Stanton Record Cleaner Kit

Product is useless in my opinion and was not worth the price I paid. I would not order this item ever again.

Although the price seemed a little high for the particular type of tool, I must admit that this is the most effective and simple record cleaner I have used. I often pick up records in thrift stores that are undamaged but dirty - every thing from heavy dust to mold from a record sleeve that had become wet during some past flood. If you follow the straightforward directions, this does an very effective job of picking the debris out of the record grooves.

Stanton came though were RCA failed, Very nice cleaner, has a felt brush like it should have to get in and clean the grooves of your vinyl albums. arrived in 3 days of order.

I purchased this to clean up my vinyl, as I was also purchasing the AT-PL120 turntable. My LPs have been spun innumerable times, and most date from the 60's-80's. I originally wanted an expensive machine that would remove all the debris from my records, which hissed and popped quite vigorously. As I could not afford that product, I selected the Stanton Record Cleaner Kit. The soft brush is excellent at whisking away dust and debris from the vinyl grooves. The applicator fluid is quite helpful, as well. The kit has vastly improved the sound of my records, and I am pleased with the results.

It cleans records as advertised and does a fair job. The brush works well dry at removing dust and other particles. The fluid is also effective. However, after repeated use I've noticed that the fibers on the area of the brush where the fluid was applied have become matted down and thus are less effective at reaching into the groves.

The felt should have been better quality. Other than that I am happy with the purchase.

This brush really seems to get into the grooves with its tiny fibers. The cleaning solution seems to clean without any residue. I used to use the Diskwasher system years ago and the new version shouldn't even be called the same thing. I am glad that I found and bought this one.

I bought this item because I'm embarking on that rite of passage into middle age: transferring my LPs to digital files. So I bought a USB-enabled turntable & the record cleaner kit. As is clearly shown in the picture, the kit consists of a pad, pad tray & a 2 oz bottle of cleaning solution. You're supposed to sweep the record with the dry pad, apply 3-4 drops of the cleaning fluid to the edge of the pad, re-sweep & then do a final sweep with a dry portion of the pad. I've encountered at least 3 problems with this product:
1) poorly written/non-updated instructions - you're supposed to sweep the record "in the direction of the arrows on the handle", well, there are no arrows on the handle, I can only hope that the fibers of the pad are not directional
2) inadequate wicking of the cleaning fluid - the 3-4 drops of fluid don't spread out very well &, as a result, there's a tendency to clean only narrow tracks of the record
3) lack of a cleaning tool (or at least some instructions) for the pad itself - where does all that dirt you've cleaned off of the record go? Onto the pad, where it stays until perhaps it's deposited onto the next record.

I can remember (back in the day) buying record cleaning kits that had none of these deficiencies. Apparently the folks that made those products have gone the way of the buggy whip manufacturers...

The Stanton brush works really well -- maybe a little TOO well.

As opposed to the old trusty Discwasher system, the Stanton felt REALLY digs into the grooves intensely; just one swoop around the disc and one can actually feel the brush pulling on the vinyl as it gets way into the grooves.

While this is an excellent tool for deep-cleaning, I don't think I'll be using it for routine, every-day cleaning -- I worry that it might eventually actually harm the grooves if overused.

This does a good job cleaning records, but they left out some items that would have been helpful. There needs to be some sort of brush to clean lint and dust off of the cleaner itself. The tray that it sits in prevents it from drying out quickly, so it becomes damp after heavy use.

I still maintain a sizable vinyl collection, drawing from it each week for a radio show (I doubt the majority of stations in the country even bother to keep a working turntable). The old Discwasher, now simply a name sold to Phillips Electronics (RCA, General Electric), impresses me less these days than this Stanton brush. Unlike the corduroy material of the Discwasher, it has a felt-like material that appears to penetrate the grooves and pull out more dust than a stiff corduroy wipe. I don't buy, however, the claims either manufacturer makes about "special formulas." When the bottle of liquid runs out, it's silly to purchase another 25 dollar kit. Simply refill it with a 50/50 mix of water and isopropyl alcohol and expect the same results.