Customer Reviews for VEVOR Ultrasonic Cleaner 6L Ultrasonic Vinyl Cleaner 7-12 Inch 8 Records Ultrasonic Vinyl Cleaning Machine 180W Ultrasonic Records Cleaner with Drying Rack for Home Store

Great for getting dust particles off records

This cleaner is amazing!!! It brought back albums I thought were hopeless!

Dug out my old collection of albums; some in good shape, some not so much. While I did not expect damaged records to sound like new; I was pleasantly surprised at how well this unit cleaned. Let’s see how long it lasts. Overall, I think this is a great value.

This generic ultrasonic cleaner can clean tools, glasses, jewelry, etc., but with its purpose-built bracket, spindle and motor it is designed for deep cleaning LP vinyl records. It's very effective at that. I ran it at 30º C [approx. 86º F] for 30 minutes per 8-record batch. The amount of \"crud\" that came off of my records and out of their grooves to collect in the bottom of the tank was disgustingly impressive. For cleaning fluid I was using distilled water (the tank hold approx. 6 liters or a bit over a gallon) + a capful of Kodak Photo-Flo as surfactant. Unfortunately, the motor that rotates the LPs through the ultrasonic cleaning fluid stopped rotating after 4-5 days of use and fewer than 10 batches of records. (The spindle holds 8 records per batch.) I was not pushing the machine hard, allowing it plenty of time to cool down between cleaning batches. Note: The motor and the ultrasonic cleaner each plug in separately; you'll need two outlets to plug both things in. And the heater does not stop when the ultrasonic cleaner's timer expires so you must turn the heat off yourself. Yes, it's noisy at an irritating frequency but it's not deafening. I put it in a distant room and shut the door. I also added a couple of fender washers to the bolt for the motor mount to make it more secure and easy to raise and lower.

This unit DOES work and does work well, but there are some things to be aware of: TL;DR: It’s a bit fiddly to get working properly and it IS noisy, but it does a great job of cleaning vinyl records, even with straight distilled water. Don’t run it too hot, or too full, and make sure everything is properly assembled before use. Run a full cleaning cycle, just for the tank, when you first get it. Always wipe down the inside of the tank with clean microfiber after use. At length: 1) While the tank should be clean when you first receive it, give it 30 minutes with just distilled water at at least 30 C before you start washing records. Mine actually left an oily film on top of the water! Nothing I want to be submerging my precious collection in! Dump the water and then start again from fresh, giving the tank a quick wipe down with a new, or at least very clean microfiber cloth. Wipe it down between uses too! While most of the gunk will go out the tap with the water, some stays behind and will dry on the bottom of the tank if you don’t wipe it up first. 2) Use a separate thermometer! I actually use two, a meat probe and an infrared. Both have confirmed that the water, in my experience anyway, gets three or four degrees warmer than what is indicated on the display. I'm not sure where records start to warp (some say 60 C or even sooner) but it seems the general consensus is that 30 C is about as high as you want to go, 40 C max, for any extended amount of time. 3) There IS a flat surface on the spindle for the screw to tighten against and it does work. Get your best phillips screw driver out for this though, get it as tight as possible, and check it every batch. I thought I had it tight but after my first two batches of albums, the spindle just pulled off. I suspect that the ultrasonics vibrate the screw and make it back out, if it isn't REALLY tight. You also must make sure that the spindle fully contacts the face of the motor, through the lift groove, befo

I was not really sold on how this would work when I bought it, but now that I have used it, I am very impressed. The records come out looking almost new, the surface noise is much lower. Its noisy but not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I am now working on every album I have :-) I add about 15-20 drops of Tergikleen to the distilled water. You will not be disappointed!

There are many different opinions on the internet about the best cleaning solution and the best cleaning procedures. Cleaning with Tergikleen then using this machine to rinse the tergikleen off is pretty darn effective for me.

Haven’t tried it out. Still assembling. The disks didn’t initially fit the shaft, just slighty too tight. I used a metric hex key size 6 to ream out the hole just enough that the disks slid on tightly. Don’t over use. I will report back on how well it works.

Works exceptionally well. I previously swore by a manual vinyl cleaning process, the Disc Doctor fluid and brushes system for two decades. The Disc Doctor approach is like a component upgrade, such a tremendous improvement in audio quality, so long as you spend the time to get the rinse correct... and repeat when you get it wrong. The Happybuy is infinitely more convenient, way faster for a bunch of records, and the audio results are way more consistent than the manual method. Audio result is at least as good as the Disc Doctor method. Unit is noisy, at a penetrating frequency, and you will want ear protection if you are going to sit nearby while it operates. I followed third-party recommendations and purchased an inexpensive adjustable voltage adaptor to reduce rpm. The device is very much a hobbyist assembly of components and inexpensive. I am left wondering what will fail first. But so far so good! Very happy.

Does an acceptable job of cleaning and not as noisy as two previous ultrasonic cleaners.