I was skeptical about buying this because I was doing a good job with my manual toothbrush. This electric does a better job of doing my back molars and it reaches deeper in between the teeth. My teeth feel noticeably cleaner with this as opposed to a manual brush. Battery lasts for many brushes on a single charge.I bought this specific model because the higher priced models from Sonicare are a waste of money. The higher end models are the same hardware, but with a ..