SURI Pro 2.0 Review: My Honest First Week With the Toothbrush That’s Everywhere Right Now

I need to tell you about my old Oral-B iO6 first, because it's the whole reason I'm writing this.

It had a little charging stand with a compartment for spare heads. Nice idea, terrible execution. I opened it up a few months ago to grab a new head and found mould. Actual mould, growing quietly in the dark while I brushed my teeth twice a day like a functioning adult. I nearly gagged. That was the end of the iO6 for me, no negotiation, straight in the bin.

So when the SURI Pro 2.0 landed, I wasn't just curious about the design everyone's been going on about. I was actively looking for a reason to switch. A week in, I've found one. Several, actually.

This is not a long-term review. I've had it seven days, so I can't tell you how the battery holds up after a year or whether the aluminium survives a proper drop. What I can tell you is what it's actually like to live with for the first week, because that's usually the bit that decides whether you keep using something or it ends up in a drawer.

Short version: I'm properly won over. Longer version below.

Why I finally gave up on Oral-B

I want to be fair to Oral-B for a second, because the iO6 did clean my teeth perfectly well for years. My actual gripe wasn't the brushing, it was everything around it. The app I never opened. The screen telling me things I didn't need to know at 7am. And that mould, obviously, which I still think about more than I'd like to.

What I wanted was something that just did the job without making it a whole production. Fewer parts to overthink, fewer places for damp to hide, and ideally something I didn't mind other people seeing when they used my bathroom. Vain, maybe, but it's the truth. I like small objects that make a mundane task feel considered.

First impressions: the box, the design, the whole vibe

The packaging is minimal in that way brands do when they want you to notice the packaging is minimal. No wasted plastic, nothing you need scissors for, and the whole thing feels considered before you've even touched the brush.

The brush itself is the star. It's brushed aluminium, slim, and genuinely feels like a proper object rather than a bit of bathroom clutter. Mine's the Canyon Sunrise colour, a muted red (which says a lot because I really dislike the colour red haha), and it sits on the little magnetic mirror mount looking more like something from a design shop than a toothbrush. My partner picked it up on day one and said “oh, that's nice” completely unprompted, which is the highest compliment a toothbrush has ever received in our house.

It's noticeably lighter than the iO6 too. Not in a flimsy way, just in a way that makes it easy to forget you're holding anything at all.

The one button. That's the whole point.

Right, this is the bit I actually want to talk about, because it's the reason I'd recommend this to almost anyone who's tired of overcomplicated tech creeping into every corner of their life.

There is one button. You press it once, it turns on. Press it again mid-brush and it drops into a gentler mode. Press it a third time and it's off (or it will automatically turn off at the 2 minute mark). That's it. No pairing it to your phone, no app nagging you to log in, no little screen showing you a pressure score or a streak you now feel guilty about breaking.

It still does the clever bit in the background, mind you. There's a sensor that buzzes if you're pressing too hard, and a gentle pulse every thirty seconds to nudge you round to the next section of your mouth, so you're not just guessing when two minutes is up. But you never see any of it. It just quietly does its job and lets you get on with staring blankly at the shower curtain, which is honestly all I want from my mornings.

This is what luxury actually feels like to me these days. Not more features. Fewer decisions.

The UV case, and why it matters more than I expected

The travel case doubles as a charger and gives the brush head a blast of UV light to keep it clean, which felt like a slightly unnecessary extra until I remembered the mould incident and suddenly understood exactly why it exists.

It's battery-powered too, so there's no fiddly cable situation, and it means I've already used it to travel for a 2 night trip without a second thought. Small thing, but it's the sort of small thing that makes you actually want to pack your toothbrush properly instead of shoving it in a wash bag loose and hoping for the best.

What brushing with it actually feels like

The SURI motor is sonic rather than the oscillating, rotating feel the Oral-B has, so the sensation is different from day one. It's a steady buzz rather than that slightly aggressive scrubbing feeling. My teeth feel clean afterwards, properly clean, just without that “did I just have a tooth polished off” sensation I got used to with the iO6.

If you like a really intense feeling clean, that gentler sensation might take some getting used to. I've actually come to prefer it. My gums have felt less irritated this week than they normally do, though a week is nowhere near long enough to call that a real trend rather than a coincidence.

The battery claim is 40-plus days on one charge. I obviously haven't tested that yet, seeing as I'm one week in, but I also haven't had to think about charging it once since day one, which already feels like an improvement.

Being honest about the downsides

No product's perfect, and I'd be doing you a disservice if I pretended otherwise after a week of genuine enthusiasm.

It's more expensive than the toothbrush aisle at the supermarket, no getting around that. If your main priority is the cheapest possible way to clean your teeth, this isn't it. The cleaning feels gentler than a top-end Oral-B, which I've come to like but won't suit everyone, especially if you've been told by a hygienist that you need a proper intense clean. And the magnetic mirror mount, while a lovely idea, doesn't feel like the strongest hold. I wouldn't want to bump the sink too hard.

I also genuinely can't tell you yet whether the battery holds up the way it claims to, or whether the aluminium body copes with being dropped, because one week isn't enough time to know either of those things honestly. I'll be back with a proper long-term review once I've lived with it for longer.

So, is it worth it after one week?

For me, yes, and mostly for reasons that have nothing to do with how clean my teeth feel. It's the lack of an app. It's one button instead of six confusing options. And it's a travel case that solves an actual problem I had, rather than one I didn't know I had. And it's a toothbrush I'm not remotely embarrassed to leave out on the side.

If you've read this far because you're also nursing a grudge against a mouldy toothbrush stand, I'd say go for it.

The questions you're probably asking

I'll be back in a few weeks with the proper long-term verdict once I've actually tested that battery claim and lived with it long enough to trust my own opinion. In the meantime, if you've got a mould story of your own, you know where to find me.

For more of what's actually working in my everyday routine at the moment, have a look through the beauty and tech section here on the blog.