Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner

There's a lot of chatter on forums about using cleaners/surfactants with US cleaners - what type, or whether to even use them at all.

It seems generally acknowledged that surfactants work well in aiding the US cleaning process, but some are uncomfortable leaving any residue on the vinyl.

The Degritter cleaner apparently leaves a fine "anti-static" coating that they claim does not affect playback at all.   Some beta testers seem to agree as they use the surfactant.

But for those uncomfortable leaving it on, an idea is to do a double wash - first with surfactant, second to wash the surfactant off (Degritter says you can wash off the surfactant).

I inquired a while ago about the possibility of acquiring an additional water tank to make a double wash easy - just have the tank with fresh water, sans surfactant, on hand to switch in after the first wash.   They said they'd be making the water tanks available on their own.  Nice to see they will be available!

(Though I'm looking to simplify the record cleaning process as much as possible, which is why I went with a Degritter in the first place.  So if I like what I hear using the surfactant I'll likely stick with that).

Well, the company has had some teething problems with the retail machines but have apparently sorted those out.
I just got word my Degritter RC is on the way so I'll be able to hopefully report on it soon (next week).

@prof - will this be your first US RCM?

whart,

Yes.
And my first attempt to clean any of my records (aside from a record brush).

I’ve been building my vinyl collection this year at a furious pace, and
need to clean many of them, but I’m way too lazy for any other cleaning regimen.


If this machine doesn’t work out for me I doubt I’ll bother cleaning my records. But, fingers crossed....

It should work. I've had several machines and the only shortcoming I've found is that some records need more work- for those you could do a manual pre-clean with a fluid like AIVS #15, rinse it, then stick it into the US. I do find that US adds something to otherwise high grade record cleaning using something on the order of the Monks, which I like very much. 
I find the combined methods synergistic, but for new records or pristine audiophile owned copies, the US should be fine. You may also be able to experiment with how much of the manufacturer's fluid you want to use- that was an early adopter trick with the Audio Desk as well. 
Let us know how you fare- i suspect you'll be pleased. I assume you bought yourself some fresh aftermarket inner sleeves?