"I was excited to see the Slate Electric Flosser on Amazon as I have been wanting to, and recently did, order one for my daughter. First off, I am now a month plus with almost exclusively using the Slate Flosser. I truly enjoy its results. That said, I wanted to share my Slate journey, because it might be helpful to others who could miss this awesome product, like I almost did, due to their initial experiences.

I purchased my first flosser directly from the Slate company about a year ago. Admittedly, my first try with it was not fabulous. I have long been a string-floss gal. I found I had the early stages of gum disease when pregnant with my second child (20 years ago). After the time, pain, and expense of getting my gums and teeth back into shape, I have been a flosser ever since. I have tried various floss picks and long-handled flossers, but keep coming back to string floss. So when I tried the Slate, it was going to be an uphill battle to get me to switch. That battle didn’t start well. My first attempt was frustrating as it took a lot longer than I expected to stand in front of the mirror and figure out the unit angle required to insert the floss between each tooth. And when I bumped my teeth wrong, the vibration would intensify as the flossing unit hit my teeth and startled me. With all the time it was taking just to insert the floss, I really didn’t take the additional time to move the flosser back and forth to allow the gum sweeps to do their job. My zeal waned and I eventually stopped using the flosser.

Fast forward eight or so months. I continued to receive occasional emails from Slate with offers and testimonials of people loving the Slate and sharing rave reviews from their dental visits. That, combined with looking at the investment sitting, unused, in the corner of my bathroom counter finally convinced me to give the Slate another shot and stick with it for at least a couple weeks. Initially, I felt the same frustration at how long the process was taking, but noticed that within several days I had built up the muscle memory to efficiently get the floss into the angles of my teeth without having to look in the mirror. I also bumped my teeth with the unit less and less frequently. I started using the gum sweeps and found I really appreciated their function. (The company calls them the secret sauce and I now have to agree.) I even started using the tongue scraper. After a couple weeks, I found that flossing with the Slate was just as fast, if not faster, than with my traditional floss—even with adding the back and forth motion for the gum sweeps. Plus my gums looked and felt so much healthier. Now, while I do occasionally pull out my string floss, my new first choice is the Slate electric flosser. I recommend giving it a try—or a retry. I’m glad I did."

"It works well and I would give it more stars except the strings break, and I can’t find their website or Amazon to get replacements."

"I just ordered this flosser for myself to pair with my Sonicare toothbrush and I can now say I have the PERFECT morning tooth routine. So much emphasis is placed on a skin care, and not enough is placed on tooth care routine. This flosser makes my morning tooth routine a thing of the past. It's so easy to use, you can see and feel the benefits. The Slate Flosser was also JUST featured on the GOOP Gift Guide - that's a huge deal! There's no way I can ever NOT use it and I will be recommending (and gifting) to all of my friends and family. Purchase this once, add it to your routine, and you'll never use other flosser again. It's the ONLY thing you need and it's amazing! Not to mention incredibly sleek and nice looking on my bathroom counter. Thank you, Slate!"