First, before you start to clean records, cut the rubber tires off of both rollers. They contribute nothing to the cleaning operation and cause the records to bind and become nearly impossible to turn. The tires only last for about 10 records anyway and cause other problems.
With the rubber tires gone, the cleaning operation becomes very easy. I have about 100 LPs that ended up being stored (forgotten?) in a damp cellar for 40 years. I recently retired and moved and tried to play some of the records but found them to be so dirty as to be unplayable. Each record was put through a cleaning cycle following directions and there was a tremendous improvement in playback quality.
Now; if only there was a magic bullet to fix scratches....

Works as advertised

The media could not be loaded. The video attached to this review is I used an album I bought at a thrift store. The Fiddler on the Roof is the album playing in the video.

When I bought the album it was unplayable, when I say unplayable that means all you could hear was noise and maybe some vocals and all music is gone. The original cleaning I did on the album was with a soft brisle tooth brush with disk soap. It made a very small but noticeable difference, nothing really to write home about.

The different the Big Fudge made, as you can hear in the video brought the album back to life. Even after the album dried and I used my record brush I was still getting junk out of the grooves as shown in the picture. This record cleaner was worth the money I paid. Do I think making the cleaning process a two step endeavor is worth it"¦. I'll leave that up to you.

After reading write-ups on FB pages dealing with the new/vintage vinyl revival and discussions about methods for cleaning lawn sale and bargain basement vinyl purchases, and always the one looking for easier and better ways to clean my vinyl, I decided to give this device a try. Finally got an opportunity to take this cleaner for a "spin" today. I am very pleased.
I purchased two because I read where several persons posting their stories recommended performing a final rinse before placing the vinyl in the drying rack. This is how I cleaned some records today.
1) First basin was filled, as directed in the instruction sheet, with distilled water into which I added two cap fulls of cleaning fluid.
2) The second basin was filled to the same suggested level, into which I added 1/2 cap full of Kodak Fotoflow.
3) Washed and rinsed each record and placed into drying rack. Dry after less than thirty minutes, but I let them sit for the duration.

The first album I cleaned was an old Kinks album I picked up somewhere. Remember trying to play it once and barely made it through the first song. The album was noisy! Today the album was significantly better. Just a few clicks and pops. Big improvement over my initial attempt to play the record.

The second album was and album I had purchased years ago and played a few times. The album had it's share of clicks and pops. After cleaning, the album sounded like a new record. I was so pleased with the results. So pleased that I've selected thirty albums I'm going to clean tomorrow. The process is very easy and fool-proof. You cannot mess the process up. Eventually I will make it through my collection, but what's the rush?

Highly recommend adding this to your album cleaning strategy. Very affordable and easy to use.
I also recommend using distilled water and Kodak Fotoflow in the rinse.
Now get out there and clean that vinyl! Not need to procrastinate any longer. This is the tool you've been waiting for!

For many years I used to clean all of my records by hand which served me very well. But this is easy to use and simple to operate so that even a child could do it. It adjusts for the various sizes of recordd so that there is nothing else to get. I would strongly suggest if you are looking for something simple and easy to use to check this out and give it a try. It is a value for the money.