Anybody use a Water-Flosser?

[EvilGobi]

Anybody have any recommendations for someone looking for a water-flosser?

 

[noahpictures]

I have the Panasonic for $30 on Amazon. I've been using rechargeable batteries in it since day one. I've owned a heavy duty Waterpik and prefer the Panasonic oral irrigator by a mile.

 

[SiBurning]

Love em, but you gotta be careful with em if you have calcium spots. Run em on high and those ancient lime deposits will be strip mined in a jiffy.

 

[njpaddy]

I only started using one a couple of months ago. My dental hygienist said to just get something in the $30 range, so I got the Water-Pik 360. I don't like it. I find the shape awkward to hold and use. I would not buy this model again.

 

[KCee]

I use a Philips Sonicare Airfloss. It's pricey at ~ $80, but it does seem to work pretty well. I don't think it does quite as good a job as actual floss, but I hate flossing so I use regular floss once or twice a week (or any time I have popcorn) and the Airfloss the other nights.

 

[Kentos]

You guys who hate flossing should try using a Floss-aid brand flosser. It works way better than anything available in the local drugstores, and makes flossing almost fun. I can do my whole mouth in a minute or two.

Have used a waterpik and it was ok.

 

[MSstrahan]

I use a waterpik to irrigate my sinuses. Works great, as long as you don't hit the ear canal. Keeps me from getting sinus infections.

 

[Slash McCoy]

I use a waterpik to irrigate my sinuses. Works great, as long as you don't hit the ear canal. Keeps me from getting sinus infections.

That sounds like some new form of torture invented by the Mexican cops. I remember when they would shake up a coke and force it up your nose. I heard that was pretty freaky scary. Worse than the old telephone call routine. (old hand-crank phones had a generator built in for the ring voltage, and they put out a lot of current, which sucked when applied to certain parts of the body. The Mexicans knew which parts.)

 

[EvilGobi]

I decided to pick one of the cordless ones up, and I just cant quite get the hang of it. I have no doubt that once I do I will actually use it, as opposed to flossing (which is something I just can't seem to get in the habit of doing).

 

[MSstrahan]

That sounds like some new form of torture invented by the Mexican cops. I remember when they would shake up a coke and force it up your nose. I heard that was pretty freaky scary. Worse than the old telephone call routine. (old hand-crank phones had a generator built in for the ring voltage, and they put out a lot of current, which sucked when applied to certain parts of the body. The Mexicans knew which parts.)

Its actually not bad. Put a tsp of sea salt and a pinch of baking soda in the water, and use low power. Don't use table salt with iodine in it...burns. For a mild antibiotic, add two drops of tea tree oil, although it may burn a bit. This will clean out a sinus infection.

 

[Kooze]

Waterpik ultra water flosser is what I have, and use when I'm not being lazy

http://www.amazon.com/Waterpik-WP-100-Ultra-Water-Flosser/dp/B000GLRREU/ref=pd_bxgy_hpc_text_z

 

[DC_MPA]

Why not just get a neti pot?

Its actually not bad. Put a tsp of sea salt and a pinch of baking soda in the water, and use low power. Don't use table salt with iodine in it...burns. For a mild antibiotic, add two drops of tea tree oil, although it may burn a bit. This will clean out a sinus infection.

 

[global_dev]

Why not just get a neti pot?

I agree... btw, i used regular salt and in my experience, if solution is not enough salinity it does burn and too much and its too salty.

 

[global_dev]

I also use a waterpik ultra and like it alot. I run it on med to med/high.

 

[MSstrahan]

Why not just get a neti pot?

I have one of those, too. It's not as effective, but it is more comfortable. The best thing to use, in terms of effectiveness and comfort is a squeeze bottle. You can convert an old dish soap bottle, or buy one. This comes from years of experience with sinus problems, including two surgeries.

Don't use too much tea tree oil, or it'll burn like you wouldn't believe.

 

[HaroldingPatrick]

I've been using the Waterpik ultra for a couple of years and will never go back to floss. It's like when you clean your carpet and see how much stuff was in there that you didn't realize.