Customer Review(s)
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Almost 5 years...
Comment: After cleaning my teeth for almost 4 years and 8 months, my sonicare Elite 7300 buzzed its last vibe yesterday. The battery did not die on me, but the rubber button that covers the power switch developed a tear and thus allowing water into the chamber where the electronics reside. Unlike few reviews where the battery lost its charge after few years, mine held charge for at-least 10 days even on the day it died. Thats because of the fact that I charged and drained the battery completely on the initial charge and continued to do so once every couple of months or so.
While its a great product, i had few issues with this brush:
* The brush head cavity can fill up with water and gunk and can harbor bacteria unless its cleaned every week. More frequently if you brush while in the shower.
* While operating in the tooth brush for a couple of month abroad, the magnet in the brush head fell off.
* Brush heads are expensive. When i bought the brush, the cost of a pair was around $20 and they were supposed to last for 6 months. Lately, the duration has been shortened to 3 months while the cost of a pair has gone up about $5 a piece.
* The brush heads were made of plastic, metal, rubber and magnets. Made me feel so-not-green while throwing them away.
* The charger is only 110V and can be a trouble when traveling outside US.
Even with all these shortcomings, elite 7300 is a great dental hygiene product that was way better than manual brushing. I would buy this product in a heartbeat, but the newer Philips Sonicare Flexcare Rechargeable Sonic Toothbrush series seems to solve most of the issues that I faced with the elite series. So, if you are on a moderate budget for a squeaky clean teeth and don't mind shelling out a couple of "jacksons" a year for brush heads, this is the tooth brush you need to get.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: e7300 vs. e3000: Science Speaks Out (in Haiku!)
Comment: Too many reviews;
I'll do this one in Haiku!
Let's dive into it.
Saw all prior views
of Sonicare customers
Amazon provides.
Key to the debate:
whether cheaper is better,
or price wins the day.
Higher on dollars --
e7300 ("e seventy-three hundred") --
this very brush here.
Then there is this brush (Philips Sonicare Xtreme e3000 Power Toothbrush (Blue))
Cheaper, with features to match
(save only a few).
We bought both brushes,
one each for my wife and me.
Experimented.
Used both Sonicares.
Brushed ev'ry night, she and I.
Same treatment, same care.
Endlessly we sparred.
Three months later, here we are.
One emerged victor.
Three months was too much --
for the cheaper brush was crushed.
Suddenly it died.
No water damage,
no mishandling, no neglect.
It just died -- kaput!
Here is my advice:
for relability
shun the cheaper brush.
Yet consider thus:
THIS costs three times more than THAT.
It should give you pause.
You'll likely agree:
THAT must fail three times 'fore we
declare this the best.
For is this not true:
fail three times before I do
end up losing out?
The price of this, though
more reliable, cannot
beat the other's cost.
Friend, it's up to you.
Buy this or try two of those;
Less than three duds wins!
