> A half-assed job with an electric toothbrush will get your teeth cleaner than an extremely thorough effort with a manual toothbrush. I've had 2 electrics, on

> A half-assed job with an electric toothbrush will get your teeth cleaner than an extremely thorough effort with a manual toothbrush. I've had 2 electrics, one Philips SoniCare and one Oral-B with the rotating head. Once broke within a year and the other lasted longer but got flimsy really quick. It used to take me at least twice as long to get my teeth clean with either of them than it does with a manual brush. I usually ran 3 cycles of the electric before I was more or less satisfied with the job. > Bonus: their failure mode is that they become a manual toothbrush. Yes but a horrible one. Small and oddly shaped brush heads are not ideal for manually brushing. I'm not dismissing your experience, just saying that it's not universally true.