Flossaid Dental Floss Holder-Single Handle

This item works as advertised. It holds the floss in place and makes it easy to floss. Having said that depending on the type of floss used, how close your teeth are and how well you wrap the floss onto the handle it does have tendency to loosen its grip on the floss. I usually use the plastic thin and rip resistant kind of floss and I wrap each end two times around the holding pin. This works for me pretty well albeit due to the floss string stretching sometimes I do have to undo one side to apply more tension. Remember that you can also slightly bend the forks closer to each other before wrapping the floss around securely on the other side to apply more tension. But make sure not to overdo it as there's risk that plastic will break. I've given it 4 stars due to the design issues that cause this product to waste excessive amounts of floss string. You only use about 1.5 to 2 inches of the floss that's between the 2 fork points, rest of the floss is wasted. Design should be redone to incorporate 2 holding points on the tips of the forks so that it's not as wasteful. Maybe a little round "ball" that we can wrap the floss around on both fork points could do the trick. All in all it does make flossing for those of us with larger hands and people that have use of only 1 hand etc. a whole lot easier. Update 1/21/2016: Yes, I upgraded it to 5 stars, I still have the item and I still use it every day. After this long of a time wasting of floss gets overshadowed by the longevity (aka life) of the product. I did not expect it to last this long but it did! And it;s still going strong, albeit with a few scars (scratches in plain English) here and there that my teeth have imposed upon it. Update (09/10/2017): The floss holder is no more. It has finally developed a crack on one of the prongs after being used every day for the past 5+ years. Ordering next one now. Well worth the money.

I really hate flossing--especially in the back where I have to stick so much of my hand back there I gag. I had one of these tools before but I think it got accidentally thrown away and it really helped encourage me to floss. The disposable floss picks aren't as good because the handle isn't as long so you still have to stick your hands in (which also kind of grosses me out). I also have teeth that are rather close together and need to use very thin floss like Glide, which doesn't have disposable floss picks. This dental floss holder lets me put in whatever floss or dental tape I want too. ***UPDATE*** Originally I loved this flossing aid and used it pretty much every day. Now, about five months after I purchased it and started using it, it randomly broke while sitting in my toothbrush holder cup. Am very upset that it didn't even last a year. Will be purchasing some other tool like this (only not another Floss Aid) to help me keep up on flossing my teeth.

My hygienist recommended me to get this item. I had a hard time reaching the back of my wisdoms teeth when flossing with just the floss alone. So glad she did, I feel a lot better with my flossing. When I received my last deep cleaning she noticed a huge improvement with my flossing. Its easy to reach those back wisdom teeth now. 😬

Overall, this is a good alternative to disposable picks but it is not a good alternative to regular flossing. I am going to use it so I floss in the mornings as well, but it does not work well enough for me to use for regular flossing at night. You should know that picks are not capable of proper flossing and a pick should only be used if you’re unable to floss regularly. (Look up a flossing tutorial.) PROS: Reduces plastic waste by getting rid of disposable picks. Can use any type of floss you want (not sure if any disposable picks have expanding floss). Easy to hold. Has a bit of “give” in the floss so you can wrap the floss around the tooth somewhat. Longer than a usual pick. CONS: Floss can slip out of the pick. Takes a bit to reload if you’re wanting to replace the floss as you’re flossing your entire mouth (which you should do). Because it takes a bit to reload, I only use it for supplemental flossing in the morning in addition to my nighttime flossing. I reload it less than I would if I was flossing at night and was trying to get a proper clean. I wish the pick had a mechanism that would change the floss as you turn the knob. If it did, it would be a 5 star product for me. Still a worthwhile purchase for me at $5-6.

I absolutely love this product. I have a small mouth but a lot of teeth. This makes flossing so much easier. Does it allow me to make a “c” shape around my tooth like some dentists prefer? No, but it is better than not flossing at all. I received my first one from a hygienist and was sad when mine broke years later. Was so happy I could buy more on Amazon!!

This product works just ok for me, I guess my teeth are too close together making it difficult to get floss in between some of them. This floss holder is so flexible that when trying to use it the thin arms flex excessively, so much so that the floss doesn't really go where I want. It's also quite large, unnecessarily large. If the arms that hold the floss were half as long then it would still be usable, and they wouldn't flex so much. I'm actually planning to try cutting them shorter and see if that helps, because for me it's just not working well. I had one many years ago and it got lost, but it was made of a different type of plastic, or the design was a little different because that one worked better than this one. Would not buy this again.

Es demasiado grande, una vez dentro de la boca no se puede maniobrar.

I tend to get a bunch of rolls of floss from the dentist's office and I have a hard time using just the floss. So, I switched to the single-use flossers with the little handle on them. Those worked well but I felt bad about all that waste. This may also be plastic but it feels a lot sturdier. There's a slight learning curve to it, but I find that wrapping each end of the floss around the peg in the center of the fork makes it easier to maintain tension for the floss so it isn't becoming loose every time I floss between teeth. The only down-side there is to this is that it's a bit big but ultimately makes things easier for flossing!!!! Highly recommend!!!!!

works well

My wife needed something to help her floss as she has MS which affects her hands. I load this with floss for her and she finds it is perfect for her situation. It also helps save floss as you do not need to use very much. There is a knack to loading it, but it holds tight and doesn't take long to set it up each time. I'd give it a full recommendation.

Works but it's quite large and you have to use a lot of floss to make it work properly