Waterpik!

I had been reading some of the forums and generally nerding it up researching ‘equipment’ for those with braces and the waterpik water flosser kept coming up as the Best Idea Ever.  Eating is still my biggest chore, I still can’t bite down properly and of course food gets everywhere and I spend nearly as long cleaning all the extra out of my teeth and wires as I do actually having the meal. So I thought i’d jump on the bandwagon and get the waterpik thing. In Australia you can only get these from the Chemist Warehouse either direct or online for $112, so off I trotted to the store. $180 later ( who goes to the chemist warehouse and doesn’t buy a bunch of other stuff?) and I tried it out when i got home.

Observations?

Firstly; it’s not as big as i thought it was going to be. I had read posts from folks who complained about how much space it took up so I was expecting something larger but it’s actually not too cumbersome. The electrical chord is the worst part as of course you have to have it near a power point and that will restrict where you can use it, and chords dangling around the bathroom are both ugly and dangerous so that’s something to think about.

Secondly; water does go everywhere!! It actually spits the water out by default and you have to press the button to stop it, which kinda seems slightly counter- intuitive. Once you get used to it it’s fine but when learning you end up spraying water all over yourself and the bathroom so don’t be trying to share the sink space with anyone else for a while!

But it does really work, it only takes a few moments to clean all the food out from the appliances and it does actually feel clean again. So i’ve just got used to to ducking out of the room after a meal and having a ‘quick flush’ and then coming back to my seat.

I wonder about getting the portable version too for when I’m not at home…

So I do like it and I do use it, though i’m not sure that I would use it if I didn’t have the braces, as I tend to brush my teeth in the shower and this means that I have to change my routine around a bit. Again, the portable version might be something to think about there, though i’ve heard it’s not as powerful as the counter top one.

I’d be happy to hear anyone else’s opinion regarding gadgets and things