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rogerrogerr 4 hours ago

Re. toothbrush, I have to take the opportunity to give Philips credit for the Sonicare electric toothbrushes they made ~15 years ago. That thing just keeps trucking, it’s incredible. I go on 2 week trips and don’t even bring the charger, and have no worries about it dying.

It must have been crazy overspecced, I expected it to be a 5-year disposable piece of non-serviceable tech.

m463 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have a sonicare. great. The travel case it came with is actually an inductive charging case with a USB-A hidden inside ready to be unfurled.

rootusrootus 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah I was going to say, I'm at 20 years on a Sonicare (pushing 25 now that I remember it is 2026, damn...) and it still works fine. Holds a charge long enough that I've never run out on vacation.

sudobash1 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also, it looses functionality gracefully in that it is still a perfectly serviceable toothbrush even if it is out of battery.

That said, I have never had a Sonicare run out of battery either.

moffkalast 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ha I thought mine was on the verge of dying after a good few years of use (amazon reviews were all like, yeah it only lasted a two years), so I ordered a new one, but the old one keeps going so I keep the new one in reserve looming over it menacingly, and it just refuses to kick it lol.

pupppet 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Another vote for the Sonicare.