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Guides and shortlists for a small bathroom: what fits, what works on UK water pressure, and which models the makers' own spec sheets support.

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How to choose an electric toothbrush: pressure sensors, modes, battery days and the cost of heads

Electric toothbrushes are sold on a plaque percentage and a mode count, and neither predicts whether you will brush better. This guide explains the pressure sensor and its three kinds, why a timer beats modes, how to read a battery claim, what heads cost over five years, and oscillating versus sonic, with four brushes as examples.

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Shortlist · Bathroom

Best electric toothbrushes: six Oral-B and Sonicare models compared on sensors, modes and battery

An electric toothbrush is bought on a price tier and sold on a plaque percentage. What changes your brushing is plainer: a warning when you press too hard, how many days the battery lasts, a two-minute timer, and what the heads cost. Six brushes from the two makers that publish those figures, Oral-B and Philips Sonicare, from the cheapest round-head Oral-B to the DiamondClean with an app.

Updated 23 October 2026

Comparison · Bathroom

Oral-B iO3 vs Philips Sonicare 3100: the two sensible electric toothbrushes, on sensors, battery and heads

The brush most dentists point at from each camp: Oral-B's cheapest model with the two-way pressure light, and Philips' cheapest with a pressure sensor at all. One oscillates with a round head and takes iO heads; the other buzzes at 31,000 movements and takes any Sonicare head. The decision is the sensor you will notice, the battery figure you can trust, and the heads you will buy for five years.

Updated 23 October 2026

Shortlist · Bathroom

Best bathroom scales: six body-composition scales from a no-app Salter to the eight-electrode Withings

Every scale here does the same trick: a small current through your feet estimates fat, muscle and water from how your body resists it. What differs is the maximum weight, the step size, whether it syncs by Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or not at all, how many people it remembers, and whether it measures your top half or guesses it. Six scales from Salter, Renpho, eufy and Withings.

Updated 23 October 2026

Review · Bathroom

Withings BodyFit review: the scale that measures the top half of you, and what the handle is for

Every smart scale passes a current up one leg and down the other and estimates the rest of you. The BodyFit adds a handle with four more electrodes, so arms, legs, torso and abdomen are measured separately rather than inferred. This review is about what segmental analysis changes, what the 40-plus metrics are worth, and what Withings states and does not about the hardware.

Updated 23 October 2026