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Pro Clean, and Whitening modes last longer than 2 minutes and the Tongue cleaning mode is shorter than this at just 20 seconds.
iO Series Electric Toothbrushes - Oral B UK
It is better to have a toothbrush with 1 cleaning mode that you use regularly, for the correct amount of time and with the correct technique than it is to have a brush with multiple modes you use incorrectly. But if you want the iO brushing performance and can forgo the bells and whistles, the iO5 could be for you.
Both are modern-looking electric toothbrushes with a bright LCD display to show the current brushing mode, plus post-brushing feedback. That said, those changes are usually to the total brushing time and there is no option to take pacing from quadrant (4) to sextant (6) pacing that I know of. We test all electric toothbrushes by using them twice a day over a period of at least one week, making sure we get a feel for how they handle and perform when cleaning. I know the iO6 doesn’t include a 3D tracking image in the app and I know the iO9 provides more detailed tracking (16 zones), but does the iO6 still track which surfaces you have successfully cleaned (inside, biting surface, outside) for each quadrant? We would love to see Oral-B brushes charge via USB – especially as the long charging time is possibly the biggest issue we have with the iO5.
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You can see which brushing modes each toothbrush has as well as checking whether or not it has a two minute timer and pacer. It’s quiet in use as well – considerably more so than one of the standard models like the Oral-B Pro 3, which makes a loud, rattly noise in comparison. If you want your other locked cleaning modes back, you will need to go into the app and end the dental care journey.
All Oral-B toothbrushes use a variant of the same rotating head technology, where the round head of the toothbrush oscillates clockwise and anti-clockwise at speeds of up to 10,800 movements per second to clean your teeth. Accessories-wise, it comes with a basic white plastic travel case and a charging stand that’s the same as non-iO models.