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- The HN title makes it sound like Toothbrush is their brand, and with the appropriation of common terms for the sake of the brand, I bought it.
I would be disinclined to use it. It reminds me of the Astral Codex Ten Article about the Midjouney Scanner https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/preliminary-thoughts-on-the... , as well as those who've had problems with AirPods. https://discussions.apple.com/verify-human/verify.html?next=... (42 pages) What sounds the most amazing in a press release is often not the most medically sound.
Edit: it's hard to find clear info on the risks of improperly using an electric toothbrush or even on overbrushing, let alone the Dyson one, in part because a lot of search results are blogspam. Hopefully if the Dyson one is stronger, they don't use that to give it a default that is too much pressure, whether of water or moving bristles. I don't know that water pressure would cause enamel to come off. As for pressure using bristles, there is a point of pressure at which the cleaning effect stops increasing, and it is better not to go beyond that. Right now it's unclear to me whether the Dyson toothbrush works especially well or not.
by benatkin - Don't worry, they wouldn't lose the chance to trademark something silly like CameraJet™by __float
- lol, nice to see some engineering company building outlandish product. Not everything needs mass appeal, this is not for me but maybe some one finds this interestingby sashank_1509
- Their headphones with the air filtration was pretty wild, and surprisingly the headphones themselves are very comfortable and sound great.
- I highly recommend this technical analysis of the advantages of the smart toothbrush, it should help the sceptics.by jimnotgym
- They gave it the same design language as their vacuums, and honestly I don't think they want people making that association. It's kinda ick.by pupppet
- I was a little excited at the idea of a toothbrush that would suck my teeth and gums, and then was very disappointed when it turned out to be a camera in my mouth.by iAMkenough
- Would be fun if it had a little dirt reservoir you have to empty of all the teeth gunk.by alasano
- Absolutely crazy concept. But looks like they actually threw something decent together. I'd wager the bulk of problems people face with teeth come from poor flossing, this makes it effortless to avoid that.
I've owned water jets, the ones I've had suck. I always end up going back to dental floss. These days string on a plastic holder which I hate because it feels so wasteful to have all that single use plastic, but they are just so effective and I hate the manual wrapping of string, so I accept the wastefulness reluctantly.
This product potentially hits home with what I'd want from an effective waterjet, and it also comes with a brush on top.
The price is high, that's for sure, but I'm guessing they aren't aiming at the average electric tooth brush market, more like a competitor to the oral b io series 9 segment. And sure they are quite a bit above that price point, but they got a lot more of a solution backing the price.
by klustregrif - My dentist recommended the dental picks (which can be used multiple times) instead of tape/string. I find it a lot easier than trying to fit my hands on my mouth (especially the longer L-shaped picks)by mattlondon
- It feels too over-engineered, just to sound fancy and high-tech. People are just obsessed with some miracle silver-bullet device that automatically does everything.
I'm using dental floss → water pick (just water, no mouthwash) → electric toothbrush → tongue scraper. Literally everything takes 4 min and cost less than the Dyson.
by hanneshanski - On topic of dental innovation why isn't there a toothbrush with accelerator that would monitor which areas you've cleaned and where do you need to work more?
Or even better: a device (like dentures) that you put in your mouth, bite on it and it brushes all your teeth at once
by yread - I’m pretty sure oral b has that.by noja
- > Or even better: a device (like dentures) that you put in your mouth, bite on it and it brushes all your teeth at once
It's your lucky day: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=whole+mouth+toothbrush
by xnx - Dyson seem to be the champion of turning a cheap effective device that's well understood into the same device but an order of magnitude more expensive. Are people still buying it?by bravoetch
- At least the big purifier is categorically better than competitionby RavlaAlvar
- And if you wait a few months, you will find several other alternatives in the market at a more reasonable price. I learned not to jump on the Dyson bandwagon with their vacuum cleaners.by rpaik
- Of course they will. People buy rubbish like this all the time.
Here I am in a hotel room with a Dyson fan, which simultaneously moves less air, and is more noisy, with a much more piercing tone, than my home fan with blades that I bought for £30 from screwfix.
I'll be turning it off before I sleep... unlike the one at home.
by jimnotgym - "Clinically tested
Dyson CameraJet™ is clinically proven to be more effective in improving gum health by removing and preventing plaque buildup.² Vs a manual tooth brush. "
So they didn't dare compare it against a 20 EUR Braun Oral B?
by ninalanyon - They did, and if the results were favourable they would have said so.by tonytamps
- Never been less satisfied than having bought a Dyson vacuum. Cheap plastic constructionby tedtimbrell
- I had a dc03 animal for over 10 years, kept replacing bits.. this year replaced it with the modern equivalent as I didn't want a battery powered one.
The new one just feels sort of flimsy in all sorts of ways, definite buyers remorse, the old one just felt indestructible + really powerful, this seems a bit crap.
by stuaxo - Mirrors my experience with their airfilter/fan combination: Sounded smart with glowing reviews; ended up being loud, with horrible whining noises, on top of horrible aesthetics and being very expensive.by jstummbillig
- It feels cheap plastic, true, but it's also light and resists a lot of damage.
Mine v10 has 6 years, has seen some important falls, but bears no damage of any of those.
I wouldn't recommend it because price/quality Dyson vacuums feel like you're insanely over paying.
I've bought my grandma a 150$ Levoit LVAC-200-WEU, and I have used it a lot. I swear it lasts more than the v10 and it cleans better. It also feels much higher quality to touch.
It's cons are that it didn't come with a narrow tip to suck odd corners and that it's slightly heavier than the v10. But it costs also less than half and I see no victory at all for the Dyson product.
by epolanski - I never really thought much of any vacuum I’ve ever own until I got a shark one. It picks everything, to the point where you have to be extra careful you don’t vacuum over things you don’t want to be sucked up into the vacuum. It makes total sense, who needs such powerful suction when you can instead just put a roller on the floor to pick things up. Never going back to a suction-only vacuum.by move-on-by
- My experience over the years.
Had a Miele about 30 years ago and it was very good. It died when someone tried to hoover up a spilt glass of water and the motor was going to cost as much as a new cleaner.
We've had a couple of Dysons. They are great; they clean very well, the variety of tools is great, and the connectors for the tubes & tools is easy and very secure. Mine were all mains powered.
Downsides to the Dyson is it needed emptying very often and that could also be quite messy. Possibly a combination being good at sucking up, and a comparatively small hopper/"bag". I stripped it down once as it seemed to be struggling to clean as well, the cyclone/jet engine was full of "dust" and some of it was caked on but after a good clean was as good as new.
Now got a Henry. The bag hardly ever needs changing, the cable is very long, and the tube is long. I don't think it picks up as well as the Dyson and the tools are fiddlier to use as they are all just push fit and also don't feel as good quality.
Yes Henry is very robust, can be easily repaired/maintained, and they just work; that is probably why they are used commercially and so well loved. I don't think it cleans anything like as well as the Dyson though.
by Steve44 - I like mine ok. It's lightweight and gets the job done well enough. Are there vacuums out there nowadays that aren't cheap plastic construction?by duderific
- My mum used to be a professional cleaner and she would often explain to people there's a reason professionals never use Dysons.
That's not to say it's a bad product, but I've had my Henry vacuum for decades, and in that time it's been kicked down the stairs and used vacuum up all kinds of stuff it probably wasn't design for, but it's still just as good as the day I got it.
by kypro - I bought a Dyson vacuum, or rather I was given one as a gift from my wife after she saw a joke twitter post about a man being happier about a new vacuum than the birth of his own kids. She gave it to me on Christmas Eve because I was about to vacuum the entire house with our old vacuum - which was also a fantastic vacuum, for the record.
My feedback:
1. It works great. I had to empty it several times because it was picking up so much more stuff than our existing vacuum did - mostly pet hair and the like.
2. It's the one with the little laser thing, which is a dumb little gimmick until you see it in action and then it's life-changing - if you're like me and find satisfaction in picking up every invisible crumb anywhere.
3. After a year and a bit, maybe less, it started misbehaving. It would suddenly turn off, then you'd have to let go of the trigger and pull it again; then it would work fine. Then it would happen a few times until it worked fine. Then it almost never worked fine. I kind of tolerated it for a while until I got fed up and googled the problem, and it was suggested to buy a new housing - the electronics plus the motor, basically the whole 'vacuum' part of the vacuum, which was only just over a hundred dollars direct from Dyson. Irritating to have to spend an extra hundred bucks to get my five hundred dollar vacuum working as expectred, but expected it to cost far more.
Would I recommend it? Not sure. It's very expensive, it works very well; it has a nice wall mount that charges it and which holds a small subset of the attachments it comes with. I'm glad I have it and I use it often.
Yes, it's plastic, but if it were, for example, steel or aluminium then it would be too heavy to use for any length of time. As it is, it feels very sturdy and has held up physically very well, but I'm obviously also not rough with it so there's no reason it would have any issues unless it were, in fact, cheaply or poorly made.
by danudey - The water jet ruined my teeth. I would not advise anyone to use them.
Edit: here are some anecdotes https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfmaude/d...
Edit 2: It might be that I didn’t maintain it properly and the water reservoir was building up bio film over period of time and actively distributing bacterial to my gums.
by vinni2