Advanced Action Oral B Pro Health Toothbrush Review

Exactly what my picky toothbrush (toothbrush expert?) significant other wants in a toothbrush. They changed the handle (also Oral B but I can't find the old ones to say what they replace - I know it annoys me too) but the brush is the same as his. in their old ones.

Considering how much I LOVE the Oral B cross-action brushes for my electric model, I was pleased to see the head in the instructions as I use both. The heads are great as I was hoping, but of all the manual toothbrushes I've used these are the first to be very difficult to hold once the toothpaste starts dripping onto the handle! It gets so slippery that you have to stop halfway and rinse out the pen! Pretty strange issue as I've never encountered this before regardless of the brand.

I've been using the Oral-B Cross Action Toothbrush for years, the large size with medium bristles and no stupid plastic fingers on the sides. They worked great. I can only assume that someone at Oral-B decided to take their electric toothbrush business forward and effectively destroy a great product. Item 1 - ruled out, apparently large size (60). Point 2 - despite being advertised as having medium bristles (soft bristles suck - don't even feel like the brush is brushing teeth) they feel soft -