Pro 3 3000

Get pro 3 3000. It has everything plus pressure sensor. Good battery life and brush heads lasts 2 months plus, get the 4 pack and you are good for 1 year. I have mine for 3 plus years and it works just fine. Tip: place it on a dry surface always and clean the rotor every few days as toothpaste will form up residue on it causing damage.

We have both. Durability seems the same, io3 has very little rubber so no mould. Brush replacement is the same (3 months)

I just bought the pro3 2 weeks ago and Im happy with it.. I was researching and found a lot of complaints with mould on the new io brushes no matter how they cleaned it/stored it. That was enough to put me off.

Oral B Pro 3 3000! Only been a couple of months... But it definitely has a better and stronger motor.

Hi! I have pretty fucked up teeth so I've had a lot of recommendations from dentists etc over the years. Oral-B and Philips Sonicare are the two market leaders and the ones I would go for. They have been around a long time and will most likely continue to be around, meaning availability of spare brush heads, replacement chargers etc is most likely to continue throughout the life of the toothbrush. The main difference between the two is the brush type. Sonicare has the ultrasonic agitation, but a longer, more oval shaped brush head. Oral-B lacks the ultrasonic, (though they do have a similar 'pulsonic' range), but has rotating brush heads that are round. I have had both and personally I prefer Oral-B as I find them easier to get good contact along the tooth surface, especially in molars, and easier to get in behind the molars etc too. You may have a different preference and if you've been using manual brushes so far, Sonicare will have a more familiar shape. Avoid the higher end ones from each brand, they are adding in connected services and all sorts of extra gubbins that just means more electronics and therefore more potential points of failure, ergo reduced BIFL-ness. The only additional feature other than being a toothbrush that I would recommend would be an indicator of brushing pressure (my Oral-B has a red light on the back) - users switching from manual brushes often brush too hard and over time this can cause damage. Something like the Oral-B Pro 3 3000 would fit the bill. Everything you need and nothing you don't. Philips equivalent would be something like the Sonicare 3100 series.