HumminGuru vs.Degritter

@rvpiano I would be more concerned with the accessibility of replacement parts. all of these machines will have the parts go. The ELF times are pretty short for most. 

@rvpiano Why not keep the Humminguru and invest in a Sugarcube from Sweetvinyl?  I bought one when it was a beta product being crowd funded, and I have been thrilled with it.  To my ears, the processing does not degrade the sound at all.  It effectively removes 95% of clicks and pops, and the newer software uses noise shaping to effectively lower surface noise.

@johnss I hadn't considered that.  Have you, or anyone, had one of these cavitation cleaners fail?  If so, what was the manufacturer's support like?

The Degritter Mark II provides a lot the HumminGuru does not. The most attractive to me is the Degritter's ultrasonic frequency of 120kHz compared to the HumminGurus's 40kHz. 120kHz produces much smaller exploding bubbles compared to those produced at 40kHz (the smaller bubbles reach deeper into the record's groove). The ultrasonic cavitation is produced by four very powerful side-mounted transducers that create 300 watts of pulse code cleaning action. The Degitter's water filtration and drying systems are more advanced than those of the HumminGuru's too.

But those features come at a cost. Everyone would love to have a Degritter, but not everyone wants to spend $3300 ($3300 will buy a lot of LP's!), or is able to. Most everyone can afford the $400 HumminGuru, and it provides good US cleaning for that price. And for $200 you can get an US cleaner with record "spinner" from several sources. Considering a Discwasher now retails for around half that price, I'd say a $200 US machine is a great deal!

How can you even compare them? You can buy 5 HG to one degritter. 

It's a superior machine in almost every way, but you pay for it. I have a HG also used my friends degritter. I prefer it over my HG, but it's out of my budget. You can use TERGIKLEEN in you HG that will next level it. Also, clean really dirty records 2-3 times, usually I'll flip the album over in-between. 

The HG is a great unit, about the only thing in its price range, but it has limits. The Degritter has more power, has different UC frequencies, is at the top of the chain, where the HG is at the bottom.