Quip – Plastic Smart Electric Toothbrush Starter Kit – 2-Minute Timer, Bluetooth, Free App + Travel Case – All-White

Quip – Smart Electric Toothbrush: We’ve used various electric toothbrushes over the years. In fact, my wife and I each have our own favorite plugged in our bathrooms. Large, effective, but cumbersome to take on trips and they take up lots of space on the counter.
The Quip makes me feel good about brushing effectively, although there is less “action” and vibration going on than I’ve experienced with those other brands. It has a high speed vibration that is reminiscent of ultrasonic cleaners I’ve used in labs. Because of the gentler activity, I felt a need to add more of my own motion to the cleaning routine. On the other hand, I did feel I was able to spend more time at the tooth/gum line because there was much less aggression happening. [I also preferred the lowest speed when using the other brands.]
The Quip is a simple, sleek design. It takes up no significant space on a counter. With its built in battery and replaceable brushes, it much easier to bring along when traveling. It has a great carry case.
Pros:
High enough vibration to feel like an effective cleaner.
Mouth “commotion” is far lower than other brushes.
Quiet operation.
Easy to keep clean.
No bigger than a standard toothbrush.
Carry case is no bigger than for a standard manual brush.
Battery is AAA: cheap and easy to find.
Brushes are inexpensive to replace; subscription service is available.

Cons:
The non-aggressive cleaning invites the user to add motion.
There is only one speed vibration, and it’s not high.
There is currently only one brush style.
SUMMARY: I’m happy to add the Quip to my dental hygiene routine. It will definitely be the travel toothbrush. I’m happy to add it to my bathroom counter, also. It provides a slightly different approach that my gums and teeth can applaud.

Pros:
1. Design – All black toothbrush is really good looking, built with high quality metal.
2. Brush head – Comes with Replaceable head which is really great and costs just $5 for every 3 months with Free shipping.
3. Smart motor – This toothbrush is really smart. It is easy to install the app, login and connect the brush to the app using Bluetooth.
5. Cleaning – This brush cleans the teeth really well.
6. Travel – The case it comes in with will be really helpful when traveling.
7. Quip App – There are plethora of features in the app – measures the frequency of brushing, brushing time, avg lenght of brushing, tracks the strokes per minute, acceleration, coverage of top and bottom teeth. Measuring the movements are almost accurate.
8. Rewards – The rewards motivation is really good especially for kids. We get 1 point in the morning, 1 point in the evening and an additional point when brushing twice a day. These points can be used to redeemed later.
Cons:
1. App is not syncing or taking longer time to sync with the toothbrush. Hope this gets fixed in the future.
2. Sticking the toothbrush to the mirror may not be something i will be interested it. But this is not at all a big complaint. We can still store the brush inside the case that it comes with.
3. Rewards are little less worth. It is about $1.25 per month provided we meet our goals every single day.

I have used a smart toothbrush for the past two years. It’s bulky and requires a charger. The Quip is delightfully like a “normal” toothbrush. It feels right in my hand, and that weight, size, and shape encourages more interaction from me. My larger heavier electric model I seldom move because the leverage is off and the vibration is so much harsher. Quip instructs you to spend 4 seconds per tooth, and the form makes it easy to do that. The vibration is gentle, like a companion to your manual brushing.
I love the holder that attaches to the mirror and keeps it off the counter. One thing about the brush itself I wish was different is the head. My mouth is on the small side, and the brush is is quite large and impossible to keep covered. This toothbrush would be perfect if there were a couple different sizes of brush head.
The refill plan is simple to enroll in and the app is intuitive. It makes you want to get a “perfect score” for your brushing. $5 every three months gets you a new head and battery. So essentially a new toothbrush every 90 days for $5. I plan to purchase more of the Quips for my family.

I hate writing 1-Star reviews, especially when I really want to champion the product. The Quip toothbrush, according to the company’s About Us page, is designed for me! I have been on toothbrush journey for some time because I brush too hard. My dentist alerted me to this and recommended the Oral-B many years ago, but that didn’t last long because it felt like I was using a lawn mower on my gums at 50,000 rpm! I switched to the Sonicare, and while I really do like it, the replacement heads are just too expensive, the cheaper knock-off versions just didn’t feel like I got a good clean, and current electric toothbrushes are cumbersome in use.. Also, because it vibrates so quickly, slinging toothpaste all over the mirror and wall was a daily occurrence. So, I have some good history with electric toothbrushes; I’ve been to standard stoneage one for over a year though and still struggling to not brush too hard.
And I do think I have found a solution with Quip, just maybe not the smart version at this current time of writing.
Brush Head: being all silicone and thick bristles at that, I’m struggling to know if I am getting the best clean or better clean than a traditional Nylon Bristle brush? Have I been brainwashed for so long that 100’s of Nylon bristles are better because that is all that has been sold (at least in my lifetime) and silicone is only used intermittently in a brush head? Anytime you throw some Minty fresh toothpaste in your month your will feel some invigoration and smoothness across your ivory chompers and gums, but I find after about 30 minutes when that wears off, my teeth just don’t feel so clean. Maybe I am just noticing it more because I am actively thinking about it?
Motor: It it is definitely different compared to other electric brushes where the vibration is focused on the bristled head via posts or gears. With the Quip, the vibration is focused in the handle and thus provides a vibrating effect to the bristle head. For sure, you are still manually brushing your teeth, but with the added assistance of vibration. I do prefer the Quip implementation, but it does take a minute to get used to. Maybe because it is smaller in the hand than the current electric brushes it vibrates on less hand surface area? So my initial reaction was a bit of sting feeling. But as I continue to use, I don’t notice it. And it could be as battery depletes so the feeling goes away. The Oral-B was this way on a fresh charge.
Design: I don’t know the design language, but its the same minimalist philosophy that you find with Target and IKEA products; not a knock against it, but not necessarily original. But a first I have seen being applied to a toothbrush. In comparison again to the other more established electric toothbrush brands, I like it! I don’t feel like I’m yielding a lightsaber to brush my teeth! The added holder/travel cover is a great feature and is nice to be able to stick it on a tile or glass surface. Easily remove it and then stick it somewhere else.
Smart: This is where the 1 Star review comes into play. As it stands, in its current form, I cannot recommend the extra expense to add the smart feature. The app on Apple continues to force close. On Android, while it at least stays open, so far the only way I have been able to get it to sync my brush sessions, outside of the initial pair process, is to uninstall the app and reinstall it. I have only done this once to-date. After doing this process, I immediately brushed my teeth. No data synced and no new brush was recorded in the app, even though a pop-window said “No New Data Found” everything is up to date…of course that is wrong.
The “Last Brush” feature is in Beta mode at the time of writing, registers some crazy stats from a brush session on Feb 7, 2106. At first I thought I solved the issue with 2020, finding proof of time travel to mess with the space time continuum, but it is probably just a placeholder to let you see how the data is arranged when the feature comes out of beta mode.
So far the majority of my sessions recorded are the multiple attempts to try and sync the brush with the app. The support page is of no use, as the steps detailed there focus on your mobile device over their product; translation: it’s not Quip malfunctioning, it’s your device. I find that mildly irritating.
To launch the device into manual sync mode you turn it on and then off after 5 seconds. But that is it for the tutorial…buried in their help page. What I don’t know is if the device stays in this sync mode after the 2 minute session? It does give a series of pulses to let you know you have finished. The concept is you sync to earn points to earn free stuff. And have healthy teeth and gums in the process; I can’t fault them on the concept, but so far the execution is a little off.
The positive is if you are a 1st Gen product customer you can upgrade your device to the Smart Feature for $25. That speaks volumes about the company not trying to upsell you and throw what isn’t broken! So again, writing a 1-Star review feels very harsh, but as stated through-out…at the time of writing, it just doesn’t deliver.
But what does deliver is their subscription to toothbrush heads! The direct to consumer model is a great approach, I’ve been doing with shaving products for a long time, I can definitely see this being an area that can greatly benefit by producing good products at lower costs. It may just take time though for that to matriculate to the masses. I have my preferred organic vegan-free planet saving hypnosis-inducing toothpaste that I like, so trying their other products may be a hard sell because we are creatures of habit.
You don’t have to buy into their other products to use this toothbrush, but you do have to buy their brush heads online and at least that has been made quite simple…subscription models work!