I just repaired electric toothbrush. Again, for the third time (with different toothbrushes in my family, fuck Philips).
After two years of usage rubber button lost sealing. So replace it with screw furniture cap and seal ot with thermal-shrink tube (40/20 mm). Using only home hairdryer.
Ok I fixed mine with one of these.
Semi-related: There is new cozy computer game where you can repair consumer electronics. It is set in 2000s japan: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3812600/ReStory_Chill_Electronics_Repairs/
Upvoted, despite being not at all dull.
If/when my unit fails due to the button I'm bookmarking this so I can fix mine! Thanks.
This is great, useful and not dull!
As for stuff being of lower quality and lasting less long than it used to: I used to fix my electric shaver regularly, try changing brands... Nothing worked because all electric shaver brands are crap now. They used to last forever, now they fail in spectacularly stupid ways very quickly, like your electric toothbrush.
I solved the problem by growing a beard and shaving once a week: this instantly made the shaver last 7 times longer 🙂
I can't do that with toothbrushes of course. So I stick to manual.
for toothbrushes, never buy the bougie expensive ones, anything over 40-50, means it using some form of electronics thats not easily fixed. at least for oral-b, you can buy off-brand "brands" cheaper, the cost is mainly the replacement heads, oral-b makes thier money off the heads and not the toothbrush itself.
you can just get off-brand replacement heads.
Ocean state job lot sells knockoff heads at like $1/head instead of $5 or whatever the fuck they try to charge
In my family it was other bits that broke. The oldest one which I believe has to be between 12 and 15 years old now still works fine though.
That is smart! Now I know how to fix my tooth brush when the time comes!
Creative solution! Well done!
Ugh, mine fail3d in the same way. Keeps getting wet and shorting out. Seemed like a pretty stupid design choice. Planned obsolescence.
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