Source: The sample for this review was provided by quip. While I like the look and feel of the quip, I don’t see it as a better value than a traditional toothbrush.
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The only features missing when you go with a manual toothbrush are the holder/travel cover and the 2-minute brushing timer. That means the quip toothbrush with one year of refills will cost you$40 – $50 more a year more than buying a 4 pack of manual toothbrushes for $5 at a local retail store. The starter set with the plastic handled version of the quip is priced at $25. You can save $5 if you prepay $55 up front for that first year. That works out to $60 for the first year. The aluminum handled quip toothbrush starter set without the toothpaste costs $45 and then you’ll be billed $5 every three months to receive a replacement head. That’s much less than what you will pay for the quip toothbrush and one year of brush head refills. You can go to Walgreens, Walmart, CVS, or one of many other stores and buy a manual toothbrush (with a small head and soft bristles – because that’s the best for your teeth and gums) in a pack of 4 toothbrushes for only $5 or so. But I do think the quip helped me brush longer than a manual toothbrush? Yes, the 30 seconds per quadrant pulsing feature really does help you do a more thorough job of cleaning your teeth and gums.īut here’s the thing. Final thoughtsĭo I think that the quip toothbrush cleaned my teeth better than a manual toothbrush? No, not really. I normally use Sensodyne Pronamel toothpaste and found the quip toothpaste to have more grit than what I’m used to but the taste of the paste was just fine and it cleaned my teeth fine as well. I was also sent a tube of quip mint toothpaste. One thing I noticed about the quip’s aluminum handle is that it gets slippery after toothpaste and spit start running down your hand. After 2 minutes, the brush pulses twice and stops vibrating to let you know that the brushing session has ended. The vibration sensation might cause people to think that they can just hold the bristles against their teeth to clean them without actually moving the brush back and forth across their teeth and gums.Įven though the brush bristles don’t move, the vibration feature is useful because the toothbrush pulses every 30 seconds to prompt you to move to the next quadrant of your mouth. Although you can feel the vibration in the handle, the bristles don’t spin or even move at all. If you’ve used other electric toothbrushes, you won’t be impressed with the way the quip feels against your teeth. All you need to do is remove it from the package, rinse the bristles, add a pea-sized blob of toothpaste, press the q button on the handle and brush your teeth. Since the quip toothbrush runs on one AAA ordinary alkaline battery, you don’t have to worry about charging it up for your first brushing session.
It can also be used as a travel cover like you see above. This holder has an adhesive strip on the side so it can be attached to your bathroom mirror or wall. Rubber O-rings keep the mechanism water-tight.Ī toothbrush holder is included with the quip. It can also be removed if the AAA battery in the handle needs to be replaced.
The brush head can be removed when it needs to be replaced after 3 months. Pressing this button turns on a 2-minute brushing timer. It’s built into the white part of the brush head where you see the q. You might notice the power button though. As you will notice, there isn’t an obvious charging socket or USB connector built into the handle of the quip toothbrush.