Review on Hydrofloss HydroFloss Hydromagnetic Oral Irrigator by Chad Overturf

Hydro Floss saves your mouth. Despite meticulous oral hygiene, I was diagnosed with a gun disease a year and a half ago. A friend bought me this machine and it has done wonders for my gums. My symptoms disappeared within a few months and the condition of my gums improved over time. I know Hydro Floss does so much for me: when I went on a 2 week trip and didn't take it with me despite electric toothbrush and floss, my gums got a little worse. Even when I go on a weekend trip, my gums often get a little more sensitive after two days without flossing. Water washes away so much food leftovers from between my gums and teeth and I feel great afterwards. I have at least one concavity under the gumline that Hydro Floss keeps clean. I used to use hydrofloss before regular flossing and brushing, but then I learned to use hydrofloss last so it can wash away anything that has come loose from flossing and brushing but is left on the teeth and gum line. I use Hydro Floss on the gum line and between my teeth. I go with a regular spring and then use a pocket spring. If you don't have these tips, you can buy pocket tips here: Hydrofloss "Pocket Pal" Jet Tips, or you can get Jet Furrow tips here: Hydro Floss Sulcus Jet Tips THOUGHTS FROM MY EXPERIENCE --- With just one tank of water goes a long way. The instructions say to use two full tanks, but after a while I gave up and only use one at night. Remove the handpiece immediately after flossing. Then, before reinserting the floss, hold the pin under running water to wet the rubber O-ring. This helps the tips slide in and out easily. Removing them might be murder otherwise, and I broke a few. It took me some time to understand this system. Also, I've never changed age-related tips (other than a small tip maybe?) and I've never cleaned my car by running bleach water through it or anything like that. I've never noticed any issues other than a bit of debris around the plastic rims of the tank which are easy to clean from the outside. As far as I can tell the machine does an excellent job with little maintenance. --- Add a protection around the base of the hose! if the machine is used by more than one person, possibly earlier). The leak is right where the hose exits the machine. Machine vibrations will cause the hose to rub and eventually wear out. I checked my hose and in fact I could see and feel where the hose had a frayed groove from the edge of the plastic thing tipping the hose as it comes out. The hose also felt a bit tight where it was bent 90 degrees. Some people have simply wrapped flexible plastic or rubber tubing around the base of the tubing, but I didn't have one and wanted to make sure I was protecting the tubing. hose wherever necessary. So I opened up the machine, removed the little piece of plastic that bends the hose, and then wrapped some tape around the base of the hose. I think this will work even better than the other fixes because the hose will no longer be kinked or pinched. Here's how I did it (see my drawings to help you if needed): 1. Remove the water tank and drain the water from the hose. (Don't worry about pouring out all the water. It's no big deal.). Then set the water pressure dial to 5 (or whatever 12 o'clock means - vertically up - on the face of the dial).2. Turn the base over and loosen the four screws that are countersunk in the base. They must be clearly visible. Then separate the top and bottom of the base. Be sure to keep an eye on the four ground screws. At this point pay attention to the position of the power cord, you just need to make sure it returns to the same position later, pay particular attention to how it is routed through the screw hole and out the back of the base (if yours has one). mine).3. At this point you can also remove the two plastic buttons for on/off and water pressure. Pay attention to what position they are in, as you'll need to put them back in the same position if you want everything to line up correctly with the numbers on the outer case. It's not very difficult, but it's the hardest part of the process. You will also likely want to remove the piece of plastic that guides the hose as it exits the case. It's what gets people's hoses leaking, and it's completely unnecessary unless you're really obsessive about the cord (I was when I first got the car but got over it very quickly). I still didn't have room for this piece after sealing the hose with tape. 3. Remove the two screws that secure the motor housing to the base. They are also error-free and very easily accessible. Separate the motor from the white plastic base and set the plastic base aside.4. Now you can protect your hose. I used duct tape and wrapped it several times to get a thick layer of duct tape around the base of the tubing. If you want to put another piece of flexible tubing on top, that works too.5. Reattach the motor to the white base with two small screws. Reattach the power cord by placing it over the screw hole and pulling it out properly. Then put the dials back into their slots. You can easily test the on/off switch by turning the dial so that it turns the motor on and off (I did this without plugging it in, so the motor didn't actually turn on). The pressure scale can be checked better after putting on the plastic housing. Therefore, after installing the dials, put on the top without screwing it in and check the dials. Remove the cover and adjust if necessary. When properly adjusted, tighten the four base screws.6. Connect the machine, fill and check the tank. Mine worked fine and I can't imagine there being any problems that nobody wants. The fix is actually very simple, even though I didn't make it easy on myself. See photos below for more information. I hope this review will save some people hundreds of dollars every time they replace their car. I am grateful for the review I read that brought the issue to my attention and thought I would detail how to fix it. If you don't want to dig into the car at all. You can try squeezing a few drops of wood glue or gorilla glue onto the spot where the piece of plastic guides the tube out of the machine. When it dries the glue should protect the hose from rubbing and even prevent it from vibrating as much. However, if you ever have to open the machine, one spot will get stuck and you could break the plastic trying to separate it. If you know of another way to protect the hose, leave a comment below to let people know more. ideas.