Since the end of 2024 when they launched in Australia, Oclean has bolted out of the block with their range of dental care products. After the other editor raved on about their Oclean units, I thought I better check out for myself what the fuss is when with the Oclean X Lite.
Oclean calls it a smart sonic electric toothbrush.
First Impressions
The Oclean X Lite came in what can only described as an oversized snack tub, complete with peel off lid. Well, peel off back in this case.
There is a method to the madness, as to the best of my knowledge, almost the entirety of the packaging is made from paper. There is just one piece of plastic – a small label stuck to the handle of the unit giving you a quick start guide.
The USB charging port is on the bottom of the toothbrush, quite well sealed from liquid ingestion with a cover that has an insert into the USB port.
In Use
The quick start guide says to press the button for two seconds to confirm the language. Short presses will change the selection. This applies for the brushing mode as well. It does not take much to get the hang of things.
I have been a manual brushing person in forever, but for the last nine months or so I have made the effort to use an electric toothbrush on a daily basis. For most of my life I have struggle with periodontitis on and off.
A water flosser has made quite an impact in my management of that. But stepping it up with an electric toothbrush has made a difference that even my dental hygienist has noticed significant positive changes at my last visit.
I am not such a fool to think my brushing regime is spot on, but it was certainly heartening to hear that I am at least somewhat winning the fight with the tools that are readily available to consumers. Still, I was a little fearful of what the Oclean would provide in feedback.
Embedded in the handle is a colour screen that gives you real time feedback to your brushing. The Oclean runs on a two minutes thirty seconds cycle, with a little pause at every 30 seconds to give indication of how you are tracking for time.
If you pause the cycle, the screen will display the cleaning coverage you have made to that point. At the end of the full cycle it gives you the feedback.
If the Oclean has sensed that you have adequately cleaned your teeth, then all four quadrants will be shown in white with a gold stars thrown in and play a little celebratory tune.
On the other hand if it deems you have missed some coverage, those missed areas will be displayed in red and you can press the button to reactivate the toothbrush to go over those areas again.
I swapped out my old toothbrush with the Oclean, diving in head first. I must be doing pretty ok with my routine as I am getting more happy tunes than bad feedback. Once in a while I just need to go over an area in extra time to get a clean sign off.
Other Features
The Oclean X Lite runs at up to 72,000 movements per minute with their Maglev sonic motor. There is a total of five brushing modes available. The one I use most is the daily clean. There is also whitening polishing, deep cleaning, massage soothing and sensitive gum care.
It is also very quiet when running.
In all honesty other than daily clean, the deep cleaning mode is the other one I would be likely to use. The Oclean does make it easy to make more of an effort to keep my teeth clean without having to change my brushing style.
To be fair though, I don’t feel that the movement is any different, however the screen feedback does give a little more detail. So instead of showing just two parts per quadrant, it shows three.
One thing to note is that the Oclean X Lite has no app support. It actually makes for a refreshing change as that was one aspect that I was not looking forward to.
I have no doubt apps can give me huge amounts of information in real time and on a bigger screen, I am not one to have my phone running an app whilst I am brushing my teeth, I am leaning over the sink with toothbrush foam running down the handle and dripping into the sink.
The good thing is, it is IPX7 rated so I just rinse it off under the tap and it’s like water off a duck’s back.
One last thing to say, the Oclean wakes up when you pick up the toothbrush. It is ready to go long before you are ready with wetting the bristles and putting on the toothpaste.
Battery Life
The Oclean X Lite has a rated battery life of up to 40 days officially, which is “validate by two minutes brushing duration twice a day in sensitive gum care mode.” This is a bit of a marketing trickery when the normal cleaning cycle runs at 2 minutes 30 seconds.
That said, you should see at least three weeks usage at a minimal before it will need a juice up.
It takes three hours to fully charge the Oclean X Lite via a USB-C port. Thankfully not DC type barrel plugs in sight. The internal battery is rated at 1100 mAh.
Conclusions
If you are looking for a smarter electric toothbrush, the Oclean X Lite is a step up from the basic models. It gives enough feedback without overwhelming you with minute details, and is a great step up to build stronger oral hygiene habits.
It can be a little confronting at the start but I found myself settling in just fine. Think of it as an assistant to help you maintain a consistent toothbrushing routine in between those visits to the dentist. It’s much more mute and helpful that that cursed Clippy.
Given my general reluctance to be using my phone whilst I brush my teeth, the Oclean X Lite is a good compromise. It may not satisfy those who wants to really deep dive into everything, but at the same time, it is not going to cost you like the top of the line Oclean units.
The Oclean X Lite has a RRP of A$199.95 but right now EoFY savings has it down to just A$99.00 at the Shaver Shop Au (A$110 on the Oclean website). It sure is much cheaper than paying a dentist for scaling and root planing at every visit.
Replacement brush heads are $29.95, but take advantage of EoFY sales at Shaver Shop cos they are down to $14.95 and you know you are going to need to change them every season.
