplishing the task of performing thorough oral hygiene. We don't look at brushing teeth as a timed event. Instead, we see it as a process that needs to be taken to a point of completion, no matter how long or what it takes to accomplish it.

We do happen to like all of the Sonicare sonic toothbrush models we review on our pages because they are good teeth-cleaning devices. However, it's also our opinion that we could basically accomplish the same brushing goal with either a newer or older-generation Sonicare. It just might take a few moments longer with the older-style brush.

Other people need all of the help they can get, no matter the expense.

Many people (possibly even most) may very well look at tooth brushing differently. They may not view it in terms of reaching an effective end point but instead a task that they are only willing to dedicate so much time to and simply need to be able to accomplish as much tooth cleansing as is possible in that set amount of time.

For those people, one of the higher-end Sonicare models (FlexCare, HealthyWhite) may make better sense. Although we feel that both older and newer-design models can be used effectively, the design features of the newer lines are more refined, evolved and do offer some (sometimes marginal) efficiency benefit. For us, however, it just comes to the point where a person must decide if this increased (and possibly small) benefit justifies the increased cost of the toothbrush.