STAR WARS "FIREFLY" LIGHT-UP LIGHTSABER TOOTHBRUSH
Star Wars "Firefly" Light-Up Lightsaber Toothbrush, retail $2.99 (www.fireflytoothbrush.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown) for Dr. Fresh (drfresh.com)
Last updated 08-05-21
The Star Wars "Firefly" Light-Up Lightsaber Toothbrush (hereinafter, probably just called a, "toothbrush" on this web page) is a manual toothbrush designed for children that has a bit of a twist: when activated, a blue light in the handle (directed up into the toothbrush portion itself) flashes and Star Wars sounds issue from a surprisingly large transducer (loudspeaker) at the base of the handle.
The sounds are loud enough to be clearly audible but not so loud so as to cause people in adjacent rooms to become piddled-off.
The unit flashes its light and plays sounds for exactly 1:02 and then automatically neutralises itself.
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To use the toothbrush, pull the blue protective cap straight off and set it someplace where it will not be stepped on or roll off the vanity and subsequently fall into the loo.
Apply a pea-sized quantity of your preferred toothpaste to the brush's bristles.
On the handle, press and then release the area where those gold things are (see photograph directly below).
When the sound and light show begins, proceed to brush your teeth.
When the toothbrush goes silent and the blue light turns off, you may stop brushing.
Douche the toothbrush head off under the tap, and then let it air-dry for awhile before placing the blue cap back on.
The Star Wars "Firefly" Light-Up Lightsaber Toothbrush isn't waterproof (well, not the handle anyway) but you can douche off the brush head under the tap (faucet) after each use. Since the toothbrush does stand upright on the tail portion of its handle, you may stand it up and allow it to dry for awhile before placing the cap back on in to order to help prevent mould, mildew, or any other sort of "fungalitis" from taking hold and growing on it.
Since this is a toothbrush, the ability of the user to safely wash it off under the faucet is essential.
Product was designed to be disposable; its estimated lifetime is three months.
However, if you're feeling a bit adventerous (or if you simply don't like wasting things), the batteries CAN be changed with only a modicum of difficulty.
Using a small Phillips screwdriver, unscrew and remove the two small screws near the base. Set them aside where they won't go in the rug and later fall prey to the hungry, hungry vaccum cleaner.
Gently pull the unit apart by gripping the upper portion of the handle and the base and pulling straight apart; slightly jiggling them if necessary.
On the part of the unit where the base is, you'll see the "guts" of the toothbrush. You'll immediately see the battery holder with three LR44 button cells in it. Observe how they are installed, then remove them (enlisting the aid of a small screwdriver if necessary) and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit.
Insert three new LR44 button cells into this carriage, orienting them the same way the old ones were installed.
Slide the base and handle back together, orienting it so that the black pushbutton switch in the "guts" faces the gold things on the handle; lining up the screw holes as you press the two parts together. Screw in those two screws that you removed earlier (this can be a bit fiddly on occasion, but they will eventually go in!), and there, you're finished.
You probably don't want to change the batteries too many times however; the toothbrush head (the part with the bristles) is not replaceable at all and it will lose effectiveness as it wears out over time.
This is a toothbrush, not a flashlight designed to be thrashed, trashed, and abused. So I won't throw it against the wall, stomp on it, try to drown it in the toylet bowl or the cistern, run over it, swing it against the concrete floor of a porch, use a small sledgehammer in order to bash it open to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoñata, drop it down the top of Mt. Erupto (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piñata" too much again - candiosity is usually checked with a laser-type device on a platform with a large readout (located at Piñata Central), with a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or with a pack-of-cards-sized device that Fergy Fudgehog uses; the cannoñata (also located at Piñata Central) is only used to shoot piñatas to piñata parties away from picturesque Piñata Island, and Mt. Erupto is an active volcano on Piñata Island {In the episode "Les Saves the Day...Again", Paulie Preztail says "Hey, ever wonder why this park's called 'Mount Erupto' anyway?", then Franklin Fizzlybear says "I think its an old native term. Means 'very safe.'"}, send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analyses, or inflict upon it punishments that a flashlight might have to have performed on it. So this section of the web page will be ***SIGNIFICANTLY*** more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight.
The toothbrush does stand up vertically on its own quite well; this may help you have a cleaner bathroom.
Photograph of the product in its "on" state (cap in place).
Photograph of the product in its "on" state (cap removed).
Brief video on YourTube showing the Star Wars "Firefly" Light-Up Lightsaber Toothbrush in action.
The product also produces sound, so you'll want to turn your computer speakers or earphones up.
I'm currently running my computer in Safe Mode, so I cannot verify how well the sounds got recorded.
(I viewed this web page on my cellular telephone handset and verified that the toothbrush's sounds are indeed audible both in this video and the audio clip directly below.)
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this toothbrush.
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this toothbrush; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 450nm and 470nm to pinpoint emission peak wavelength, which is 458.93nm.
The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at swtooth.txt
TEST NOTES:
Product was purchased at the Happy Market in Fresno CA. USA on 08-03-21
UPDATE: 00-00-00
PROS:
This would definitely encourage younger people to brush
Large speaker results in clear audio; but it isn't objectionably loud
NEUTRAL:
CONS:
The fact that the entire product is disposable -- a bit on the wasteful side if you ask me. Having a replaceable brush head would make more sense without significantly increasing the price
MANUFACTURER: Unknown for Dr. Fresh, LLC
PRODUCT TYPE: Lights & sounds toothbrush
LAMP TYPE: 5mm blue LED
No. OF LAMPS: 1
BEAM TYPE: N/A
REFLECTOR TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Pushbutton to turn on located on barrel/auto-off
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
BEZEL: N/A (it's a TOOTHBRUSH for Butt-Head sakes!)
BATTERY: 3x LR44 button cells
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
WATER- AND WILD BOAR PEE-RESISTANT: Light splatter-resistance (toothbrush head can be douched off under the tap)
SUBMERSIBLE: ¡¡¡EL CONEJITO DE PASCUA UTILIZANDO UN CEPILLO DE DIENTES QUE CAYERON EN UN INODORO SIN SONROJADO, NO!!!
ACCESSORIES: Batteries, brush cover
SIZE: ~170.4mm L (with cover removed) x 29.60mm Dia. (at its greatest width)
WEIGHT: 57.0g (2.01 oz) incl. batteries
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: China
WARRANTY: Unknown/not stated
PRODUCT RATING:
Product is not designed to emit light, so the traditional "star" rating will not be applied.
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, fire it from the cannoñata
- candiosity is usually checked with a laser-type device on a platform with a large readout (located at Piñata Central), with a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or with a pack-of-cards-sized device that Fergy Fudgehog uses; the cannoñata (also located at Piñata Central) is only used to shoot piñatas to piñata parties away from picturesque Piñata Island, and Mt. Erupto is an active volcano on Piñata Island {In the episode "Les Saves the Day...Again", Paulie Preztail says "Hey, ever wonder why this park's called 'Mount Erupto' anyway?", then Franklin Fizzlybear says "I think its an old native term. Means 'very safe.'"
}, send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analyses, or inflict upon it punishments that a flashlight might have to have performed on it. So this section of the web page will be ***SIGNIFICANTLY*** more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight.
Photograph of the product in its "on" state (cap removed).
