Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Black Diamond Edition Toothbrush: Australian Review

So you’ve upgraded your teeth cleaning experience to a 21st century power brush. Good for you. It may satisfy your mouth, murder morning breath and banish plaque at a few thousand revolutions per second, but what if it’s not enough? What if you want to know how the 1% brush their teeth? That’s when you need the Philips Sonicare Black Diamond Edition toothbrush.

What’s Bad?

A big selling point of the DiamondCare Black edition is that it has a matte black finish. It looks fantastic, but it means you’ll have to be really vigilant about cleaning the body every time you use it. The matte black makes toothpaste drool stand out more than it would on a white brush. And that’s just nasty to look at in anyone’s bathroom.

While the charging glass is great, your toothbrush will never stand upright inside it, meaning you have to lean it at a precarious angle. That can get a little hairy, especially given that it always looks like your beautiful $300 brush is going to topple out of its pretty glass onto the dirty bathroom floor all the time.

And finally, for the life of me I can’t find black head refills. Only the white ones which work out at $15 each for a refill. Honestly, I think if you’re spending $300 on a brush you should get at least a year’s supply of those bad boys from Philips.

Should You Buy It?

This has to be the most luxurious way to clean your teeth I’ve ever seen.

If you can justify dropping $300 on a toothbrush, you’ll be enjoying the best in home oral care. Like I said, however, it’s pricey for a brush that ostensibly does a lot of the same things as its cheaper rivals.

Even cheaper Sonicare brushes will get the job done with a nice whole mouth clean feeling.

The travel case and charging glass are the two things I’d really say put this one over and above other toothbrushes.

It’s a fantastic premium experience and one of the weirder products I’ve ever used given its price.


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