Refillable Clean Dental Flosser Handle - Stainless Steel Reusable Dental Floss Pick Version 2.0

This stainless steel flosser, on the right, is roughly a copy of the flosser type I have been using for years, pictured on left, with two differences; it is a tad smaller which is not a big deal, and it is unbreakable, which IS a big deal. The plastic one, brand name Flossaid, is an excellent tool and is the only reason I floss daily, because I refuse to put my several fingers in my mouth to floss, daily, using the floss and fingers method. Way too unhygenic. And the little plastic disposable ones are too small, I still need to put fingers in mouth to reach back teeth, too flimsy, and too wasteful. Disposable means wasteful. The big drawback to the Flossaid and similar products is they always break after a few months of use. One tine always breaks off near the handle. So they need to be replaced frequently. This cost adds up $$$.I just did a first use of the metal one and it feels like using the plastic Flossaid, just a tad smaller and heavier. The major point here, to me, is that the steel one will never break! I am very happy to have found this product.Tip: Wrap 10 or 20 yards of floss tightly around the handle. When you need to reload the fork to floss again just unwrap a few inches and put it across the tines. Each reload will be much faster than and less fumbling than reaching for the floss box. Waxed floss stays in place on the handle much better than unwaxed floss.Dentist joke: "Only floss the ones you want to keep!"

The handle works well, just as I optimistically expected. It's easy to put floss on it and to use it to floss teeth. The handle is comfortable in the hand at all angles, it's not sharp or uncomfortable in the mouth, the floss stays on the handle.There are plenty of bad reviews that I can see now are operator error. First, the floss must be good quality, not the low quality stuff that comes with the handle. Good floss stretches a little, so the length tied to the handle has some slack allowing it to curve around the tooth for flossing it, then the one next to it, before moving on. The little rounded prongs at the tips keep the floss on well. But all that requires a little skill, keeping the floss tensioned by pushing the handle forward while working the floss between and then against the teeth. Closely spaced teeth require some working side to side along the floss to get in there at first, then flossing, then side to side again back out. That can wear the floss faster, so replacing it once or more during the operation is good practice. Which also gives fresh floss for the next teeth. So put double the length of floss needed to load it and screw it down, then unscrew/advance/rescrew the screw clamp as teeth are done and the floss wears. Any flossing requires a little skill, and this handle's skills are a little different, but only a little. Once up to skill it's much easier with the handle than barehanded.I'd give the handle 5 instead of 4 stars, but it could be improved. The screw clamp could have a flange on the back side of the handle so it can't screw all the way out and drop off. Instructions could be included for people who can't figure out the slightly different skills. The included floss is garbage, including its plastic bag, which is just a waste. But otherwise the handle works very well, is cheap and durable. At about 25% higher price than a pack of flimsy plastic versions that will break / wear out within months, this handle will last for years, and is well worth it.

I tried for an hour to see if I could figure out how to wrap the floss around the screw so it didn't slip and loosen up when I was flossing. No luck, couldn't do it. Probably because the screw head has a bevel on the under side of it. The floss keeps slipping and loosening up when flossing making the flosser mostly unusable. Also, the free floss that was sent along with the flosser wasn't any good either. It was like trying to floss with regular string because it was so thick. Seems like the plastic flossers are better.

This is a great idea for flossing. It helps reach the back teeth a lot more easily. There is a complication in the tool, is that the sharp edges on teeth cut the floss almost instantly. The problem arises because you cannot feel where the floss is being placed, like with your fingers, and the floss gets cut numerous times. If you want to keep rethreading floss onto the tool, it is a great tool to use. The threaded knurl post is intended to be tightened down so it doesn't slip, prior to wrapping floss around it. After being threaded into the jaws, the final wraps secure all the floss in place. It works rather well, unfortunately, sharp teeth edges break the floss more often than I care to keep threading floss back onto the tool after being broken.

I bought this heavy duty, unbreakable metal one when I thought a plastic one I had must have been broken since the floss wouldn’t stay in place when flossing between tight tooth gaps. Alas, the same problem exists with this one. The floss comes loose especially when pulling back up from between teeth. It does appear indestructible, though the metal is unpleasant when it bumps the teeth.There needs to be a better design for these flossers to hold the floss firm in all directions, and the metal could use a little silicone coating to soften and add grip. Back to wrapping floss around fingers…

I got tired of the disposable flossers breaking right away so looked for something a little more sturdy and that holds the floss at the right angle to actually get to all teeth, especially the back ones. This uses standard floss and I doubt it will ever break unless it gets run over by a car. Stainless steel so its easy to keep clean and meant to last. Easy to put floss on once you learn the trick of wrapping the floss around the screw the way it tightens a couple times so it pulls the floss tights as you screw it down.