Manual vs. Electric toothbrushes

Let’s take a poll: who uses an electric toothbrush, and who uses a manual one?

I’ve used both (but always those inexpensive $10 Crest spinbrush toothbrushes), and have always gone back to a manual one. Manuals are easier to travel with, less wasteful (I’ve never used the rechargeable kind, just battery-operated – and usually it’s cheaper to buy a new spinbrush than replace the batteries), and I feel like electric toothbrushes just can’t get my teeth as clean because aren’t they just spinning around the gunk?

My mom is so set on the fact that electric toothbrushes are superior in every way and was shocked when I told her that I use a manual toothbrush. She even gave me a stern lecture yesterday on why I need an electric one ASAP.

I remember my dentist once saying that if I’m going to go electric, I’m better off getting a more expensive one because of the higher reps/pulses or something like that. And because they have timers and pressure monitors, etc. And that if I could only afford a cheapo $10 spinbrush, then I’m better off with a manual brush. Which is what I’ve been using.

Anyway, I’m not in the market for an electric toothbrush, but I was wondering what everyone else uses. I know my sister and her BF use electric and BF and I both use manual.

Thoughts?