On Sun, 25 May 2014 00:36:44 +0100, Davey
wrote:

I just bought a new electric toothbrush, one of the Oral-B ones, pretty
much universally available.
Tesco wanted £35, Morrisons wanted £17.50 for the exact same model, so
that's where we bought it.
But when unpacked, (after much fighting and cussing) it only has a 2-pin
plug, which would be fine if we had one of those bathroom 120v
transformer/sockets, but we don't. As it happens, I have lots of
suitable 3pin-to-2pin adaptors. But is the supplier (Morrisons, who
probably have no idea what they sell) not obliged to supply a UK-ready
device? I think I saw something about this recently, but can't remember
where, nor the outcome.

Two pin plugs have been normal for shavers and toothbrushes for as
long as I can remember.

Use an adapter, widely available.

I have noticed that a lot of hotel bathrooms don't now have a shaver
socket, I expect the thinking is that we all use rechargeable.

personally I don't like rechargeable shavers, I expect 15-20 years out
of a Philishave, and get it, batteries wouldn't last that long.

I bought a Philishave for my son, the same model was twice the price
in Argos compared to Boots next door, but it was a rechargeable one. I
couldn't find a mains one, are they still made?


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Graham.

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