impressed! (Colgate 360°)

Member Name: freud

Product:	Colgate 360°
Date:	21/08/09 (59 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: lightweight & great design. Good results

Disadvantages: doesn't quite compare to my sonic

I've seen these Colgate toothbrushes on sale for over £2 so when I saw them on offer in one of our local discount shops for just £1 I decided to try one out as they looked interesting. I didn't have a choice for this price; although Colgate do a soft & hard one I had to buy the medium.

I've used a sonic toothbrush for a while now & am really pleased with the results but I wanted to test out the difference between using this as compared to using a manual one. I may sound a bit paranoid but hubby had to pay £4000 to his dentist last year so I'm being extra careful with my oral hygiene. In addition to cleaning teeth & gums the 360 also has a side which you can use for cleaning the cheek & tongue - if you look at the picture it's the 'underside'.

The brush is packaged in a hard-to-access thick durable plastic bubble on cardboard but it's worth the effort when you release the brush. Having used a sonic for so long I'd forgotten how light manual ones can be which meant I seemed to have more control.

I think the design is brilliant as the handle has a good curved shape & is easi-grip due to a plastic textured strip & the bristles are of a different length & texture which makes sense to me - some teeth are smaller than others whilst some are harder to access than others. I found the name '360 degrees' to be very apt as, after using, I found my teeth & gums to be well cleaned & my mouth felt very fresh after using the cheek & tongue cleaner.

The design also includes 'polishing cups' which are exactly the right size in my opinion & I haven't seen these on any other manual toothbrush? I 'm not sure if they actually polished the teeth as I'm not a dental hygienist but they certainly made them feel as if they'd had a good 'going over' lol!

I'm not sure I'd swap my sonic for the Colgate 360 but I'd definitely take one if travelling/ staying overnight to save packing a heavy charger etc.

I'm impressed by the weight,ease of use, design & the results so would recommend trying one of these especially as Colgate claim that they 'removes 96% more bacteria' than other toothbrushes.

Summary: the best manual toothbrush I've tried to date.....