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The brush head on my Sonicare toothbrush recently "expired" and a yellow led started blinking. Later, it started making a particular vibration pattern when swi
by wrycoder 4y ago
The brush head on my Sonicare toothbrush recently "expired" and a yellow led started blinking. Later, it started making a particular vibration pattern when switched on. Now, I'm waiting for it to refuse to start up entirely.
The apparent wear on the head seems minor, so far. The $80 brush came with only one head.
Some people seem to be getting counterfeit brush heads from Amazon, so I'm going to have to visit my Walgreens for a spare, and then wait to see what happens.
- jwcacces 4y agoI also find these "features" despicable, however in Sonicare's case this one is mostly benign. I also have a Sonicare toothbrush, and other then the head it came with, I only use generic heads on it. The "feature" you are talking about is called the "BrushSync" and it enables the "Brush head replacement reminder". That feature doesn't activate with generic heads, and you can easily turn it for Sonicare heads. Here's a link to the manual for my brush. See page 11 for the feature description and 12 for the instructions to turn it off. Depending on your model you may need to do a different sequence. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1507567/Philips-Sonicare-Protectiveclean-4500.html?page=11 https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1507567/Philips-Sonicare-P... Now, you might say that without reminders, I'm not getting the clean I deserve, but I buy heads with those fade away indicator bristles, so I just change it out when the blue turns white.
- wrycoder 4y agoThanks!