Vinyl static ionizers who's used them?

There's an obvious effect that the Destat III has in letting a rocket blower remove dust that otherwise won't blow off. I'm not aware of hearing static pops one way or the other, so I do this just my stylus's sake.

There is something unclear to me though, and the Destat III comes with rudimentary instructions. Is there any benefit to repeating it on the second side? I don't think there is, but static electricity is like black magic to me. If I blast one side with (I think) negative ions am I just creating a positive charge on the other side?

Actual science suggests that the static charge between the LP surface and the platter is unaffected by discharging the playing surface and quickly migrates to distribute over both sides, when you flip the LP to play side 2. This suggests you need to discharge both sides, one exposed surface at a time.

Jwall, my fallback position on the Acaia is that if it doesn’t work in my listening room, I can use it with our burr coffee grinder.

If you ever stumble on one of these, get it.

Makes a Destat act like the 90 lb. guy next to a sumo...

With a fresh C cell, it'll bite hard enough to surprise and drop it....which is why only spouse and self handle it.

Not made anymore, or I've not noticed any here in the states since bought back in the mid '80s'.

Another thing to pry out of my dead hands...;)

Dust? What dust?

Don't know about the others, but vacuum cleaner usually removes static completely.