New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning


Purchased a cheap $199.00 stainless steel digital ultrasonic cleaner with a very nice record cleaning attachment off Amazon and I am having a blast.

This thing is heated, has a timer and an electric motor to rotate the records in the US tank. It is a 6L unit and it is made in China. Seems well built and it cleans records like a much more expensive machine.

I have cleaned a half dozen albums that are 40 plus years old and have only been cleaned with vacuuming machines and this thing is great. The albums I have cleaned sound darn near new and my wife thought I bought another new cartridge or phono pre-amp.

Can not recommend this type of cleaning system enough.

Rediscover those old albums.. if this thing lasts a couple of years I will be a happy dude. 
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Unfortunately, here’s a buyers beware on the Happybuy Ultrasonic Cleaner, There were a number of complaints on Amazon about missing parts and the difficulty of obtaining any of those parts from the seller. In my case the basket that goes with the cleaner was missing. I think the unit can still be used solely for cleaning records, but not anything else without the basket, per the instructions.

The seller has offered monetary compensation for the basket (first $25, now $50), but who knows where you could find a replacement basket that would fit. I’m going through Amazon and I’ll report back if this gets resolved, and they come up with the part from the manufacturer as suggested. I don’t know what parts other customers may not have received with their Happybuys that possibly might be needed for record cleaning.

This is the first chance I’ve taken on a Chinese product in a long time so live and learn. Sorry it took so long to report this, but I've had to replace both my email service and computer this past week or so. 

Mike
Lol so what did you buy this for?? Cleaning records right. Take the $50.00 and run. I will sell you my basket for $25.00 shipped. You come out ahead. 
Skypunk, that's generous of you and I'll take you up on that your kind offer. I'll figure out how to send you a PM (private message) through this site and we can figure out how you'd like the $25.00 sent. Thanks again. The seller had contacted me a third time today and offered no help finding that basket again.

Mike

I have received mine and no missing parts. I had to figure out how to put it together since the manual is sparse. It also came bundled with a good plastic records holder for drying purposes. I’m not going to clean jewelry in it so the basket is non-functional item for me.
Been enjoying a Klaudio KD CLN LP200 ultrasonic cleaner for a few years and really cannot image going back to a conventional cleaner like my old Keith Monk record cleaning machine.

Today, the fact that we have so many more options by way of ultrasonic LP cleaning devices is really great.