# Where do you keep your toothbrush? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912 "2017-10-15T12:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LongTimeLurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@LongTimeLurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LongTimeLurker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/21 "2017-10-15T17:36:24Z")
Yeah I feel your pain. The whole bathroom/shitter ambiance can be derailed if you can’t figure out a way to make your toothbrush comfortable. My toothbrush holder is being held up by an electrical cord. ---
**Author:** ![pidgeon92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@pidgeon92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pidgeon92)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/22 "2017-10-15T17:42:06Z")
Years ago, I bought a gross of spice jars for my kitchen. It was a quantity discount, and I honestly don’t know why I thought I’d need more than 100 spice jars. I just remodeled my bathroom, and there is no longer a built-in toothbrush holder. I was thinking about buying one, and then I realized that the spice jars are the perfect size. So, my husband has one and I have one in the medicine cabinet. Since I have \*so many \*spares, when one gets icky, I put it in the dishwasher and get out a clean one. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/23 "2017-10-15T18:03:17Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > In the medicine cabinet. Besides random splashes and cat-licks, I don’t want toilet spray getting on my toothbrush. Me too. Read too many reports about that toilet spray thing, and I have a cat. I keep mine in a travel case in the drawer. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/24 "2017-10-15T18:41:26Z")
Inside a plastic holder. The thought of a cockroach doing the rumba on my toothbrush sends shivers down my spine. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/25 "2017-10-15T19:04:20Z")
I have an electric one, and once it’s been used I lay the brush part on the container for the floss, with the bristles hanging over the edge so they can drip dry. The barrel part either stands on the shelf next to it, or spends the night on the charger. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/26 "2017-10-15T20:16:18Z")
I keep it in a cup that is halfway filled with mouthwash. The bristle part goes down of course so it stays submerged in the mouthwash. Keeps the brush fresh, soft, and sterile. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/27 "2017-10-15T23:01:43Z")
Electric and big so it goes on a rack next to the sink that holds extra towels and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/28 "2017-10-15T23:41:25Z")
I brush my teeth in the kitchen sink (I have the tiniest of tiny bathrooms), and use a Sonicare, so the handle portion of the toothbrush sits in the charger in front of the drainboard, while the head portion wears a little plastic cap and sits in the utensil container of the drainboard. Yeah, probably not really applicable to anyone else. I do not have a cat or cockroaches. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/29 "2017-10-16T00:10:48Z")
I use a small juice cup for mine. It’s in a cabinet in the bathroom because the Big Crow lived here first and has hogged all the counter space. :rolleyes: You might try doing a search for five-stemmed vases, which will keep the toothbrushes separated. There’s some cute vintage ones out there that you might like. Or you might like a more modern one, some of which are similar to test tubes connected together in various ways. If you’re concerned that the toothbrushes still won’t fit, you might go to a place like Edmund Scientific and get real test tubes in a suitable size and a rack to set them in. Or just get the rack and use that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/30 "2017-10-16T00:50:59Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I just close the toilet lid before flushing. I assumed that was standard operating procedure. Not really, that I’ve noticed. I mean, I guess I’m not privy to everyone’s toilet habits, but from the people whose toilet habits I have seen, I’ve not seen this to be the case. Whatever random toilet spray there is doesn’t bother me. Not something I’ve ever thought about, especially now when I’m elbow deep in kid poop and inhaling shit probably every day, when I’m rinsing off the cloth diapers in the toilet with a spray bidet. Now _that’s_ toilet spray. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/31 "2017-10-16T03:26:48Z")
I don’t like the idea that my toothbrush is exposed to droplets of toilet water. So I keep it on my sink where it’ll be handy but I keep it inside a travel case so it’s not directly exposed to the air. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/32 "2017-10-16T03:32:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Oh no. > > I’m not being fooled by this phishing scam, oldest trick in the book. What on earth do you mean? I keep my toothbrush on top of my Social Security Card. The one with the numbers 276-59-9011 on it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/33 "2017-10-16T05:35:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > What on earth do you mean? I keep my toothbrush on top of my Social Security Card. The one with the numbers 276-59-9011 on it. You should never leave your social security card lying around like that. Do like I do and hide it inside a fake rock at the southeast corner of your house with your spare door key. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/34 "2017-10-16T05:40:46Z")
I have an electric toothbrush mounted on the wall, as far from the toilet as it can get, so I keep the toothbrush mounted on the handle. My wife doesn’t use it. The mount has space for heads, but that is yucky. When I travel I bring a manual toothbrush, and I have a little plastic bit that goes around the head to keep it clean. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/35 "2017-10-16T05:42:27Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Oh no. > > I’m not being fooled by this phishing scam, oldest trick in the book. Not phishing. Phlossing. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/36 "2017-10-16T08:36:07Z")
We’ve got a newfangled metal-and-glass version of the old-fashioned toothbrush holder, with the round holes that are too big to get what’s become the normal-sized toothbrush handles through. The brand of toothbrushes that I usually use, though, have handles that are only a hair too big to get through those holes. So when I start using a new toothbrush, I take a utility knife and shave the fat part of the handle down just enough so it can get through the hole. Takes just a couple minutes. Kid toothbrushes often have suction cups on the end of the handle, and that’s what we buy for the Firebug. So his toothbrush stands straight up on the side of the counter next to the wall, without any holder needed. > [@Voyager](#): > > Not phishing. Phlossing. :golf clap: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/37 "2017-10-16T10:17:01Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Not phishing. Phlossing. kudos ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/38 "2017-10-16T13:25:25Z")
I have two cups with toothbrush, toothpaste and floss in them. One on the sink, one on the bathtub. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/39 "2017-10-16T13:52:36Z")
I only use an electric toothbrush now. The stand has a little compartment attached for keeping the heads stored. Can never go back to manual. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912/40 "2017-10-16T15:26:31Z")
I have a toothbrush in each of the 2 bathrooms. One goes in a drawer (in a tray) the other one is in a narrow tray in the medicine cabinet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-keep-your-toothbrush/798912.md?page=3)