Philips Sonicare Xtreme e3000 Power Toothbrush

August 2nd, 2010 |

Author: kk

Product Description
Xtreme e3000 makes it easy for preteens and teens to practice good oral care-even with braces and brackets. With its patented sonic technology and 2-minute Smartimer the Sonicare Xtreme creates dynamic fluid action that leads to improved brushing compliance, healthier mouths, and better check-ups.

Philips Sonicare Xtreme e3000 Power Toothbrush

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Tags: e3000, Philips, Power, Sonicare, Toothbrush, Xtreme.

5 Responses to “Philips Sonicare Xtreme e3000 Power Toothbrush”

toothbrush:

August 2, 2010 at 11:17 pm

When I first heard of Sonicare coming out with a toothbrush with replaceable batteries, I was excited. I upgraded to this from the Sonicare Advance after it failed to hold a charge any longer. With the other Sonicares, you have to throw the whole unit out if the batteries inside die. With these you just change out the batteries. I liked them so much I bought 2. Now after 3 months, both of them have already died. The end cap where you replace the batteries is not water tight. The O-ring that seals the battery compartment is not made very well. There are also 2 holes at the bottom of the toothbrush next to the metal clip on the endcap, which I believe is a design flaw. Although Sonicare sent me replacement units, I believe these replacements will also only last a few months. This is a great toothbrush for brushing, except they need to send it back to the design stage for the water resistant problem.
Rating: 1 / 5
ffass:

August 3, 2010 at 1:40 am

Do not base your purchase decision on any reviewer who has had the product for only a day, two days, or even a week. My Sonicare Xtreme e3000 brush died about 3 weeks after first use. All owners of this brush will, sooner and probably not much later, find that water will invade the battery compartment and corrode the metal contacts and your batteries. That’s what happened to mine and, after reading other reviews here and elsewhere, apparently is also happening to all other users of this brush. The O-Ring rubber seal suffers a design flaw and cannot maintain a water-tight seal. It’s very obvious from the moment you first install the batteries…the bottom cap just will not seal tight enough! This product needs to be recalled by the manufacturer and Amazon needs to stop selling this garbage. I’m assuming that I’d be better off if I had instead bought one of Sonicare’s reachargeable brushes with the sealed battery.
Rating: 1 / 5
Mary M. Dennison:

August 3, 2010 at 2:45 am

This item worked wonderfully for about 1 month, then water must have gotten into it or the battery connection went bad. I would have to change the battery every week, later, realizing it was not the batteries but the connection.

A cheap replacement for the real thing.
Rating: 2 / 5
Vivid:

August 3, 2010 at 4:34 am

As a former owner of a Sonicare 7500 Elite, I can tell you definitively that this unit is LESS powerful, but in and of itself, plenty sufficient to keep your pearly whites plenty pearly white. It actually (on the surface) has some advantages: My 7500 died after about 3 years. It seemed that it could no longer hold a charge. This unit uses replaceable AA batteries, and being quite fond of rechargeables, this for me is a good match. (Another reviewer mentioned she had problems with 1.2V rechargeables vs. 1.5V standard batteries. I have had no such problems with my 1.2V’s. Been running on the same set (same charge) well over 2 weeks now and still going strong. Curious. Hmm…).

That being said, I absolutely CANNOT believe some of the MAJOR design flaws that are absolutely MORONIC and baffling. 1) The battery cap at the bottom of the unit does not seal very tightly. The interior black ring is made of some slick “plastic-y” material instead of a better sealing “rubber-y” material. 2)(And THIS is the incredibly MORONIC part) At the bottom of this orange battery sealing cap, there are 2 HOLES! YES, REALLY! Somebody on the Sonicare/Philips industrial design team thought it was a good ideal to design into this “sealing” cap TWO holes so that water can get into the battery chamber when you rinse the foam off of your electric toothbrush everytime you use it (presumably every single day).

Does water actually leak into this battery chamber? I took my batteries out and tested it. Yes indeed water gets in here. Now, it blows my mind that this can pass the designers, the execs, the production line and everyone in between and after, and reach you and me, the consumers. It blows my mind that someone got paid a goodly amount of money to make this happen. Then again, MORONS in high places seems rather commonplace these days (ha ha). Now, what does this mean to me and you. I’m fairly sure that 1.5 Volts won’t ZAP! us into a coma, but I think we all know that batteries and water = NOT GOOD … or even = RATHER BAD. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist, or even a highly paid toothbrush designer …

My solution so far has been to use some very sticky tape over this area. It makes the otherwise fairly spiffy design a tad less pretty, but I’d rather have that than rusty and leaky (and useless) rechargeable batteries (they aren’t cheap! … and after all, the point is “re-use-ability” and “re-new-ability”, is it not?). Even with this precaution, I check this chamber now and then, and water still gets in (and toothpaste foam, too). Not by the buckets full, but enough noticeable traces to make one wonder.

Now, I know it’s not a matter of prohibitive cost, because I have used [...]-pola Crest battery toothbrushes that have found a better way of sealing off the batteries. What I suggest is that we all rather politely let Sonicare/Philips know of what we all now know, and ask them to design a new cap, and quietly send them out to all current owners. No need for a Ford or GM major recall type scandal. Just get it done and send us that piece that will cost Sonicare/Philips less than 50 cents to make and ship.

Thanks for reading, and be warned. Also know that with the right precautions, this can be a good little enamel scrubber. Except for this one major issue, it’s pretty nifty and nicely priced (about 1/3 of the 7500 Elite).

Cheers!

URGENT UPDATE: FORGET THIS PRODUCT!!! In fact, run the other way! My unit died just very shortly after this review. The water leak problem proved unavoidable and did eventually short out the circuitry. Totally useless and maddening. Horrible. Too bad I can’t edit the stars for the review (can I?). It would be a resounding ZERO stars. One positive note: Even though it was briefly past the warranty period, Philips offered a return for refund, which I took. The check arrived in reasonable time. AND the customer service person I spoke with was extremely nice and helpful.
Rating: 1 / 5
Philip Su:

August 3, 2010 at 6:52 am

Too many reviews;

I’ll do this one in Haiku!

Let’s dive into it.

Saw all prior views

of Sonicare customers

Amazon provides.

Key to the debate:

whether cheaper is better,

or price wins the day.

Higher on dollars –

e7300 (“e seventy-three hundred”) —

link given below.

Philips Sonicare Elite e7300 Power Toothbrush

Then there is this brush.

Cheaper, with features to match

(save only a few).

We bought both brushes,

one each for my wife and me.

Experimented.

Used both Sonicares.

Brushed ev’ry night, she and I.

Same treatment, same care.

Endlessly we sparred.

Three months later, here we are.

One emerged victor.

Three months was too much –

for the cheaper brush was crushed.

Suddenly it died.

No water damage,

no mishandling, no neglect.

It just died — kaput!

Here is my advice:

for relability

shun the cheaper brush.

Yet consider this:

THAT costs three times more than THIS.

It should give you pause.

Seems the math is thus:

THREE times failed before we must

declare one the best.

For is this not true:

fail three times before I do

end up losing out?

The price of one though

more reliable, cannot

beat the other’s cost.

Friend, it’s up to you.

Buy the best or try for two;

Less than three duds wins!
Rating: 2 / 5

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