Speaker 1: Hey there, everybody, Welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ.
Speaker 1: This is our Holiday Gift Guide gift number six. It
Speaker 1: is Monday, December eighth, and yes, another full week of
Speaker 1: gift ideas for you Monday through Friday. Our iHeart producers
Speaker 1: sent us a box of goodies that we got to
Speaker 1: try out, and we are passing along our thoughts on
Speaker 1: some of the hottest gifts and gadgets that you could
Speaker 1: possibly be purchasing for family members. And number six is
Speaker 1: the Slate Electric flosser. Have you ever wanted an electric flosser? Uh?
Speaker 2: You know, I floss a lot, so I am very
Speaker 2: interested in this product.
Speaker 1: Yes, I floss a lot too.
Speaker 2: I didn't know electric was a thing.
Speaker 1: I didn't either, so I didn't even know this was possible.
Speaker 1: We'll give you the description.
Speaker 2: Flosser is the right, Yeah.
Speaker 1: That's what flosser flosser. So here is what slate electric
Speaker 1: floss This is what or how they describe their product.
Speaker 1: This is the first three in one electric flosser that
Speaker 1: goes far beyond string floss or water flossers. It combines
Speaker 1: four hundred strand woven floss heads built in gum brushes
Speaker 1: and a triple road tongue scraper for a complete clean
Speaker 1: your toothbrush can't reach.
Speaker 2: I don't want it anymore.
Speaker 1: Have you ever scraped your tongue before? With uh?
Speaker 2: Haven't we heard different opinions about doing so at the
Speaker 2: end of brushing your teeth. I think a lot of
Speaker 2: people could get into the habit of doing though it's
Speaker 2: doing so. I think I do something.
Speaker 1: I've brushed my tongue. I've never scraped my tongue.
Speaker 2: Wait for but we're talking about the same thing. Yeah,
Speaker 2: the brushing is the.
Speaker 1: Scraper, I guess, yes, But I've never used a tongue scraper.
Speaker 1: They actually have them.
Speaker 2: Oh, this is the first ever tungue scraper.
Speaker 1: Well no, it's just in combination with an electric flosser
Speaker 1: and a gum massage.
Speaker 2: Telling me tongue. Well, you said a gum massage. I
Speaker 2: didn't know about that either. Wait a second. You're saying
Speaker 2: there are products out there called tongue scrapers.
Speaker 1: I think so. I've heard of it. Yes, so I
Speaker 1: actually tried it this morning. But we'll get to that
Speaker 1: in a second. Okay. The reusable, non toxic floss heads
Speaker 1: last up to a week and replace more than seven
Speaker 1: hundred single use floss picks a year.
Speaker 2: Can you please repeat that sentence again.
Speaker 1: So you actually attach a floss head to this electric floster,
Speaker 1: you know, when you can buy the bags of those
Speaker 1: little flosters that are so for people who don't like
Speaker 1: to actually just use this ring. But they're it's like
Speaker 1: anales loves those and she likes to buy these bags
Speaker 1: of those flosters. So they're saying their flossheads last for
Speaker 1: a full week and then you just replace it every week.
Speaker 2: But you're throwing something out.
Speaker 1: Well, yes, you would throw it out every week. So
Speaker 1: and then you have to buy I'll get into this too.
Speaker 1: You have to buy replacement flossheads. Yes, so it can
Speaker 1: be a gift, but you're also then requiring the recipient
Speaker 1: too that I figured out. You buy them in twenty packs.
Speaker 1: They last for four months, so you have to buy
Speaker 1: replacement packs three times a year. So we'll get into
Speaker 1: the cost of all of that, but that is something
Speaker 1: to consider, right, I'm gonna I'm going to continue with
Speaker 1: the description of the Slate electric floss designed by dentists
Speaker 1: and recommended by more than five hundred hygienists. Slate offers
Speaker 1: three sonic speeds for a gentle but powerful clean that
Speaker 1: works for braces, implants, kids, and sensitive gums. They talk
Speaker 1: about the gums sweeping massage and the tongue scraper. They
Speaker 1: say that removes thirty percent more odor causing bacteria than
Speaker 1: brushing alone, helping your breath stay fresher longer. And they
Speaker 1: say the floster was created by a dentist, sorry, a
Speaker 1: doctor who grew up terrified of dentists and then became
Speaker 1: determined to design a tool that made flossing easier for everyone,
Speaker 1: including kids. So I thought that was cool. So I
Speaker 1: tried it out this morning, and again, you've never used
Speaker 1: an electric floster before.
Speaker 2: I didn't know they existed. Was the water pick thing
Speaker 2: that knew about that one, But I'm just old school
Speaker 2: with the floor.
Speaker 1: Yes, So I tried it out, and I have to
Speaker 1: say I was a little nervous at first, because I too,
Speaker 1: am a big flosser, but I have always had sensitive
Speaker 1: teeth and gums, so I was nervous about putting this
Speaker 1: thing that was buzzing in between my teeth. I was
Speaker 1: a little timid at first, but I was pleasantly surprised
Speaker 1: I did not bleed, which I know you're not supposed to,
Speaker 1: but I do tend to. Do you bleed when you floss? Uh?
Speaker 2: None, because I do it so often.
Speaker 1: Now that i've a little bit, now you're like, whoopsie,
Speaker 1: I will. But I was impressed. I did not at all.
Speaker 1: It was very comfortable, and I actually, for the thirty
Speaker 1: minutes after I did it, I liked the way my
Speaker 1: mouth felt. I guess that's the gum massage, that's a
Speaker 1: part of it. My mouth felt really clean. And I
Speaker 1: don't know, you know how you feel when you leave
Speaker 1: the dentist and you know that they got into every
Speaker 1: nook and cranny.
Speaker 2: Uh, miserable usually yeah, I'm usually in pain. I don't
Speaker 2: know what happens after your dental visits, but yes, I
Speaker 2: do remember how I feel.
Speaker 1: Okay, well take away the pain part. You know your
Speaker 1: teeth feel really clean?
Speaker 2: Yeah, they got up in there like you can't exactly.
Speaker 1: So I really felt like that was the case for
Speaker 1: me where I I like the way I felt afterwards
Speaker 1: enough and it felt like my mouth or my teeth
Speaker 1: were cleaner than before, or just by using a regular
Speaker 1: flaws that it would make me want to keep doing
Speaker 1: it again. Now the was I went to look at
Speaker 1: the reviews on Amazon. They're really good. Seventy percent I
Speaker 1: would say, overwhelmingly positive five stars. That's pretty rare and
Speaker 1: hardly any negative ones. Every single comment I read was positive.
Speaker 1: That is impressive. Would you try this? With what I
Speaker 1: just said and the reviews that I read all pretty
Speaker 1: much positive, saying that they keep using it and it's
Speaker 1: worth the money.
Speaker 2: I think so I have. My questions are about I
Speaker 2: guess this is one of those you have to keep
Speaker 2: it charged.
Speaker 1: Yes, you do have to keep it charged, but they
Speaker 1: say the charge lasts forty hours or something like that,
Speaker 1: and it's really easy. You just plug it into a
Speaker 1: box and you charge it. So I guess. I don't know.
Speaker 2: How often is there a.
Speaker 1: Court there is a cord, there is a cord involved.
Speaker 2: Those things always driving just this stuff. I don't know
Speaker 2: why that turns me off. Somebody having to sit something
Speaker 2: else on the counter, here's another cord and gets junking.
Speaker 2: I don't know why that. That was my first question
Speaker 2: about it, right, is it's just going to take up space?
Speaker 2: But not what you describe sounds great, and I floss
Speaker 2: and go through a lot of flaws the replacement things
Speaker 2: or maybe give me a little pause, but.
Speaker 1: All right, so here, Yeah, so the heads can be
Speaker 1: I do think it ends up adding up. And this
Speaker 1: is an important thing. You know, we talked about last year.
Speaker 1: We had the Aura ring, which we love, but your
Speaker 1: issue was if you give this gift, you now know
Speaker 1: that the person who is going to be the recipient
Speaker 1: has to take on a was it a six dollars
Speaker 1: a month investment to continue to be able to read
Speaker 1: and use the ring. So you're giving someone a gift,
Speaker 1: but you're also saying, hey, if you want to continue
Speaker 1: to use this gift, you're now going to have to
Speaker 1: take on a price. So that is something to consider,
Speaker 1: I think when you're deciding whether or not to give
Speaker 1: this to somebody. But I did the research. Every four months,
Speaker 1: you would need to buy a pack of twenty replacement heads.
Speaker 1: Those replacement heads cost twenty nine ninety nine thirty bucks,
Speaker 1: so every four months, that makes it one hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty dollars a month, sorry, one hundred and twenty dollars
Speaker 1: a year. So you're giving someone a gift that now
Speaker 1: is going to require them to spend one hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty dollars a year to year US and you have
Speaker 1: to consider that. So then maybe the right thing to do,
Speaker 1: the nice thing to do, would be to give them
Speaker 1: a year's supply of heads. But now you've got to
Speaker 1: keep up with all those bags and put them somewhere.
Speaker 1: I always think about this from a New York City
Speaker 1: apartment standpoint. Maybe when you live in the suburbs and
Speaker 1: you have a big home and you have plenty of
Speaker 1: space to put extra things in. We don't, So that's
Speaker 1: a consideration, is well, like what would I do with
Speaker 1: all of these packs? Like I got to put them somewhere.
Speaker 1: So again, all things to consider when weighing whether or
Speaker 1: not to give this gift. But again I do want
Speaker 1: to say very comfortable, very clean, and perhaps giving someone
Speaker 1: dental hygiene is a gift that keeps on giving because
Speaker 1: it's very important.
Speaker 2: Can I ask, as well, do you know has this
Speaker 2: company been around a while? Kind of a thing? Is
Speaker 2: this such a new product that you need to worry that? Man,
Speaker 2: if it doesn't work out, then these replacement heads I'm
Speaker 2: never going to be able to get again kind of
Speaker 2: a thing.
Speaker 1: I don't think I wouldn't be worried about that so much.
Speaker 1: So here's what I know about the company. Slate is
Speaker 1: a run by a woman led team, which is pretty
Speaker 1: cool for any females out there wanting to support other females.
Speaker 1: This is one of these women led teams in Spokane, Washington.
Speaker 1: But I do like the fact that they and you
Speaker 1: go on their web page, thousands of dental professionals are
Speaker 1: saying this is an amazing product, and even some of
Speaker 1: the folks on Amazon who wrote and said their actual
Speaker 1: dentists recommended this specific to brush so sorry Flosser. So
Speaker 1: it is something that dentists recommend, highly recommend, and you
Speaker 1: do see that perpetuated on the Amazon review. So I
Speaker 1: do feel comfortable in saying this seems like a It
Speaker 1: is a legit company that is backed by dental professionals,
Speaker 1: people who know a lot more about that type of
Speaker 1: hygiene than I do. So that's something to be considered.
Speaker 1: So when we come back, we're going to talk about
Speaker 1: where you can buy it, how much it costs, and
Speaker 1: then we'll get a little teas in for our next
Speaker 1: holiday gift recommendation and welcome back everyone, we are talking
Speaker 1: about gift number six on our holiday gift Guide. We
Speaker 1: are going through December Monday through Friday, giving you a
Speaker 1: gift idea some of the hottest trends and gadgets that
Speaker 1: are out there. This one today Monday, December eighth is
Speaker 1: the Slate electric flosser. So, if you have somebody in
Speaker 1: your life who is really into their dental hygiene, or
Speaker 1: maybe you want to kindly suggest they should be. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure, however, would anyone be offended by getting this? Like,
Speaker 1: what are you saying? I need to floss more? Do
Speaker 1: I have bad breath?
Speaker 2: That's a very good question. You'd have to be very
Speaker 2: close to this person or know what they're really into. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it seems intimate somebody that you live in the house with.
Speaker 1: If you gave this to your co worker, would they
Speaker 1: be offended?
Speaker 2: You know, maybe it's a wake up call. And but look,
Speaker 2: I've had the issues I've had then. This always had
Speaker 2: to do with flossing. They always told me that is
Speaker 2: because of flossing. Last time I was there, a dentist
Speaker 2: actually told me. He said, yeah, people get so caught
Speaker 2: up and brushing their teeth. They just do that because
Speaker 2: they want their breath to smell good. You need to
Speaker 2: be flossing. We're just going to cause you problems.
Speaker 1: He told me that, and that was a big part
Speaker 1: of the cell on this one is that if you
Speaker 1: want to have better breath, and who doesn't, that this
Speaker 1: is actually the perfect gift. But again I think, yes,
Speaker 1: you have to know who you're giving it to and
Speaker 1: make sure they're not offended by the gift itself. And
Speaker 1: I did try the tongue scraperer out and it felt weird,
Speaker 1: but I'm I guess it makes sense. I mean, I
Speaker 1: do brush my tongue, so to scrape your tongue at
Speaker 1: the end, I've never done it before, but we'll see
Speaker 1: if well, it kind of felt. It wasn't painful, it
Speaker 1: just maybe kind of felt a little refreshing. Are you
Speaker 1: supposed to scrape your tongue?
Speaker 2: I see tongue cleaners for say, I'm googling stuff as
Speaker 2: we's in here. Yeah, it's a thing. Why do you
Speaker 2: need a special tongue hmmm, tongue brush?
Speaker 1: My tongue actually feels smoother right now. I just like
Speaker 1: kind of felt it on the roof of my mouth
Speaker 1: and it does feel smoother.
Speaker 2: Because they should make these for cats too.
Speaker 1: Then they can't clean themselves. They need those little things
Speaker 1: on their tongue. I don't know, So, yeah, so okay,
Speaker 1: where you can buy this. You can buy this on Amazon. Obviously,
Speaker 1: I said, I looked at the Amazon review, so that's
Speaker 1: pretty obvious. The retail price is one hundred and twenty
Speaker 1: nine dollars and ninety nine cents.
Speaker 2: I am surprised by that. That is not cheap.
Speaker 1: No, it is not. And then again you have to
Speaker 1: consider that it is an additional one hundred twenty dollars
Speaker 1: a year to use to get those replacement heads. How
Speaker 1: many they come with they come with the pack? Oh, actually,
Speaker 1: you know what so important? One, two, three, four, five,
Speaker 1: So you get.
Speaker 2: Five heads the last you five weeks.
Speaker 1: Five weeks.
Speaker 2: I mean you've got to survive the rest of almost
Speaker 2: a year.
Speaker 1: There's no way you're supposed to use these for seven
Speaker 1: days in a row. They're good for a week. So
Speaker 1: I would suggest if you get this gift, if you
Speaker 1: choose to get this gift, you should definitely already get
Speaker 1: that first pack of twenty twenty nine ninety nine. So
Speaker 1: now you're looking at one hundred and sixty bucks minimum
Speaker 1: to give this gift that has any real value, because
Speaker 1: to only give them five heads doesn't seem right.
Speaker 2: It's not gonna last them.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so you're gonna need to consider that, and that
Speaker 1: is a big consideration. I don't know if I would
Speaker 1: want to like push this further than what they recommend
Speaker 1: this seven days, because it's kind of gross and you
Speaker 1: can come, but you know, we throw away flass after
Speaker 1: each use, so seven days is about all. That's what
Speaker 1: the company says, That's what I would keep it at.
Speaker 2: But you you know what, now that if you've broken
Speaker 2: this down, and again, I hate to get caught up
Speaker 2: on the financials here, but it is relevant when you
Speaker 2: put into context that this gift for one year is
Speaker 2: going to cost you two hundred and forty dollars, right,
Speaker 2: two hundred and forty eight plus two hundred and fifty
Speaker 2: dollars between buying it and all the replacement you're going
Speaker 2: to need. That becomes a pretty pricey gift.
Speaker 1: And a lot of people address this on some of
Speaker 1: the comments I saw, and you know what, they argued,
Speaker 1: this was the the other side of this. It's a
Speaker 1: lot cheaper than the dental work you have to get
Speaker 1: done when you don't floss properly.
Speaker 2: I am I am not our I think it is
Speaker 2: worth it. Well, you certainly seem to write your soul.
Speaker 2: I liked it.
Speaker 1: I'm going to keep using it. And it's Look, the
Speaker 1: truth is, if anyone has had cavities and crowns and
Speaker 1: me root canals, yes, I've never thanked.
Speaker 2: God, I've never had to you name it, all of it.
Speaker 1: So you know how painful and expensive that is. So
Speaker 1: if you told yourself, all right, the initial year is
Speaker 1: two fifty, but then beyond that it's one hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty a year, and I now know that my likelihood
Speaker 1: of any of that kind of dental work has drastically
Speaker 1: been reduced. That is a worthwhile investment. I think anyone
Speaker 1: who's had trouble in the dental chair will say, you
Speaker 1: know what, I'll go ahead and take a little bit
Speaker 1: of an expense on the front side instead of dealing
Speaker 1: with a lot more pain in the pocketbook and in
Speaker 1: the mouth later.
Speaker 2: Hey, we can we share it.
Speaker 1: That was a job Rose, But I was actually thinking,
Speaker 1: I guess you could change the heads out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're really blazing through it. And now we got
Speaker 2: about twice as many.
Speaker 1: All right. So anyway, tomorrow's gift actually is interesting because
Speaker 1: you could pair it with this one if you really
Speaker 1: wanted to send a message to the person you loved,
Speaker 1: if that makes any sense.
Speaker 2: Not much. Oh, okay about bad breath, We had a
Speaker 2: toothbrush coming, then tomorrow is what we got.
Speaker 1: Don't give away the teas.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: I will just give away the teas. You'll have to
Speaker 1: stay tuned to see what tomorrow's UH number seven gift
Speaker 1: is for our holiday gift guide. But we hope you've
Speaker 1: been enjoying.
Speaker 2: Are it's right here. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: I didn't even just staring at the next but.
Speaker 2: I was only listening. I wasn't actually saying. It's actually
Speaker 2: in my face.
Speaker 1: I actually have tomorrow's gift right in front of TJ.
Speaker 1: But we'll have to wait for it tomorrow. But thank
Speaker 1: you everyone for listening to us. I may be ROBOC
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