Currently there is just one type of brush head available, and it's the classic rectangular shape of a normal toothbrush, rather than the round heads you'll find on Oral-B's brushes. It's like it's starting you back at square one. We've been somehow trained to think that if you want a better experience, you have to spend more money. Using the app earns you points that you can cash in for brush heads or other Colgate purchases. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, thenView saved stories. WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. The Colgate Hum is the first one I tried that delivered on its promise to make brushing better. There are 16 zones that the Hum can track with its machine intelligence algorithms. The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our livesfrom culture to business, science to design. Offers only one type of brush head. 2022 Cond Nast. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. The problembesides the fact that you can buy a six-pack of manual brushes for less than $5is that the tech rarely backs up the claims. Battery life is shorter than other brands. No matter where you purchase, it comes with a travel case and is available in three appealing colors: blue, green, and purple.
The company told me that the rechargeable brush delivers 30,000 strokes per minute, with the battery-powered one supplying 20,000; I couldn't test this for accuracy. Over the last few years, it seems that the toothbrush companies got together and decided we should all start shelling out several hundred dollars for brushes with internet-connected capabilities. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Can gather data without having app open. This is where an app that promotes better brushing habits can help. When testing other smart brushes, I spent more time trying to get these apps to recognize where I was brushing than I did on actually improving how I brushed. The smart toothbrush perfects connected brushing techand costs a fraction of the price of its competitors. For reference, the $250 Oral-B iO Series 8 that I tested tracks only six zones; if you want Oral-B's 16-zone version, you'll have to pay $300. The best part?
It's 8 inches tall and weighs just 1.85 ounces; my Philips Sonicare is 10 inches tall and 4.95 ounces, and the Oral-B iO is about 9 inches and 4.9 ounces. After you set your baseline, you can start doing guided brushes, which walks you through each "zone" of your mouth until you've cleaned all the nooks and crannies. It's nice to be rewarded for something you're going to do anyway and save money on something you will already have to buy. That's a good amount of time, though it is less than some other brushes provide; the Oral-B iO lasts two weeks.
Opening an app every time you brush your teeth gets old fast, and while every smart brush can be used without the app, if you can't get access to your data, there's no real point of investing in a connected toothbrush to begin with. Has a tongue brush on the opposite side of the brush head. The bristle part of the brush head is smaller too, a feature that initially annoyed me. 
The Hum feels more like a manual toothbrush in your hand than a bulky electric model. In an effort to improve oral hygiene, smart toothbrushes track your brushing habitslike which teeth you're not cleaning as diligently and how long you spend brushingand present that data to you in an app that connects to your brush over Bluetooth. But after using the Colgate Hum, I never again want to hear that quality tech will cost meat least in the case of my oral hygiene. When you first connect your Hum to the app, it will ask you to do a test brush to set a baseline for how you typically brush without any prompts or timers to follow.
Replacement heads are $10 for two, or you can subscribe and get one head automatically sent to you every three months for $5 a shipment. But of course, you'd be wrong. The rechargeable model has three brushing modes (normal, sensitive, and deep clean), while the battery-powered one offers only the first two. Ad Choices. Reasonably priced for an electric toothbrush. That's not pocket change, but it's about what youll spend on a decent electric toothbrush without any app connectivity or smart features. Its only $70 for the rechargeable model (the version I tested), or $50 if youd rather get a AAA-battery-powered one. Speaking of, the back of the brush head features a brush specifically for the tongue. Light and compact. Until now, there have been problems with accurate brush tracking, and the companion app had to be open during a brushing session for any data to be recorded. I found the Hum's tracking to be extremely accurate, unlike other brushes I tried that struggled to log all my strokes, particularly once I reached back to the molars. If you go with the latter, you'll get an extra brush head, but it costs about $5 more than buying the brush and two extra heads directly from Colgate. You can buy a Hum right now from Colgate's site, or order it from Amazon if you don't mind waiting until mid-September, which is when Amazon will start shipping them. (And yes, you can still collect smile points from offline brushing!) I had just about given up on smart toothbrushes when the especially cute Colgate Hum arrived at my door. But even though I grumbled to myself while using other smart brushesthe Oral-B iO, which I gave a 4/10 rating, had a too-thick brush head and a clunky app with accuracy problemsall of my negative issues with the product category were resolved with the light and compact Hum.
All rights reserved. You'd think that if we made it to adulthood with our teeth intact, we'd be brushing pros. Without directly looking at the app, you lose out on the guided brushing tips, but what better way to see whether you're actually improving your brushing habits than by not having a screen tell you what to do every time? But the best part of the Hum app is that you don't always have to use it. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. This helps support our journalism. The Hum, on the other hand, will hold data for 10 days and upload your brushstrokes each time you connect it to your phone. The sensitive mode offers a low-vibration movement, normal increases the vibration, and deep clean increases it again. On its deep-clean mode, it doesn't vibrate so intensely that it feels like your skull is shaking, which I appreciated. The round heads do feel like they're covering more of the areas between teeth, but not enough to make me want to pick that brush over the Hum. The app also offered helpful advice, suggesting I tilt my brush 45 degrees in certain areas for a better cleaning and alerting me when I was brushing too slowly or quickly. Wired may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.
Also, it's surprisingly quiet, though it's not silentit is an electric appliance, after all. The rechargeable battery should last about 10 days on a single charge with regular use. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED. Mine told me I fully cleaned only 53 percent of my mouth, and while that's a better number than Colgate says is the norm, it's still shocking to see.
These tips are helping to improve the way you brush when you aren't connected to an app. In other brushes, all modes feel and sound almost exactly the same, but the Hum's modes are noticeably distinct.
But I soon realized that the small size allowed me to get all the way to the back of my teeth without bumping my gums and brush farther back on my tongue without wanting to gag. If you've used other electric toothbrushes, you'll notice right away that the Hum is significantly smaller and lighter, which provides a much more pleasant brushing experience all around. How have I still not got it down? As a fun extra, you collect "smile points" for brushing, and every 100 points is equal to $1, which you can use for things like replacement brush heads. If you've been eyeing electric toothbrushes, this is the one to get. How could this be cleaning my teeth properly, I thought. According to Colgate, most people aren't properly cleaning over 40 percent of the teeth in their mouths, and a 2015 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that most adults don't have brushing down to a science, with over a quarter of Americans suffering from untreated tooth decay. This is fewer modes than most other smart brushes, although I think too many is overkill. The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking, new connections, and new industries. Learn more.
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