8Rank 08 of 8 · Best Electric Toothbrushes
Curaprox Curaprox Hydrosonic Pro
€199 for a brush with no pressure sensor at all, and heads at €16.30 each — six times Oral-B's — giving a five-year cost of about €525. Dentist-channel brand equity rather than measured superiority.
5.9BPR score
- €199Price
- approx. €525 over five years — the worst hereFive-year cost of ownership
- 8 of 8in Best Electric Toothbrushes
- 5.9BPR score 0–10
Review
What this product is
Written after the analysis, from the same sources the score is built on: the manufacturer's documentation, available studies and verified owner feedback.
The most expensive proposition here by a wide margin, and the one we find hardest to justify.
The five-year cost is about €525 — €199 for the handle and roughly €326 for twenty heads at €16.30 each. That is six times the price of Oral-B's round heads and more than six times the prokudent universal heads. It is €437 more than the prokudent Sonic LCD over the same period, and €411 more than the Oral-B Pro 3.
And it has no pressure sensor. At four times the price of brushes that do. That is the one hardware feature with supporting trial evidence behind it — a 36-month randomised study in people with existing recession found a visual pressure sensor associated with −0.10 mm recession change against +0.17 mm for manual brushing.
What you get instead is seven power levels and vibrations from 44,000 to 84,000 per minute. Note that this figure cannot be compared with Philips's 62,000 brush movements or Oral-B's oscillation counts — they measure different motions, and none correlates with test cleaning scores. Stiftung Warentest's 2025 winner runs 62,000; its 2024 winner is a brush for which Oral-B publishes no movement count at all.
Battery lasts about 15 days and takes up to ten hours to charge. Three heads are included. There is no app.
It was included in Stiftung Warentest's November 2025 test batch — visible in the free preview table — but the grade is behind the paywall. We do not know how it scored, and we are not going to assume.
Curaprox has real standing in the dental channel, and its interdental products are widely recommended by hygienists. That reputation does not automatically transfer to a powered handle with no pressure sensor at €199, and no published test we could access supports the premium.
Technical data
Specification
Figures from the manufacturer's documentation, verified against available outside sources. Values we could not confirm are marked as declared.
- Technology
- Sonic / vibrating
- Movements
- 44 000 (lowest setting) to 84 000 (highest) vibrations per minute
- Power levels
- 7
- Pressure sensor
- NONE
- Timer
- 30-second pacer
- Battery
- Li-ion, approx. 15 days; up to 10 hours to charge
- App
- None
- Head price
- EUR 32.59 for 2 = EUR 16.30 each
- Five-year cost
- approx. EUR 525 - worst here
- Included
- 3 heads
- Stiftung Warentest 11/2025
- In the test batch; grade paywalled
- Price
- EUR 199 (range EUR 199-209)
Component scores
Where the score
comes from.
Four components, equal weight, each on a 0–10 scale and each resting on a named source. The overall score is their mean — the full procedure is in the methodology.
What we liked
- Seven power levels, the widest adjustment range here
- 44 000 to 84 000 vibrations per minute
- Three heads included in the box
- Strong standing in the dental professional channel
- Included in Stiftung Warentest's November 2025 test batch
Worth knowing
- approx. €525 over five years — the worst cost of ownership here by €260
- NO pressure sensor, at four times the price of brushes that have one
- Heads at €16.30 each, six times Oral-B's
- Up to 10 hours to charge
- Its Stiftung Warentest grade is paywalled and unknown to us
- No app and no display at €199
- Vibration counts are not comparable across technologies
Comparison
How it compares
within the category
All values come from the same analysis and are comparable only within the category Best Electric Toothbrushes.
| Product | Score | Five-year cost of ownership | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philips Sonicare 5500Top score | 8.8 | €265 with genuine heads / approx. €110 with third-party heads | €75 |
| Curaprox Hydrosonic ProThis product | 5.9 | approx. €525 over five years — the worst here | €199 |
| Category average8 products analysed | 7.8 | — | — |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
My hygienist recommends Curaprox. Should I buy this?
Curaprox's reputation rests largely on its manual brushes and interdental products, which are genuinely well regarded. That does not automatically transfer to a €199 powered handle with no pressure sensor and €16.30 heads. If your hygienist has recommended this specific model for a specific reason, follow that advice — they know your mouth. If it is a general brand recommendation, note that Stiftung Warentest's 2025 winner cost €90 at test and its 2024 winner €80.
Are 84,000 vibrations better than 62,000?
The numbers are not comparable. Curaprox counts vibrations, Philips counts brush movements, and Oral-B counts oscillations and pulsations separately — different motions measured differently. None correlates with test cleaning scores: Stiftung Warentest's 2025 winner runs 62,000 brush movements, and its 2024 winner is an Oral-B for which no movement count is published at all. This is a specification arms race, not a performance measure.
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