When your toothbrush smiles at you, you know you’ve done a good job brushing. At least that’s what my new Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush does, and it will even wish me a good morning, good night, and give me a timer for my brushing sessions.
I’ve been brushing with the Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush for a few weeks and I’m such a huge fan of this toothbrush. It honestly feels like my teeth have been professionally cleaned every day, and with the timer right on the toothbrush, I know exactly when I can stop brushing.
The Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush is even better if you use it with the Oral-B app, and you can see in real-time each area of your mouth as you brush it.
Appearance and features of Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush
The Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush is one of the newest electric toothbrushes from Oral-B. In the box you’ll get your Oral-B iO 8 toothbrush, three brush heads, a travel case, and a magnetic recharger.
- Designed with Artificial Intelligence Technology to track your teeth as you brush, highlighting the front, top, and back surfaces of your teeth in real-time
- Magnetic iO drive system directs cleaning energy to every bristle and uses micro-vibrations to remove plaque
- 6 smart brushing modes including Intense, Daily, and Sensitive
- Interactive display right on the brush shows you brushing modes, greetings, power remaining, and will give you a smile or frown depending on your daily brushings
- Color changing lights on handle indicate when you are brushing too hard or just right
- Magnetic charger charges your brush in 3 hours
- Oral-B app will track your dental health and give you updates on how well you are brushing, flossing, gum health, and more
Testing Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush
My teeth feel so incredibly clean after using this toothbrush for a few weeks, and there are more than a few features on the Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush that make it a must-have.
Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush uses micro-vibrations
Oral-B’s dentist-inspired round brush head is designed specifically to pair with Oral-B’s new iO Magnetic technology. That technology directs the drive system in the toothbrush to funnel cleaning energy into every single bristle.
Because you get micro-vibrating bristles on your brush head, you can target every square inch of your teeth and gums. The result for me, when I brushed with it, was that I could really feel the tingle when I was finished. If you set the toothbrush on Intense and brush for two minutes, your teeth will feel like you’ve just left the dentist after a cleaning. It’s pretty amazing.
On-board screen lets you change settings right on the brush
I think every toothbrush needs a small display screen. I had no idea how useful it was until I started using the Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush. When you turn it on in the morning the screen greets you with a “Good Morning.” You can tap the button to select your brushing mode, and once you start brushing a timer will start counting down. The toothbrush will vibrate a few times when you’ve reached two minutes, and it will vibrate once when it’s time to switch sides.
I’ve always felt like two minutes is a long time when brushing, but time just flies when you’re brushing with the Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush. I’ve averaged over two minutes every time I’ve used it.
There is a setting button that lets you switch through different options on the brush, and you can even switch up the colour of your LED. There are also multiple modes you can switch through including Daily Clean and Whitening. I used Intense most as I like how it made my gums tingle, but Daily Clean is also pretty powerful. If you have sensitive teeth and gums, you can choose sensitive mode for a softer brush.
Pressure sensor protects your gums
The pressure sensor that’s built into the Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush is really useful. The handle will flash from the colour you choose, in my case pink, to green if you are using the right amount of pressure. If you’re brushing too hard your toothbrush will flash red.
If you brush in front of a mirror like most people do, it’s impossible to miss the flashing red. It’s a great way to teach you to lighten up on your gums.
A toothbrush coach is built into the Oral-B app
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The Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush uses Bluetooth to connect to the Oral-B app on your smartphone. Once you’ve set up the app you can turn on your toothbrush and see which areas of your mouth you’ve covered in real-time. I’ve seen that feature on toothbrushes before, but with the Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush you can see how you’re brushing in real-time right on the app. With a view of each section of your mouth, you can scrub each tooth until it sparkles.
It’s really motivating to brush with the app open and watch how well you cover your virtual mouth, and it takes about 2 1/2 minutes to get every corner. At the end of your brush session, the app will ask you if your gums are bleeding, if you’ve flossed, and if you brushed your tongue. It will track that info so you will have a log of when you had brushing issues or how consistent you are with your flossing.
The first thing I pictured when I saw how the app logs flossing was that I could pull out my app the next time I went to the dentist. When they ask me if I floss enough, I’ve got the proof right on my phone.
I love the travel case and magnetic charger that comes with the Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush. It makes it easy to carry your toothbrush with you when you leave home.
It takes less than three hours to charge the Oral-B iO 8, and after two weeks of using it twice a day, I still have a 70% charge.
Should you choose the Oral-B iO8 Power Toothbrush?
The Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush is hands-down the best toothbrush I’ve ever used. I love the display right on the brush, and I love how you get real-time updates via the app and the brush on how you’re brushing. I almost always open up the app when I’m brushing, just because I love watching how I can make each section sparkle in real-time.
It’s nice that there are new brush heads included with your toothbrush, and you can set a reminder in the app to change it out after a set amount of time. That way your toothbrush is always performing at optimal levels.
Oral-B says that this toothbrush will make your teeth feel like they have been professionally cleaned, and I completely agree with that. Every time I use the intense setting my gums tingle and my teeth shine. I know there are other settings but I love Intense and use it every day.
If you want to really put a focus on your dental health, this is the toothbrush for you. You can find the Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush on Best Buy right now.
My gums are sensitive so I like that it has the pressure sensor.
The pressure sensor protects your gums and that is where my main problem lies so that would be wonderful for my use.
Honestly, the fact that this is much more eco friendly then my disposable toothbrush combined with the ability to connect via app to see a tonne of real time results. Pretty sleek if you ask me.
Color changing feature sounds interesting. I had a panasonic cell phone that could do that.
I love the way the brush is so interactive!
I like the feature where the brush lets you know if you are brushing too hard or just right – this will certainly help to promote good oral health.
The brush modes is a killer feature. Would love to test the pressure indicator.
The pressure sensor feature is great and something I would really use.
I would be most interested to try the Magnetic iO drive system in the toothbrush.
I would love to try out some of the really interesting features like the pressure sensor
Loving the magnetic iO drive system that directs energy to every bristle uses micro vibrations to remove plaque, that’s high tech!
I would love to try the pressure sensor feature.
I also love the sensor feature. I never know if I’m using too much pressure when I brush my teeth. The other feature I really like is the app available.
I like how you can change the settings right on the brush since my teeth are usually sensitive in the mornings but in the evenings I prefer a deep clean.
I love the sensor feature that tells me if I’m brushing too hard or not!
Most interesting to try in the Oral-B iO Smart Electric Toothbrush is the sensitive mode as one of my choices.
I need a Oral-B iO Smart Electric Toothbrush! I love the pressure sensor feature. That is super cool!
The color changing lights on handle indicate when you are brushing too hard or just right will save on brush heads!Great review,thanks 🙂
The pressure sensor would probably be most enlightening for me.
pressure sensor that’s built into the Oral-B iO 8 Power Toothbrush
I’d be super interested to see the AI in action!
I love the six different brushing modes and the pressure sensor.
I would love to try this new feature: Interactive display right on the brush shows you brushing modes, greetings, power remaining, and will give you a smile or frown depending on your daily brushings
A lot of neat sounding features in this toothbrush: magnetic charging base/stand, timer, smart features to improve brushing habits.
But the feature that interests me the most is the smart pressure sensor.
Insane that a toothbrush would have a screen built into it, whatever will they think of next?
Great review! Toothbrushes are so techy now who knew! Pressure sensor tech sounds so great
The Pressure sensor sounds interesting
Love the 6 different brushing modes! Wow!
On-board screen lets you change settings right on the brush
Track map your teeth. How awesome is that?
WOW! the AI Tech track/map your teeth as you brush
the front, top, and back surfaces of your teeth, that’s so cool!
technology directs the drive system in the toothbrush to funnel cleaning energy into every single bristle.
Because you get micro-vibrating bristles on your brush head, you can target every square inch of your teeth and gums.
Magnetic charger charges your brush in 3 hours
I love the 6 smart brushing options.
I like that it is smart and the different brushing modes!
Because I have sensitive teeth I would appreciate the sensitive brushing mode on the toothbrush and the screen is an amazing option!
I like that it has the timer feature
The pressure sensor would be my favourite part of the Oral-B iO8
I would like the pressure sensor or color indicator to let me know if I am brushing too hard with my sensitive gums.
The Magnetic iO drive system directs cleaning energy to every bristle and uses micro-vibrations to remove plaque so my trips to the dentist will be less painfull
The timer feature is very helpful!!
I’d like to try the Artificial Intelligence which tracks your teeth.
I like that it has a sensitive option (one of 6 smart brushing modes) as I have stuck with a manual brush simply because I have sensitive gums and the regular setting of most electric toothbrushes is just too much.
I think the pressure sensor isa brilliant idea!
The Six Smart Brushing Modes.
The smart pressure sensor is a welcome addition.
I like the smart smile!
Color changing lights on handle indicate when you are brushing too hard or just right
i love the smart pressure sensor feature which allows me to know if I am brushing too hard
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