HumminGuru vs.Degritter


I own the original HumminGuru record cleaning machine (not the upgraded model.). I’m thinking of buying the Degritter. Can anyone who owns both machines tell me if it’s worth the greater price?  Or, can you recommend a machine in the same price range as the Gegritter that’s better?

rvpiano

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. 

Degritter operates at 120Khz vs HG at 40Khz. HG is a modified jewelry cleaner. It was never developed for records. The frequency does not remove enough from the grooves.

Better to save and buy the Degritter when you have enough...

 

@bbenzaquen6343  I think you are mistaking the HG with a Kirmuss, which is a modified jewelry cleaner. The HG was designed solely as a LP cleaner.


I also believe the best way to clean LPs is with both US and vacuum. The results I get with a vacuum machine and the HG are superior to what I was getting with a well known US machine by itself.

@bondmanp the parts availability is not very good. I have had to do my own searching for replacement parts. 

 

Would also agree with @daveyf . The combination of US and vac has given me the best results both on listening tests and optically looking through a high powered microscope. 

I'm going to switch from my Noisy, loud Pro-Ject vac to a HG. I have not used the Vac in over a year. For me, who only buys clean records (mostly new) to start, the HG is more than enough.