The Cheapest Electric Toothbrushes to Own That Have a Pressure Sensor
A pressure sensor is the feature most often cut from cheap electric toothbrushes, so this list starts there and then asks what each brush costs to keep running. The Oral-B Pro 1000 comes out lowest at about $100 over three years. That is not the cheapest handle on the list (the Philips Sonicare 3100 is, at $40); heads decide the order. 24 brushes qualify.
How this list is ordered: Ordered by three-year cost: handle price plus the heads you would buy over 36 months at the maker's lowest multipack price, less any heads in the box, then by handle price. 24 of the catalog’s brushes qualify.
1Oral-B
~$50Oral-B Pro 1000
Oral-B's long-running entry rechargeable is still on sale, now badged Gum Care and shipped with two heads.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$100 · $50 + $50
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor · ADA Seal listing
2Philips Sonicare
~$40Philips Sonicare 3100
What the 3100 adds over the 1100 is a pressure sensor: the handle vibrates when you press too hard.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$113 · $40 + $73
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
3Philips Sonicare
~$50Philips Sonicare 4100
Philips' long-selling 4100 pairs a pressure sensor with two intensity levels and a BrushSync reminder that lights up when the head is due.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$123 · $50 + $73
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
4Philips Sonicare
~$60Philips Sonicare 5000
New to Philips' US catalog in 2026, the 5000 adds a Gum Health mode and ships with a whitening head alongside the plaque head.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$127 · $60 + $67
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
5Oral-B
~$60Oral-B iO Series 3
At the snapshot price this was the cheapest iO handle on oralb.com, a few dollars under the iO2.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$139 · $60 + $79
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor · ADA Seal listing
6Oral-B
~$65Oral-B iO Series 2
Oral-B pitches the iO2 as the one-button way into its iO range: the handle starts on its super-sensitive setting, and the only control is a single button.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$144 · $65 + $79
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor · ADA Seal listing
7Philips Sonicare
~$80Philips Sonicare Series 5700
The Series 5700 is the entry point to Philips' 62,000-movement motor, the same figure the company quotes for its $380 Prestige.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$153 · $80 + $73
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
8quip
~$55quip Rev
quip's round-head brush, and the rare oscillating model whose maker puts a speed on it: 9,630 oscillations a minute.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$154 · $55 + $99
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor
9quip
~$65quip Ultra Lite
quip's stronger sonic brush drops the gentle-only approach: three modes up to Deep Clean, an LED pressure sensor, and a silicone-wrapped handle.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$164 · $65 + $99
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
10quip
~$70quip Rev Smart
A Rev with Bluetooth: every session is logged in the quip app automatically, with points for good habits.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$169 · $70 + $99
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor- LaifenWave ProSonic
11Laifen
~$120Laifen Wave Pro
Laifen's brush both vibrates and swings its head through 60 degrees, a hybrid of the sonic and oscillating approaches.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$175 · $120 + $55
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor 
12Oral-B
~$100Oral-B iO Series 4
This is where the iO line picks up the Oral-B app and a hard travel case.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$179 · $100 + $79
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor · ADA Seal listing
13Philips Sonicare
~$130Philips Sonicare Series 6500
Philips adds the app, a travel case and a purple pressure light to the 62,000-movement motor on the 6500.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$197 · $130 + $67
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
14Oral-B
~$120Oral-B iO Series 5
Five modes, a hard case and real-time app tracking of where you brush make up the iO5's pitch.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$199 · $120 + $79
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor · ADA Seal listing- BURSTPro 2.0 SonicSonic
15BURST
~$121BURST Pro 2.0
BURST's headline figure is battery: up to nine months on one charge, by far the longest rechargeable claim in this catalog.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$209 · $121 + $88
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor 
16Philips Sonicare
~$160Philips Sonicare Series 7100
Philips' 2026 7100 is the cheapest Sonicare with a charging travel case, and it has four modes, the 5700's Gum Health plus the 6500's White and Sensitive, with three intensities.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$227 · $160 + $67
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
17Oral-B
~$160Oral-B iO Series 6
A handle display is the reason to step up to the iO6: Oral-B uses it to select modes, count down the brushing time, flag a worn head and show battery level.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$239 · $160 + $79
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor · ADA Seal listing
18Philips Sonicare
~$200Philips Sonicare DiamondClean 9000
The DiamondClean 9000 is Philips' premium-finish handle with a charging stand rather than the USB lead of the numbered Series models.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$273 · $200 + $73
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
19Oral-B
~$220Oral-B iO Series 7
Oral-B's black-and-white screen arrives here, along with A.I.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$292 · $220 + $72
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor · ADA Seal listing
20Philips Sonicare
~$230Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Smart 9300
Philips' inductive charging glass returns on the DiamondClean Smart 9300, along with real-time app coaching on pressure, motion and coverage.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$297 · $230 + $67
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
21Oral-B
~$250Oral-B iO Series 8
For $30 over the iO7, the iO8 swaps in a color screen, restores Super Sensitive for six modes in all, and ships three heads instead of two.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$315 · $250 + $65
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor · ADA Seal listing
22Philips Sonicare
~$340Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Smart 9700
Six brush heads come with the 9700 (an A3, three C3s and two G3s), eighteen months of replacements at the three-month interval, plus a TongueCare+ tongue cleaner.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$380 · $340 + $40
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor
23Oral-B
~$330Oral-B iO Series 9
Oral-B's top handle in stock on its US store in September 2026 (the iO10 page was listed but not purchasable).
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$388 · $330 + $58
- Type
- Oscillating-rotating
Pressure sensor · ADA Seal listing
24Philips Sonicare
~$380Philips Sonicare Prestige 9900
Philips' flagship.
- 3-year cost · handle + heads
- ~$453 · $380 + $73
- Type
- Sonic
Pressure sensor