Oclean X Pro Elite Electric Toothbrush

Summary

If you share a bathroom with someone who’s still asleep while you brush, the Oclean X Pro Elite deserves a look for its noise level alone, because it runs at under 45 dB. It’s a sonic toothbrush with a touchscreen on the handle, wireless charging and a battery designed to be counted in weeks rather than days.

It drives the head at 84,000 movements per minute with a brushless magnetic motor and offers four modes (Clean, Sensitive, Massage and White), with the intensity adjustable on the screen itself or in the app.

In our battery test it lasted 35 days with two brushes a day in Clean mode, and it’s the criterion where it scores highest. At that rate, charging becomes a once-a-month job. We tested it in Spain with the standard pack; on Amazon.co.uk it’s sold as the Premium Set in black, the same toothbrush with 6 replacement heads and a travel case.

Cleaning does the job across most of the mouth, but the very back of the mouth calls for careful positioning and a slow pace. And in the more intense modes it’s worth taking care if your gums are delicate.

It suits people who value quiet, travel often and want to improve their technique by seeing a summary of every brush. If you just want a basic sonic brush to charge and forget, there are simpler options in this same guide.

Analysis and verdict

Cleaning – Score: 8.4/10

The movement is sonic, with no rotation, and the 84,000 movements per minute translate into a fine, steady vibration. It feels gentle in the mouth, without any hammering, and the W-shaped bristles follow the curve of each tooth to reach the gum edge better.

The score reflects what we saw with the disclosing tablet. Most of the mouth was clean after two minutes, but not all of it, and we explain what resisted in Test 1. The zone-change prompt every 30 seconds helps share the time between quadrants, and it’s worth following rather than speeding up at the end.

The handle is IPX7 rated, so you can rinse it under the tap or leave it wet by the basin without any problem. To get the most out of it, angle the head towards the gum and let the vibration do the work without scrubbing, moving tooth by tooth.

If you’re coming from a manual brush, the most common mistake is to keep scrubbing hard as before. With a sonic brush you just rest the head, leave it a few seconds on each tooth and move on, following the quadrant order the timer sets. That way the time is shared out evenly and the tricky areas get the same attention as your front teeth.

Battery life – Score: 9.1/10

This is where it does best and what matters most if you travel. The battery life we recorded reaches the maximum claimed for this model, so charging stops being something you think about every week and the charger can stay in a drawer for much of the month.

To score this criterion we look at how many days it lasts with two two-minute brushes a day, how long a full charge takes and whether you can go away without a charger. They’re the three questions you’ll ask yourself once it’s at home, and here the answers are good.

Charging is wireless, on the included charger, which also works with other compatible wireless chargers. A full charge took us 3.5 hours, and the charging pad got slightly warm after the first hour, though never worryingly so. Even so, leave it charging somewhere dry and clear in the bathroom. The UK Premium Set comes with a 2-in-1 wireless charger and wall-mounted magnetic holder, but no wall adapter, so you’ll need to use one you already have.

The only price you pay is that wait, because it isn’t a brush to charge quickly just before you go out. If you have a long trip ahead, leave it charging the night before and forget about it. Nor does it need to live on the charger, so you can keep it in the wall holder and charge it only when needed.

Pressure sensor and modes – Score: 7.9/10

This model doesn’t claim a pressure sensor and we didn’t assess one, so the score for this criterion comes from the modes, the intensity control and the timer. With such a fine intensity scale there’s room to suit almost any mouth, from delicate gums to people who want to feel more vibration.

Sensitive mode felt comfortable on delicate gums, and the quadrant change is marked by a brief pause in the vibration, enough to move to the next zone without looking at the handle or counting in your head.

To choose a mode, start with Clean at a medium intensity for the first week and adjust from there. If your gums feel irritated, lower the intensity or switch to Sensitive, and if they’re healthy and you want a stronger clean feel, step up gradually.

What costs it marks is how the more intense modes behave on sensitive gums, which we go into in Test 3. If you struggle to find your setting, the app lets you create a personalised brushing plan so you don’t have to adjust it by hand every time.

If you tend to press hard, try holding the handle with your fingertips rather than in a clenched fist. That makes it harder to overdo the pressure, and the bristles stay in good shape for longer.

Screen and app

The touchscreen on the handle lets you change mode, intensity and brushing time without touching your phone. A 6-axis gyroscope follows the brush’s position and, when you finish, the screen shows a brushing score split into 8 zones, with the ones you skipped clearly marked.

The Oclean app stores your brushing history, suggests a personalised plan and is also used to update the brush’s firmware. It isn’t essential, because the handle works fully without it, but if you want to follow your progress week by week it’s the most convenient way to do it.

For people who want to correct their habits, the combination of screen and app is what this brush brings to the table. If you just want to brush and put it back, you can ignore the app and rely on the summary on the screen.

Treat that data as a guide, because it depends on how you hold the handle, but it does help you spot patterns. If the same zone is flagged as missed every day, you know where to start your next brush.

What’s in the box and replacement heads

The standard version we tested comes with the handle, 1 head, the wireless charging pad, a wall holder and the manual. On Amazon.co.uk the listing is for the Premium Set, which according to the listing includes the handle, 6 Daily Clean brush heads, a travel case, the 2-in-1 wireless charger with wall-mounted magnetic holder and the user manual. It’s the same toothbrush with a more generous pack.

With six heads in the box, you can share the handle with someone else from day one, because the handle can be shared but the head can’t, and if it’s just for you, you have spares for a good while. The wall holder helps clear the worktop and keeps the brush always to hand.

Change the head when the bristles start to splay or every three months, whichever comes first. With worn bristles the brush vibrates just the same, but it reaches the gum edge and the inner surfaces of the molars less well.

Pros

• Under 45 dB, a low hum that lets you brush in the early hours without waking anyone up.
• A week’s trip without a charger, covered in our test without packing the charging pad.
• Touchscreen with an 8-zone summary, which shows you at the end which parts of your mouth you skipped without relying on your phone.
• 4 modes and 32 intensity levels, with room to adapt it to sensitive gums or to people who want more vibration.

Cons

• Residual stain at the back of the mouth after the disclosing tablet, on the inside of the last molars and along the lower gumline, so those areas call for more technique.
• White mode uncomfortable at maximum intensity on sensitive gums after the first minute, so it’s best used at medium levels.

Our test

Test 1: Cleaning – disclosing tablet before and after

We applied a plaque-disclosing tablet to the whole mouth, noted the starting point and brushed for two minutes in Clean mode following the technique in the manual, with the head at 45 degrees and moving slowly zone by zone. We repeated the test on three separate brushes by the same person. The tablet stains plaque, so anything still coloured after brushing is what the brush hasn’t removed.

Afterwards there was stain left on the inside of the last molars and along the gumline of the lower teeth, exactly where the head is hardest to position, and the rest of the mouth was clean. If you have wisdom teeth or crowded teeth, plan to spend a few extra seconds on those corners. Tilt the handle so the bristles reach the inner surface and hold the head still for a moment on each molar before moving on, because in those areas technique counts for more than the brush.

Test 2: Battery life – two brushes a day until the battery runs out

We kept up two two-minute brushes a day in Clean mode until the brush gave its low-battery warning and stopped working, then timed a full charge from empty on the included wireless charging pad. Alongside that, we took it on a week-long trip to see whether we could leave all the charging kit at home.

It lasted 35 days on that routine, and the week-long trip was covered without a charger. A full charge took 3.5 hours, and the pad felt slightly warm to the touch after the first hour, though never worryingly so. If you travel often, you can leave the charger at home for trips of several days, and if you charge it before you go, you won’t have to think about the battery for the whole trip.

Test 3: Pressure sensor and modes – all modes on sensitive gums

This model doesn’t claim a pressure sensor and we didn’t assess one in this test. We tried every mode for two minutes each on the same person, who has sensitive gums, and checked whether the zone-change prompt every 30 seconds is clearly noticeable while brushing.

The quadrant change is marked by a brief pause in the vibration. Sensitive mode was comfortable on delicate gums, while White at the top of the 32 levels became uncomfortable after the first minute, so we keep that mode for medium intensities. If your gums are delicate, start with Sensitive mode and raise the intensity gradually.

If you’d like to know more about what to look for, take a look at our guide to the best electric toothbrushes, where you’ll find the best models we’ve reviewed and help choosing the right one for you.