I was hesitant to buy this as a lot of buyers are saying that it leaves residue on the record and stylus.
I went ahead and used the included cleaning solution, and this thing has performed miracles on some very noisy records. Most notably, Ghost's Ous Eponymous and Van Halen's 1984 both start with quiet intros. I had made the grave mistake of washing these records with tap water, washing up liquid and a dish sponge. You can imagine both of these records sounded like they were recorded next to a lively campfire when I played them back. I thought they were ruined and that I would have to re-buy them.
Both records were first to get cleaned with the Knosti. I slowly rotated them backwards and forwards inside the cleaning machine, and then left them to dry for a minimum of 1 hour.
When I played them back, the horrible campfire sounds were gone, and I was treated to a 95% flawless and quiet playback (still the occasional barely audible pop every minute or so, which is a drastic improvement on before.
After each side, there was a small build-up of fluff on the stylus. That was easy to remove with a few swipes of a stylus brush. On second playthrough after being cleaned, nothing more remained and the stylus and record both remained clear of debris.
I was ready to give up on Vinyl and stick with digital, as I couldn't process having to pay £15-£30+ for new records that sounded bad on first spin! This Record Cleaner has saved my interest in the medium and I am now buying records with confidence again.
I am happy to keep using the included liquid and had no problems with it. Maybe in the future I will experiment with a second bathing of each record with distilled water, but for now it feels unnecessary.
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