Philips 3000 Sonicare Cordless Power Flosser

Up until I received this Philips Sonicare Power Flosser 3000 Cordless, my experience with water flossers (or oral irrigators, whatever name you ascribe to them) has been the type which sit on your bathroom counter taking up a lot of space and making a lot of noise while keeping your teeth and gums healthy. This is my first portable/cordless flosser and I am pretty happy with the experience so far. The water tank is fairly small, and I found that when using either the single tip or the quad/cross tip I am able to get all of my teeth clean if I use the middle setting for the water pressure at a comfortable pace. With the highest strength, I either have to stop and top the tank up, or move faster from tooth to tooth than I am comfortable with. Relative to a big, ... MoreUp until I received this Philips Sonicare Power Flosser 3000 Cordless, my experience with water flossers (or oral irrigators, whatever name you ascribe to them) has been the type which sit on your bathroom counter taking up a lot of space and making a lot of noise while keeping your teeth and gums healthy. This is my first portable/cordless flosser and I am pretty happy with the experience so far. The water tank is fairly small, and I found that when using either the single tip or the quad/cross tip I am able to get all of my teeth clean if I use the middle setting for the water pressure at a comfortable pace. With the highest strength, I either have to stop and top the tank up, or move faster from tooth to tooth than I am comfortable with. Relative to a big, traditional flosser, this is a bit of a change but a necessary one to keep the Sonicare 3000 Flosser from being ungainly to use (or bring along for travel). The flossing experience is really neat with the Sonicare 3000 and I am pretty happy with the options available vs my other water flossers. First, there is the "deep clean" option for flossing. This pulses the water at different strengths and does provide a noticeably clean feeling when you're done. Second, the 3000 cordless includes a traditional single point spray tip as well as a cross shaped Quad Stream tip which is very different from any other unit that I've used. The Quad Stream is recommended for people with braces or dental work, and I have been using it more due to the fact that I have a crown and it seems to be more gentle around the gum pocket of that tooth. For travel, the 3000 is pretty compact considering what it is - you can put the tip inside the water tank to make it fit a little easier in your bag. Philips advertises 14 days of use per charge, and I really, really, really like that this thing has USB-C charging. Philips deserves praise for understanding how travel works - I only carry one charger on the road and it's great to be able to charge my phone, laptop, and even potentially this device without having to stuff yet another thing in my bag. Definitely consider the Sonicare 3000 Cordless water flosser if you are looking for something a little more compact and portable than the counter-top variety.

I wasn't too crazy about a device that squirts jets of water in your mouth; there's so many ways that could be messy. My wife had a corded water flosser that she used maybe a handful of times since she bought it over a year ago. It didn't get much use because of how limited its range was before you tugged on the entire unit causing water to spill onto the counter. So, when she recently bought a cordless unit, I was surprised to see how long the water lasted and how well she said it worked. I decided to try out the Philips model 3000 cordless because I knew the brand. I like the extra options it had over my wife's unit and its great to have options with anything. The 3 different settings were each more intense than the other and worked well at getting teeth clean ... MoreI wasn't too crazy about a device that squirts jets of water in your mouth; there's so many ways that could be messy. My wife had a corded water flosser that she used maybe a handful of times since she bought it over a year ago. It didn't get much use because of how limited its range was before you tugged on the entire unit causing water to spill onto the counter. So, when she recently bought a cordless unit, I was surprised to see how long the water lasted and how well she said it worked. I decided to try out the Philips model 3000 cordless because I knew the brand. I like the extra options it had over my wife's unit and its great to have options with anything. The 3 different settings were each more intense than the other and worked well at getting teeth clean between brushings. The quad stream tip didn't really have the effect I thought it would have. Cutting the stream into 4 different directions made it softer to use, but also increased the chance of water unintentionally leaving the confines of my mouth. Switching between nozzles was easy and secure due to the clicklock button on the front. Filling the water reservoir could be done by the little door on the side or by unscrewing the base with a quarter turn. I found the unit to be lightweight in hand and easy to maneuver around my teeth. The reservoir holds enough water for one complete cleaning lasting 1 minute timed, separated in 15 second interval pauses, letting you know how much time to spend on each area. Instead of letting the water dribble out of your mouth like Philips suggests, I hold for the full 15 seconds then spit; cleaner with less splatter. It works better than a toothpick and just as good as floss, but nicer to your gums.

Great power flosser. Its very easy to setup and they include to heads. One is the regular one that shoots a one stream of water, and the other one is the one that shoots 4 streams of water and has soft rubber head. You just insert the head you want to use and then fill up the reservoir. Then make sure the battery is charged and then you can choose between 3 levels of power and two modes of cleaning (one is a regular stream, the other one is a deep cleaning that shoots pulsating streams of water). They recommend to start ant the minimum and go up from there, depending on how sensitive your gums are. I liked the quad stream nozzle better as it shoots 4 streams of water and cleans better. I have very sensitive gums and I usually use toothpaste for sensitive gums and I ... MoreGreat power flosser. Its very easy to setup and they include to heads. One is the regular one that shoots a one stream of water, and the other one is the one that shoots 4 streams of water and has soft rubber head. You just insert the head you want to use and then fill up the reservoir. Then make sure the battery is charged and then you can choose between 3 levels of power and two modes of cleaning (one is a regular stream, the other one is a deep cleaning that shoots pulsating streams of water). They recommend to start ant the minimum and go up from there, depending on how sensitive your gums are. I liked the quad stream nozzle better as it shoots 4 streams of water and cleans better. I have very sensitive gums and I usually use toothpaste for sensitive gums and I did not have any problems with this power flosser at all at its lowest strength. One thing that surprised me is the amount of water that splashed everywhere when I first used it with my mouth open, you have to close your mouth when doing so if you don't want water splashing everywhere. After a while your mouth will fill up with water of course and then you can spit it out. At least I had to do that otherwise I would have water everywhere in my bathroom. I did notice it did clean my teeth, specially in between and also the gum area, its like flossing, but with water. Of course you still have to brush your teeth so I use the device once a day (at night actually) after brushing, before going to bed. I guess you can consider it a personal device, but I looked around and saw that replacement nozzles are very cheap so I plan to buy and extra pair of the quad stream ones so my partner can use them at night too, we would just switch nozzles after each use. I highly recommend it as flossing is as important as brushing your teeth and this is a great replacement for floss.