If you grew up using a conventional toothbrush – essentially a stick with bristles on the end – you may be surprised to learn just how long the electric toothbrush has been around. The first was designed in the late 1930s, but that model was a long way from the sleek, feature-packed and Bluetooth-enabled beasts you can buy today.
There are now dozens of ultra-advanced versions on the market, but which ones are worth your cash? To help answer that question, my teeth have become figurative guinea pigs. Over the past 18 months, I’ve put 29 electric toothbrushes from the likes of Oral-B, Philips, Suri, Ordo, Silk’n and Foreo through their paces to separate the best from the rest. Here are my conclusions.
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At a glance
Best electric toothbrush overall:
Laifen Wave Pro
Best budget electric toothbrush:
Odonta PowerPlus
Most intuitive all-rounder:
Spotlight Sonic Pro
Best electric toothbrush for sustainability:
Suri 2.0
Best premium electric toothbrush:
Philips Sonicare Smart 9400
Best oscillating toothbrush:
Oral-B iO3
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Why you should trust me
As well as having the physical qualities required to test electric toothbrushes (my own teeth and a reliable toothpaste budget), I’ve been testing electronics – phones, drones and almost everything in between – for more than a decade.
Also – and I’ll put this delicately to prevent you from closing the page in justified disgust – as someone who has to wear a retainer every night after Invisalign treatment, the toothbrushes weren’t short of nasties to clean during testing. They’ve seen things, man.
How I tested
I doubt many people include the four minutes spent brushing their teeth as a highlight of even the most tedious day, so spare a thought for the months when it has become my life’s obsessive focus. Fortunately, and purely by chance, my first test coincided with a dentist’s visit in which I appeared to have undergone a Damascene conversion to good oral hygiene, so it did have its upside.
Anyway, the process was actually pretty simple: brush, brush and brush again, taking note of mouthfeel, grip, cleanliness, the features that appealed and those little things that made me irrationally grumpy. I used plaque-disclosing tablets, which turn your teeth a charming shade of pink and blue to reveal areas where plaque resides. Even the cheapest brushes did a good job of removing the blue, though, even if they didn’t feel as clean, so this test proved unhelpful.
Ultimately, while each of the 29 brushes I tested was leagues ahead of manual toothbrushes, I ordered them based on performance, features, feel, stamina and – perhaps most importantly, given how close the final results were – value for money.
A quick note on that: toothbrush recommended retail prices (RRPs) are often what you’d call “aspirational”. They’re frequently on offer, and even £500 models regularly go on sale for less than half price. It’s worth clicking through and checking what today’s price is on the off-chance.
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The best electric toothbrushes in 2026
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<em>Best electric toothbrush overall:</em>Laifen Wave Pro
- What we love:Powerful and effective, with two types of brushing action
- What we don’t love:Slippery handle, and you may feel more dribbly than usual
- €139.99 (about £121.32) at Laifen Laifen £121.50
- Amazon £89.99
Most toothbrushes use either vibrations (sonic) or physical movements (oscillating) to move the bristles to dislodge plaque. The Laifen Wave Pro does both in tandem and with the most power and customisation of any brush I’ve tested – without breaking the bank. This innovation sees it ably dislodge not only plaque from teeth, but also the excellent Spotlight Sonic Pro from first place on this list.
Why we love it
What that means in practice is that the head vibrates faster than most of the brushes here, with speeds of up to 66,000 BPM, while the neck twists left and right up to 60 degrees to replicate the sweeping gestures you’d make with a traditional mechanical toothbrush.
This left my mouth feeling cleaner than ever, although the default settings might not suit everyone. Thankfully, the app lets you customise any of the three modes – daily, deep and custom – with controls for vibration intensity, oscillation range and speed, giving you plenty of combinations to experiment with.
Once it’s set to your liking, you don’t have to use the app at all, but you can dive in to view a report on whether you’re brushing enough or pushing too hard (although the pressure sensor will alert you to that in real-time).
It’s a shame that … its oscillations may make you more dribbly than using a standard sonic brush, and its wireless charging may be inconvenient while travelling – although any wireless charger seemed to work for me. The translucent version I tested was also a little slippery in the hand.
Type: sonic/oscillating hybrid
Modes: two built in (daily and deep), with customisations in app
Power: 66,000 BPM
Pressure sensor: yes
Battery life: 70 days
App: yes
Replacement head cost: £26.99 for six
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<em>Best budget electric toothbrush:</em>Odonta PowerPlus
- What we love:Incredibly good-value brush with more sustainable bristles
- What we don’t love:At this price? Very little
Odonta only launched in April 2026, but its debut PowerPlus toothbrush has swept in to take the best-value crown, undercutting the price of the previous occupant – the £65 Icy Bear Next-Generation sonic toothbrush – by more than half.
Why we love it
At £29.99, the brush is exceptional value. It’s by far the cheapest I’ve tested to contain a pressure sensor and packs a solid 42,000 BPM power across five cleaning modes.
It’s IPX7 water resistant, and battery life is listed at a solid three weeks. To top it up, you simply place it in its wireless charging cradle. The heads aren’t recyclable, but the bristles are made from Nylon 1010 – a bio-based polyamide derived from castor oil, rather than the fossil fuels used for traditional bristles.
Also in Odonta’s range is the PowerLite. This toothbrush comes in at the same £29.99 price, but features a more compact design and a longer 60-day battery. Note that it lacks a pressure sensor, has a simple USB-C port for charging, and maxes out at 40,000 BPM across its five modes, however.
It’s a shame that … it’s difficult to read which mode you’re using when in use.
Type: sonic
Modes: five (white, clean, sensitive, massage, polish)
Power: 42,000 BPM
Pressure sensor: yes
Battery life: about three weeks
App: no
Replacement head cost: £14.99 for four
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<em>Most intuitive all-rounder:</em>Spotlight Sonic Pro
- What we love :A great all-rounder that gives a super clean at a fair price
- What we don’t love:The different modes aren’t labelled on the brush
This was our top pick overall until the Laifen, above, arrived. The Spotlight Sonic Pro is a great all-rounder, with excellent features and a price that doesn’t verge on ridiculous. Founded by two sibling dentists, Spotlight has only three electric toothbrushes for adults at the moment, and the Pro model tested here delivers on every metric that counts.
Why we love it
First, the Sonic Pro performs an impressive clean. Its four modes range from 30,000 (gentle) to 50,000 (polish) brush strokes a minute (BPM). While not completely necessary for a healthy mouth, such speeds help provide that “fresh from the hygienist” feeling, when your teeth are crying out for a thorough clean after a day of mainlining soft drinks.
It also packs a pressure sensor to make sure you’re not brushing too hard and potentially damaging your gums, and there are four lights just below the head to show how far you are into your two-minute brushing cycle.
Flip the heads over, and you’ll find a tongue cleaner, plus it comes with a handy travel case. This doesn’t charge the brush, but the magnetic USB-C charging base is pretty compact, and a single charge can last up to 70 days, which is above average for an electric toothbrush. Even at the higher speeds I was using it at, it didn’t show any signs of slowing down during the testing period, so that feels accurate.
If you can do without the pressure sensor, progress lights, tongue cleaner and polish setting, you’re likely to be just as happy with the non-Pro version (£54.99) and can save a few quid.
It’s a shame that … modes aren’t labelled on the brush itself, even if you can easily feel the difference.
Type: sonic
Modes: four (gentle, clean, white and polish)
Power: 50,000 BPM
Pressure sensor: yes
Battery life: up to 70 days
App: no
Replacement head cost: £19.99 for three
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<em>Best electric toothbrush for sustainability:</em>Suri 2.0
- What we love:By far the most sustainable electric toothbrush
- What we don’t love:Somewhat lacking in the power department
The original Suri toothbrush was not only solid, but also the only real choice for the climate-conscious in an industry that doesn’t seem to have taken much notice of the climate emergency.
Unfortunately, it was held back by a couple of issues: it lacked a pressure sensor, and the spring-pin charging system broke no fewer than three times on me. Both of these problems have been fixed in Suri 2.0, making it an easy recommendation.
Why we love it
In short, you no longer need to feel like you’re missing out by opting for a green option. The Suri 2.0’s slim design is lightweight and better suited for trips away than ever, thanks to a new travel lock and plant-based head cover.
Meanwhile, its unreliable spring-pin charger has been replaced by a wireless version (both in the bundled case and stand), and its new pressure sensor vibrates three times and pauses the brush if you push too hard.
All of this builds on what made the original so good: its eco-friendly credentials. The company has been working with ClimatePartner to offset 100% of its emissions (including transport and manufacturing), and it provides a postage-paid compostable bag to send the used heads back for recycling. These heads (three for £14.99, or cheaper on a subscription), incidentally, are cornstarch, with the bristles made of castor oil.
It’s a shame that … it’s a little lacking in the power department, with its 33,000 BPM vibration frequency feeling noticeably less thorough than its rivals.
Type: sonic
Modes: two (clean and polish)
Power: 33,000 BPM
Pressure sensor: yes
Battery life: 1+ month
App: no
Replacement head cost: £14.99 for three (or £9.98 for two every six months)
To find out more, read our full Suri 2.0 toothbrush review
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<em>Best premium electric toothbrush:</em>Philips Sonicare Smart 9400
- What we love:The most powerful brush tested, with a clever glass charger
- What we don’t love:Have you seen the price tag?
If you have a toothbrush budget most people could only dream of, then the Philips Sonicare Smart 9400 is the model to go for. I also tested the DiamondClean 9900, which retails for £20 more than the 9400’s current price, but I actually prefer the way this one charges.
Why we love it
When I took the Sonicare 9400 out of the box, I thought they’d packed the wrong charger. It turns out that the handy rinse glass in the box is how it charges. You rest the charging puck underneath it, and the toothbrush charges through the glass. What a time to be alive.
With up to 62,000 motions a minute, it’s the joint most powerful sonic brush I tested (tying with the aforementioned DiamondClean 9900), and you can really feel the results after use. It has four modes – clean (with three intensities), deep clean, gum health and white – and feels comfortable in the hand. It even comes with a charging case, if you don’t want to take the magical glass charger on the road.
You can track your brushing habits via its excellent app; however, unlike with the DiamondClean 9900, where it’s the only way to cycle between modes, you don’t have to use it. If you do, though, you’ll receive guidance on your brushing, showing areas you’ve missed with the option to spend a bit longer on them if needed. It can be connected with Apple Health for iPhone data nerds, and it’ll even automatically reorder brush heads for you if you want, so you’re never caught short.
It’s a shame that … it misses out on the sensitive mode of the DiamondClean 9900, so those with tooth pain may want to look elsewhere. Battery life is also rather stingy, thanks to the Bluetooth.
Type: sonic
Modes: four (clean, deep clean+, gum health and white+)
Power: 62,000 BPM
Pressure sensor: yes
Battery life: up to 14 days
App: yes
Replacement head cost: from £17.69 for two
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<em>Best oscillating toothbrush:</em>Oral-B iO3
- What we love:Well-priced brush with the best pressure sensor I tried
- What we don’t love:Pricey head replacements (even when discounted)
This oscillating toothbrush (which moves bristles in a circular motion, rather than vibrating like most other brushes here – see the buying guide below for more information) isn’t technically the best one you can buy, as you can probably tell from the fact that Oral-B’s iO line goes all the way up to the iO10. But because they all use the same motor and brush, and thus offer similar performance, this is the one I recommend: it jettisons unnecessary extras (like a connected app and screen) in order to simply deliver the features you need for a great clean.
Why we love it
It boasts three modes – daily clean, sensitive and whiten – and its round heads are small enough to get into tight areas. Most importantly, its pressure sensor won’t only tell you when you’re applying too much pressure, but also when you’re applying too little, via an easy-to-understand white/green/red lighting system in a ring at the top of the handle.
While it has fewer modes than the higher-numbered iOs, it delivers the same dentist-fresh-feeling performance, while retailing for a fraction of their optimistic RRPs.
It’s a shame that … at £15 for two, replacement heads are a touch on the pricey side. And, like all the Oral-B brushes I tested, it made me oddly dribbly during the brushing, so stay near the sink.
Type: oscillating
Modes: three (daily clean, whitening and sensitive)
Power: not disclosed
Pressure sensor: yes
Battery life: up to 18 days
App: no
Replacement head cost: £15 for two
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The best of the rest
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Coulax C8
- What we love:Incredible price, with seven replacement heads included
- What we don’t love:Some user reviews question its reliability
Best for: if money is tight
I thought the cheap and cheerful Odonta PowerPlus would be the most affordable model on test, but this bestseller from Amazon comes with a surprising number of features.
For less than £15, you get a toothbrush with five settings, up to 40,000 BPM and eight(!) brush heads in the box. While my mouth didn’t feel as fresh as with more expensive models, bluntly, it didn’t feel like a quarter of the performance for a quarter of the price.
It didn’t make the final cut because … while I had no issues with my test unit, Amazon’s AI analysis of its customer reviews found that “some customers report that it turns on randomly, doesn’t charge, and doesn’t retain any charge”. So there may be an element of getting what you pay for.
Type: sonic; modes: five (white, clean, sensitive, polish and massage); power: 40,000 BPM; pressure sensor: no; battery life: up to 120 days; app: no; replacement head cost: £16.74 for 10
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Foreo Issa 4
- What we love:Battery life – and familiar to those used to manual brushing
- What we don’t love:Teeth weren’t left feeling as clean as traditional rivals
Best for: sensitive teeth
The Foreo Issa 3 previously sat in this spot on the list. Does that mean that the Issa 4 is a huge leap forward? Not really, but if smartphone-makers can get away with perfunctory updates, then why can’t toothbrush manufacturers?
More importantly, the Issa 3 has been retired, and there’s still nothing else quite like Foreo’s take on dental hygiene. Unlike every other toothbrush here, you use the Issa 4 like a manual brush, rubbing it against your teeth, rather than letting it glide over them. And unlike its rivals, it lasts a full year on a single charge.
So, what’s changed? Rather than having to jump between 16 intensities as you did with the Issa 3, there are now three buttons to toggle between the default deep clean, sensitive and whitening modes, although the top setting remains as powerful as before. The new (and sadly compulsory) app lets you fine-tune power and running time for each mode, and there’s a “find my brush” button for people who unaccountably manage to misplace their toothbrushes in presumably palatial bathrooms.
The heads still only need replacing once every six months because of the medical-grade silicone and PBT polymer bristles, which Foreo believes are up to 10,000 times more hygienic than their nylon equivalents.
The manual motion and somewhat underpowered motor make this a great choice for newcomers to electric toothbrushes and those with sensitive teeth, especially with the new dedicated Sensitive button. But for me, it doesn’t provide that squeaky clean feel that regular sonic or oscillating brushes provide.
It didn’t make the final cut because … it may be more effective than manual brushing, but it doesn’t feel like it’s as effective as other brushes at cutting through plaque.
Type: sonic hybrid; modes: three (deep clean, sensitive and whitening); power: 11,000 BPM; pressure sensor: no; battery life: up to 365 days; app: yes; replacement head cost: £24.99 for one
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Ordo Sonic Edge
- What we love:Incredible price, recyclable heads and colourful options
- What we don’t love:Very basic, and it won’t stand up with that rounded base
Best for: recyclable heads on a budget
A bargain toothbrush from a well-known, reputable brand. What’s the catch? There are some, as I’ll get on to in a moment, but this is an utter bargain of a toothbrush for the most part. It hits a decent 36,000 BPM, and the USB-C chargeable battery will go for six weeks.
Ordo fully embraces the chunky charm of its plastic design, and it comes in a range of bright colours. Best of all, it uses the same heads as other Ordo brushes, meaning the company will recycle them free of charge.
That said, there are some obvious compromises. It’s a basic, no-frills package with no case and just a single head in the box, and you can forget about a pressure sensor or multiple modes (although there is a built-in timer to tell you when to move to the next section).
There are also some questionable design decisions, such as the rounded base that makes it impossible to stand upright, and the high-pitched noise it makes in use, which my partner found immensely irritating. On top of that, Ordo’s heads have a silicone bit in the middle of the bristles for polishing: it divides opinion, but you can put me firmly on Team No Thank You.
It didn’t make the final cut because … it can feel a little too no-frills at times.
Type: sonic; modes: one; power: 36,000 BPM; pressure sensor: no; battery life: up to six weeks; app: no; replacement head cost: £5 each
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Oral-B iO9
- What we love:The most fully featured toothbrush you can buy
- What we don’t love:It’s the definition of pricey overkill
Best for: if money is no object
With a crazy £500 RRP, you may wonder what kind of black magic the Oral-B iO9 offers your daily brush. The answer is lots, but not enough to justify its price, hence the inclusion here.
It comes with a whopping seven cleaning modes (daily clean, sensitive, gum care, intense, whiten, super sensitive and tongue clean), a colour screen to cycle through them, and built-in 3D teeth tracking that can detect 16 mouth zones to indicate how your technique is in the connected app. It charges quickly, too – just three hours via the magnetic charging stand or the bundled snazzy charging case and proprietary cable with a plug.
There is a middle ground between this and the recommended iO3 above, with the Oral-B iO6 offering a black-and-white screen and a connected app, albeit with slower charging, a non-charging case, weaker position tracking and fewer modes. If an app is important to you, but your money-to-sense ratio is still intact, that’s probably the one to go for.
It didn’t make the final cut because … at RRP, it costs half a grand! You could buy 38 Coulax C8s for that.
Type: oscillating; modes: seven (daily clean, sensitive, gum care, intense, whiten, super sensitive, tongue clean); power: not disclosed; pressure sensor: yes; battery life: up to 14 days; app: yes; replacement head cost: £15 for two
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Silk’n SonicYou
- What we love:Incredible battery life for a sonic electric toothbrush
- What we don’t love:More powerful options are available
Best for: battery life
Toothbrush battery life varies wildly because it depends on a host of factors: how often you brush, how long you spend doing so, and which modes you use. As such, plenty of people may find that manufacturers inadvertently (or, cynically, advertently) oversell their stamina.
Still, if battery life is the be-all and end-all for you, you should give the Silk’n SonicYou a look. The manufacturer suggests you’ll get up to 300 days’ use if you use the sensitive (30,000 strokes a minute) setting twice a day for a total of four minutes. That’s not as good as the Foreo, and it’d obviously go down faster if you brush more often, for longer, or use the 37,000-stroke-a-minute whitening mode – but given most of the toothbrushes I was testing were rated in the 14- to 90-day area, it’s still a stamina champion. It certainly didn’t need charging while I was using it.
Infrequent charging can be a curse if you’re dealing with a bespoke charger that you can’t find when the time comes, but thankfully you just need to pop open the base and connect a common-or-garden USB-C cable to top it up.
It didn’t make the final cut because … battery life is often directly linked to the power of the brush, and while 37,000 BPM is nothing to be sneezed at, you can get more power if you’re prepared to charge more often.
Type: sonic; modes: three (sensitive, clean and white); power: 37,000 BPM; Pressure sensor: no; battery life: up to 300 days; app: no; replacement head cost: £19 for two
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Whites Beaconsfield sonic LED toothbrush
- What we love:Offers whitening with your regular brush
- What we don’t love:The whitening blue light hits battery life hard
Best for: whitening
While many toothbrushes (including this one) have a built-in whitening setting that adds time or alternates speeds to remove surface stains, the Whites Beaconsfield sonic LED toothbrush – with its terrifying picture of a toothy strawberry on the box – goes the extra mile by including blue-light whitening technology. The company says this can whiten teeth by an average of 2.5 shades in three days.
A week’s use did indeed appear to make my teeth appear slightly lighter in before-and-after shots, although you shouldn’t expect miracles. All the same, combining this with whitening toothpaste and other products could really make a difference in the long run.
It didn’t make the final cut because … other toothbrushes offer a cleaner-feeling mouth. And that blue light makes for a shorter, two-week battery life.
Type: sonic modes: four (clean, white, polish and gum care); power: 39,600 RPM (vibration frequency); pressure sensor: no; battery life: 15 days; app: no; replacement head cost: £12.49 for two
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Philips One
- What we love:As compact as electric toothbrushes get
- What we don’t love:13,000 movements a minute is extremely low
Best for: travel
While most electric toothbrushes include a travel case for hygiene (and to prevent them from buzzing in your bag), you might not want to take an expensive electric toothbrush with you everywhere – especially if it has its own bespoke charger.
The Philips One is cheap, cheerful and compact, and it will last for 90 days with a single AAA battery. You can also get a version with a built-in battery that’s chargeable via USB-C, but you’ll get only 30 days out of that.
It didn’t make the final cut because … 13,000 movements a minute is fine for a few days’ travelling, but you’ll want more power for day-to-day brushing.
Type: sonic; modes: one; power: 13,000 BPM; pressure sensor: no; battery life: up to 90 days (AAA) or 30 days (USB); app: no; replacement head cost: £9.99 for two
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What you need to know
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Are electric toothbrushes better than manual ones?
Generally speaking, yes. Without them, “it’s harder to get the same result”, says Caitlin Miller, head of hygiene and therapy at Bupa Dental Care UK. “To get the same level of cleaning found with an electric toothbrush, you’d have to spend a lot longer than two minutes brushing with a manual.”
The reasons are threefold, she explains: manual dexterity; that people are more likely to use their expensive electric device properly; and sheer power.
“You don’t have to really do anything with it, and it does a better job,” Miller says. “That’s not to say that they suit everybody. There are people who can do a perfectly good job with a manual toothbrush, but for most of my patients, I will see improvements when people go on to an electric toothbrush.”
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How do you use an electric toothbrush?
“You want to hold your toothbrush at a 45-degree angle – half on the gum, half on the tooth. You should just be holding it horizontally, sweeping across the tooth and gum margins,” says Miller, adding that you should move slowly, allocating a couple of seconds for each tooth.
“You don’t move it up and down, you don’t need to move it round and round. That’s the beauty of the electric toothbrush: you can be pretty lazy with it, and it still does a good job.”
But a common mistake is to press too hard, which is why some of the brushes in our guide come with pressure sensors – something actively recommended by Miller. “If you’ve got too much pressure, you’re essentially dampening the vibrations and bristles.”
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How often do you need to charge an electric toothbrush?
This varies hugely between toothbrushes, and depends on how often you brush and the settings you use. The only certainty is that you need to charge them more often than a manual toothbrush – which is to say “at all”.
According to Miller, plenty of patients fall back on inferior manual brushing because of this. “The number of people who say, ‘Oh, I do have an electric toothbrush, but I always forget to charge it, and then it takes three days, so I just use my manual toothbrush,’” she laments. “Keeping it charged is quite important.”
The good news is that batteries now tend to be lithium-ion, meaning they charge quickly, and they last a decent amount of time, too.
The ones I tested had manufacturer-quoted battery lives of between 14 and 365 days, which is an enormous gulf. Plenty of factors play into this, including power, connectivity and the size of the battery itself, but it’s also worth bearing in mind how this is measured. Generally, a manufacturer counts a day as four minutes of brushing over two sessions, but it might be more or less, so read the small print.
You may instinctively be drawn to brushes with longer battery ratings, but convenience is also a factor. A proprietary charger might be more of a faff than a USB-C one, or a charging dock that sits neatly on the sink, especially if months go between charges and you forget where your cable lives.
You may also want to charge more often than required. Anecdotally, I can easily feel the difference in strength between a toothbrush approaching the end of its battery and the same model fresh off the charger.
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How often do you need to replace your toothbrush head?
As for replacing the heads, Miller suggests you do this every three months – or earlier if it looks splayed or frayed – because its cleaning performance will suffer. “You can see it under a microscope: it gets really worn on top.”
Beyond an electric toothbrush, Miller stresses the importance of cleaning between the teeth, and she has a clear order of preference: interdental brushes, then floss and finally water flossers.
“If I’ve got patients who won’t use anything often, if I can get them on a water flosser, then that’s better than nothing,” she says.
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The different types of electric toothbrush: oscillating vs sonic toothbrushes
There are two main types of toothbrushes on the market: oscillating and sonic. “They work differently, but they’re both doing a similar sort of thing,” says Miller.
In short, an oscillating toothbrush moves the bristles back and forth in a circular motion, while sonic brushes use vibrations to move the bristles in two directions to loosen plaque. The latter is measured in brush strokes per minute (BPM), and my selection was rated between 11,000 and 62,000 BPM. Miller says some of her clients find the sonic brushes a bit “ticklish” at first, but this is something you can get used to over time.
Which is better? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 38 comparison studies published in the International Journal of Dental Hygiene found a “small but clinically relevant advantage” for oscillating brushes. But it added that it’s “unlikely that dental care professionals in routine examination would be able to detect [the] small differences” between the two.
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What should I do with my old electric toothbrush?
If it’s still working, you might consider passing it on to a friend or family member who’s still using a manual toothbrush.
Don’t include used heads, obviously. Old models can also enjoy a second life scrubbing between tiles or cleaning grubby cat chins (a nightmare retirement for the heads, but maybe no worse than rubbing against sticky teeth and gums).
Still, while you can take steps to make your toothbrush last longer, eventually it will need replacing. It’s important not to put broken electric toothbrushes in regular household waste, as batteries are an environmental hazard. Instead, look for an e-waste bin if your council has one, or consider recycling points in shops such as Boots and Currys. You can find a list of local options on the Recycle Your Electricals website.
For more:
• How I tested 20 electric toothbrushes (and became a toothbrushing pro)
• How to make your toothbrush last longer – and keep it out of landfill
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Alan Martin is a writer who has been putting products – including phones, gaming devices and wearables – through their paces for more than a decade. Although he wouldn’t call teeth brushing a hobby, it’s something he’s been doing for decades with a degree of aptitude that has largely satisfied dentists
• The article was originally published on 29 December 2024. Reviews published in the Filter may be periodically updated to reflect new products and at the editor’s discretion. The date of an article’s most recent update can be found in the timestamp at the top of the page. This article was amended on 5 June 2026; the Laifen Wave Pro and Odonta PowerPlus were added after testing, and prices were updated throughout.
