I saw a conversation between Julie and a reader named Carol in the quip electric toothbrush review yesterday. The gist of the conversation was that it seemed to be a normal toothbrush with a two minute quad-timer that told you how long to spend brushing each quadrant of your mouth. Many other electric toothbrushes have this quad-timer function, but those toothbrushes can be expensive – and not everyone wants to use an electric toothbrush. There are apps for smartphones that can time your brushing, but who wants to potentially end up with a foam-covered phone in the bathroom sink? I don’t always like to use an electric brush, but I do love that quad-timer function, so I went looking for a standalone timer. I found the Two Minute Turtle Timer.
Invent Boston, parents who needed, and invented, a method to help their children know how long to brush their teeth for best results. The Two Minute Turtle Timer is a turtle-shaped circuit board, battery, and four LEDs embedded in a 2″-diameter, 0.5″-thick plastic puck. Press a button, and one of the LEDs starts to blink for 30 seconds. When a second LED starts to blink, it’s time to move to the next quadrant. This continues for a full two minutes to guide you or your child through cleaning your entire mouth. Assuming two button presses a day, the battery in the Two Minute Turtle Timer will last three years. The Timer comes with a piece of Velcro to attach it to the bathroom mirror.
A single Two Minute Turtle Timer is $24.95, a family pack of three timers is $54.95, and a wholesale pack of 20 timers is $380.00 for dentists who want to make them available to their patients.
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Thank you Janet! I appreciate your review. We have good news! In celebration of the Valentine’s Day–seeing how love takes time, slowing down and daily discipline, and the Two Minute Turtle is about forming daily healthy habits, the Two Minute Turtle is on sale, http://www.inventboston.com/shop .