Do fake clarisonics work? UPDATE

[wildfloweragain]

My clarisonic plus crapped the bed and they will sell me a new wand for $95 (posted about this last week and was going to see if I could milk it - it completely died this am.)
Their customer service isn't open on the weekends, so I won't even be able to get them to sent it to me until Monday and then who knows how long shipping is. I'm in a wedding next weekend. Just enough time for me to get some zits and maybe even a nice face full of purging pores if I get my clarisonic by then.

I'm shopping in the morning and I can get something similar in walmart for like $10, right? Vibrating want thing with pads.

Are they any good? Get me through for a week or two? Or not at all the same thing?

[AngGee]

Really carrots? I found my Olay one worked just as good as my MIA does. It basically does the same thing, or to me anyway. I found the actual cleaner was what made a HUGE difference.
But that's just my opinion.

[auntie]

I had a Pretika that crapped out. I replaced it with a real cheapie, a Rite Aid knock-off of the Olay one. I guess it's a 3rd generation knock off at this point. It does as good a job as the Pretika and has lasted longer.

[wildfloweragain]

I ended up getting the Olay knockoff at Walmart, because I really wanted it right away. It was $30.

It did not work, at all. It didn't malfunction, it just is designed all wrong. It spins slowly. Even on the high setting, it spins slowly. It got tangled in some hairs near my face and didn't really do much else.

I'm used to the high vibrations of the Clarisonic Plus. Spinning did not work out. Just wanted to update in case anyone else is looking to make a similar decision.

I called Clarisonic today and they are sending out the wand. She said it is supposed to be $125 but if I was quoted at $95 she'd go with that. I asked if she could get it here faster and for an extra $18 I got 2 day delivery. The sucky thing is that I called close to closing for them (They are on the west coast) and I might not have made the cutoff for today:(