What record cleaner is the most bang for the buck??

I started with Spin Clean but found the results marginal at best.

Next step up was the https://squeakycleanvinyl.com/ system which is a vacuum system using the shop vac of your choice. At $175 CAD it’s a serious bang for the buck cleaner.

I still use the Squeaky Clean but in conjunction with a Vinyl Stack ULTRA and a 6L ultrasonic tank. The ultrasonic system was about $600 CAD but still a contender for bang for the buck in the US space. Sadly the Vinyl Stack folks have retired and no longer supply the system.

You're gonna laugh but after using everything from spin clean to an ultrasonic cleaner fitted with a spinning motor, my favorite, most effect cleaner is without a double the Vinyl Vac. I wet clean the record with a Mofi brunsh, then, while still wet, Vac up all the gunk. I let it try, hit it with a carbon fiber anti stain brush, and it's done. Now I only break out the ultrasonic for old, used and abused vinyl.

It's only $30 on Amazon. Sounds overpriced for what it is, but it works incredibly well, and it's the best bang-for-buck cleaner out there, imho.

+1 for squeaky clean

It's not fancy and a bit awkward to leave out due to having a small shop vac involved but if you are going to make cleaning a once in a while event where you get everything out and clean one evening and then put it up it would work great.  I would recommend buying a couple extra of the cleaning brushes.  I didn't ask for extra and he says he doesn't sell separately so not sure if he would allow additional ones to be added to an order.  

Bought my VPI 16.5 over 20 years ago.  Sure it's loud but it does a great job and makes a difference, especially if you bin-dive.  For new albums I play them once first tyo help loosen debris left by the molding process.  I also clean my stylus by dropping it on BluTak (as per Soundsmith) and use a carbon-fiber brush and Zero-Stat if needed.

The 16.5 is built like a tank.  I've cleaned thousands of records with it.  A few years ago a mover dropped it from 6 feet on a hardwood floor and all that happened was a mark on the wood base and a broken plexiglass top (Audio Advisor $50 and wrenching 4 small bolts).

@ml8764ag  Myself as well.  Don't even need the Groovemaster as the label is never wet long enough to cause it to lift.  I can look at the record in the sunlight and see how much dirt is removed.  Cost me next to nothing.  The Dawn is a great gunk remover.