A toothbrush cup can look clean enough from above while the bottom tells a different story. Wet toothbrushes go back in after use, water runs down the handles, and some of it stays where it lands. Pick up the cup later and there may be a damp ring underneath as well.
The awkward part comes when it is time to clean it. Toothbrushes and toothpaste have to come out before the bottom can be reached. The cup gets rinsed, the counter gets wiped, and everything goes back into the same narrow container.
A toothbrush holder with drainage gives the water another route, but the holes are only part of the improvement. This one also has a detachable base. Water and toothpaste residue can still reach the lower section, but cleaning it does not mean trying to work around toothbrush handles standing above it.
The seven divided spaces change the setup too. Toothbrushes and toothpaste have their own places instead of leaning together in one cup, and there is room for the wider handle of an electric toothbrush. That makes the contents easier to separate, but filling every available slot would miss the more useful point. The bottom still needs to come apart easily when it gets wet or grimy.
That is also what separates useful drainage from simply catching water somewhere else. A sponge holder that deals with draining water faces much the same problem beside the kitchen sink. Giving drips somewhere to go helps most when the wet area remains accessible.
Make Sure 11 Inches Fits Beside the Sink
An ordinary toothbrush cup can tuck into a fairly small spot. This holder cannot. At about 11 inches long and 5 inches deep, it needs a clear stretch of counter rather than whatever space happens to be left beside the faucet.
That width may be easy to spare across the back of a larger vanity. Beside a small sink, it can put the toothpaste and toothbrushes into a tidier arrangement while taking over counter space that was already useful. The seven slots are not much of an advantage if the holder has to be squeezed between the faucet and the wall.
With enough clear counter space, the toothbrushes can go back wet without being dropped into one enclosed cup. When the lower section needs cleaning, the base comes off instead of every toothbrush coming out first.
