TRUE COST

Manual Toothbrush Review

£3 purchase price 3.5/5 value rating Based on 14 brushes

Lifetime cost

3 years of ownership

Brush £3
Replacements £36
Total (3 years) £39
Cost per brush £0.02

Comparison

Manual Toothbrush True Cost Compared

Metric Philips Sonicare 6100 Oral-B iO 3 Manual Toothbrush
Purchase price £89 £70 £3
Annual running cost £19 £21 £12
Ownership cost £146 £133 £39
Cost per use £0.07 £0.06 £0.02
Value note Good feature set, but branded heads are the main recurring cost. Lower handle cost with similar ongoing head replacement pressure. Very low cost, but replacement cadence still matters.