Toothbrush Oral B IO in Test: Pretty clean in prison

Oral B makes all things new for his electric tooth brush: it is immediately evident during the unpacking of the IO above-mentioned future top product. The IO has more a resolution and slimmer Body than the previous flagships, such as the last of us tested Genius 9000. Have been cleaning programs and battery status with each of the small lights in the handle visualized, there is now a Central Oled Display between the on and off switch and the menu button. Then, the Procter & Gamble hearing adopted at the end of mark of the old loading station with the mandrel. Now the toothbrush perched on a flatter, circular Ladepuck where your battery is inductively charged with.

Michael Spehr

editor in the Department "technology and Motor".

The most important difference is the new brush heads. The old brush heads are not compatible with the IO. Behind this is a further Innovation, not to see, to hear, but it is plugged in. So far, the Oral-B devices had a mechanical drive with a Metalpin on the head of the hand piece, the movement of the brush transferred. A magnetic drive is used to transfer the energy more efficiently and evenly to the brush head. The movement is a rotating and oscillating of 145 Hertz. The brush runs more smoothly and quieter than those of earlier versions. You will notice immediately. The new brush heads have twisted tips, which allow for better cleaning between the teeth.

As usual, this toothbrush works together with an App, so that all the teeth are evenly cleaned. In previous attempts, Oral B had tried this with the Smartphone camera. You had to attach the phone to the face amount on the bathroom mirror, the camera set up and then saw the result on the Display. This circumstance krämerei from the beginning was a Flop.

Now, everything is easier. The toothbrush is connected via Bluetooth with the Smartphone, and the Oral-B App is started. You want to know the name and E-Mail address. Then everything goes by itself and automatically. The App recognizes the plaster at the beginning and evaluates without the camera, the sensor data of the handle and visualises cleaning progress. It is detected in real time, which toothed segment is being used, and even whether to clean the Interior or the exterior, as well as the chewing surface. Then, the App, which Segment and what the area will be computed still requires special attention and displays this. The accuracy of the detection is amazing.

That you can collect in the App also medals for good Cleaning and the replacement of the brush heads to remember to let go a bit in the direction of a game, even one is reminded of the use of dental floss and mouth rinse. User profiles for different persons in the household not in the App does not create, it is also possible to draw the brush with colour rings for the family members.