Steve Lookner Reviews Toothpastes
Steve Lookner of the Lookner channel on YouTube has created a live stream video entitled “Best Toothpastes - LIVE Review!":
The video features Steve in the bathroom of his apartment. It’s a slightly awkward place to live stream from, as in order to view viewer live chat comments or see where he is in the video frame, he has to use his iPad.
He talks about the toothpaste he used to use, Aim. He says he used it while growing up, and liked the taste, but eventually stopped using it. He also says he used Colgate Total for a while.
Steve moves on to talking about what is the best toothpaste, in his opinion. About five years ago he went to the dentist, and get a trial tube of Arm & Hammer CompleteCare toothpaste. He liked it, and has continued to use it since. Steve doesn’t know if his mouth is actually cleaner after using it, but he thinks it is. He mentions the toothpaste feels kind of grainy.
Steve shows that he has several different Arm & Hammer toothpastes, and states that he likes Arm & Hammer CompleteCare and AdvanceWhite the most. He points out that there’s no rule that says you can only have one toothpaste at a time. He currently has four different ones that he switches between, and he also points out that you can multiple flavors of mouthwash, too.
One thing he likes about baking soda toothpaste is the grainy feeling, and that it’s not as “sweet” as some other toothpastes may taste.
Since it’s a review live stream, he decides to show the toothpaste in action. He uses his electric toothbrush, and starts with the Arm & Hammer CompleteCare toothpaste. He shows himself brushing his teeth, up close to the camera, for about 30 seconds, and then rises his mouth. Steve shows his teeth, so the viewers can judge the result for themselves.
Steve shows the tree Arm & Hammer toothpastes he has, and describes the different specializations according to the product packaging. He’s not sure if they actually do anything differently, and he says that the active ingredient listed for all is the same. Maybe only the taste is different.
To keep the review fair and realistic, he decides to eat some bread between trials to make his mouth dirty again.
Next he proceeds to demonstrating the Arm & Hammer AdvanceWhite toothpaste. Again, he puts some on his electric toothbrush, brushes for about 30 seconds close to the camera, rinses, and shows the audience so they can see the result.
Those two are his favorites. He says he uses CompleteCare at night, and AdvanceWhite during the day. He doesn’t like the taste of DentalCare as much, as despite buying some on sale, he doesn’t plan on buying any more once what he has has been used up. Steve also points out that it’s the winterfresh flavor of AdvanceWhite that he likes, and suggests that it may be hard to find.
He also talks briefly about Crest Complete, with Scope. He would sometimes use it while on the go. It can be used if you want to change things up.
Steve proceeds to catch up on viewer comments that have accumulated in the live chat, reading some out loud. One viewer suggests to investigate the colored stripe on the toothpaste tube and what it means. Steve looks it up, and the marking appears to be related to the packaging machinery and where to cut the tubes.
He talks about some other topics such as how he has to return some bad celery to the grocery store, and how to film in his apartment’s bathroom he’s using the 32-foot long USB cable that he normally uses with his webcam when he’s filming in his apartment’s kitchen area. Steve also checks if live captions are enabled for the live streams, but they don’t appear to be, even though the other videos have captions.
Steve wraps up by thanking various viewers. At around 40 minutes long, this live stream ended up being shorter than some of his other streams, which can exceed two hours!
I think that this was a fun and silly stream. If you don’t like to see somebody brush their teeth up-close, then this probably isn’t the video for you! That said, I also think that this video shows Steve’s creativity with creating content.
- Karl