Word: toothbrushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dangerous Toothbrush. Much of the time, CR's evaluations are the kind that manufacturers would prefer not to read anywhere. Automobiles often take a buffeting. CR's August issue reports several safety deficiencies in four pickup trucks tested for use with camper boxes and suggests that it would be better to pack a tent in the trunk...
Some manufacturers make the most of a bad rating in CR by correcting reported faults. Some sue (none ever successfully) or try to counter CR in other ways. When CR judged an electric toothbrush dangerous if dropped in water, its irate manufacturer challenged CR to let him brush his teeth while standing in a tub. CR refused the gambit, and the toothbrush was improved...