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[deckardcanine]

My Sonicare toothbrush's permanent rechargeable battery died a few weeks back. When I went to CVS for a replacement, the apparent same model had a price of $160. Next to it was the CVS brand at $50. I chose the latter, making sure to save things in case I had to return it.

So far, it works at least as well as the Sonicare model and offers fancier options. Can the lack of advertising for the store brand make that big a difference in price?

Let's just hope the battery comes close in lifespan.

Comments

[octan.livejournal.com]

I wonder if they could have just designed it to use rechargeable AAA's or something instead, or if those can't be charged from inside the unit. I have noticed that every electronic device I've ever seen that charges that way uses some kind of proprietary battery even when they don't need a high capacity.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

That's so you have to buy a new one when the battery runs out. As if they didn't get enough money from the overpriced replacement brush heads.

[carlfoxmarten]

You'd be dang surprised how much those C.G. ads cost to make nowadays...

[level-head.livejournal.com]

You may find that the battery is easily replaceable at Batteries Plus.

===|==============/ Level Head

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

'Zat so? The Sonicare Web site made it sound like I had no choice but to buy another brush. Of course, that's what they want me to do anyway.

Or are you talking about the CVS brand's battery? That could be.