Philips Sonicare UV Sanitizer
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Customer Reviews of Philips Sonicare UV Sanitizer
Customer Review: Does what it's supposed to do great
Summary: 5 Stars
While that may be an excellent view for a biologist, there's no denying that the product does what it is intended to do: kill bacteria on brush heads. I've had mine since they first came out and had no problem with it. This space is for product reviews, not scientific theories, by giving a product a bad rating on the principle of the thing you undermine the process and mislead consumers. Sodium laureth sulfate and other similar agents do not act to kill bacteria as was stated:
"Sodium laureth sulfate is an anionic surfactant that is used in household products such as toothpastes, shampoos, shaving foams, some disolveable asprins, and bubble baths for its thickening effect and its ability to create a lather. The molecule has a tail of 12 carbon atoms, attached to a sulfate group, giving the molecule the amphiphilic properties required of a detergent."
Those substance are detergents and surfactants used for their foaming properties, they disrupts hydrogen bonding in water causing the bubbling in toothpaste. So, if you value your oral health much then I feel it's a small price to pay for a product that kills the bacteria in tooth brush heads.
Customer Review: Use Hydrogen Peroxide Instead!
Summary: 3 Stars
There is a much cheaper alternative to this product.
Go to the drug store and buy a quart bottle of hydrogen peroxide. It should cost about $.99. Then put your toothbrush in a glass filled half way with the hydrogen peroxide for about an hour or over night if you have the time. At the end of the hour you will have a disinfected toothbrush. You will notice that bubbles will form around the toothbrush as the hydrogen peroxide disinfects it.
I have read that hydrogen peroxide degrades in sunlight. That is why they put it in a dark colored bottle. I just leave my toothbrush in the hydrogen peroxide over night with the lights off. I try to flex the bristles a few times also to make sure it penetrates into the bristles. Remember, hydrogen peroxide is an oxidizer / bleach and is used to whiten teeth. I am not a rocket scientist but I do know that bacteria and viruses don't like the stuff at all. It is also used as a rocket fuel, so don't go mixing it with the chemicals from your son's chemistry set. :) Other than that, the use of hydrogen peroxide should be uneventful and will get the disinfecting job done at minimal cost.
Customer Review: Sonicare UV sanitizer set: small space and WORKS!
Summary: 4 Stars
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?)
Wow! UV cleaning in a tiny footprint of space and storage for multiple heads. Close the little door with your heads mounted around the center light and turn it on: easy.
Add on to your basic Sonicare (or a good range of compatible toothbrushes which for the two of us, was a good thing with two different brands) and get those heads sanitized. Safe, compact, and here we are a few months later with no problems. Ours is stored in another room where we(well I) wander around to watch TV around the corner. This unit is so compact that it is easily overlooked in plain site, so, you know, go mobile and put it in, like our home, the office. One of those "luxury" items that once used gets to be essentialy part of the routine by choice. I love a great gadget: this is terrific, economical and gives us a lot of feeling safer about toothbrush sterility. This skeptic's won over!
Customer Review: Unpack, plug in, fill up, turn on.
Summary: 3 Stars
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?)
I would have to say that this is probably a good niche product and nice gift for someone who already owns a compatible toothbrush. It is a handy place to store the brush heads in a sanitary manner (if you believe that the UV light kills the bacteria).
That said, for $50 plus S&H is a bit much for brush storage and cleaning.
The recharging stand has worked well enough for me in the past, and I've never had any issue with bacteria on my brush heads. Rinse thoroughly after use and tap to get the water out, that should be enough in my opinion. As the "biologist" stated in his review, this seems a bit like overkill.
This is a simple to use product that probably does what it says.
But I think I'll give mine to family member who also uses Sonicare brushes and may appreciate more the gadget geekiness of the UV Sanitizer.
Customer Review: Very good at what it does
Summary: 4 Stars
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?)
First, the good. It's not overly complicated to use. Simply put your brush head inside, close it, and hit the button on top. After about 10 minutes, your brush head is sanitized. It doesn't take up a lot of space on your bathroom counter, and doesn't look unnecessarily space-age or weird to draw attention to it. It basically sits in the background and does its job.
Now the bad. While product pictures--even those on the box itself--show the brush heads inside, there are none included with the product. However, there are several adapters included which allow it to fit various newer Sonicare toothbrushes. Those using standard brushes or even competing brands will not find something they can use here.
I recommend it if you have the right brushes. If not, I wouldn't buy the toothbrushes needed to make this work.