StudebakerStudebaker Vinyl Record Cleaning System with Cleaning Solution and Soft Pads Included

The media could not be loaded. I love this record cleaner! I have cleaned so many thrifted records. Every time they come out near spotless and sound amazing. This system is easy to use and quick to setup. After each use it is simple and easy to cleanup and put away. Simply pour out the dirty water, squeeze the excess water out of the pads, and leave everything open to dry. All of the parts including the cleaning solution and the microfiber cloths fit inside of the base with the lid snug. The cleaning pads are gentle on the surface and haven't left any noticeable scratches on my vinyls. The cleaning solution doesn't have a strong smell and lasts a long time.

The cleaner will clean, to great affect obvious grime and dust on the record. However, if it is deep set into the grooves and like imprinted on, you won’t be able to get it out with this basically at all. You can make it a bit better, but not much.Packaging came nice.

This was for my husband. He buys albums and thoroughly cleans them with this set. They come out like new.

Records are gross. No, seriously. They’re dirtier than you realize. I used the Studebaker to wash around 140 7” records and let me tell you. Ew, ew, ew ew ew. Just look at the pic.The Studebaker itself is pretty straightforward to use. The rollers fit in three positions for different sized records (no 6” option). The rollers have a soft silicone o-ring in the middle for the record to rest against, but I did notice that the o-ring could shift slightly and the record would get wedged between the o-ring and the plastic of the roller. This happened almost exclusively on the side where I was pushing the record down, and rarely—if ever—on the side where I was pulling the record up (imagine steering a tiny ship to the right). Not a big deal, but it did cause the roller to fall into the water a number of times. I also imagine these o-rings will wear out and lose elasticity at some point, but o-rings are cheap. Two microfiber brushes fit snugly against each other so the record has full contact on both sides as you turn it. One thing about the brushes; I noticed that they get pretty close to the label, so it’s possible that some cleaner and/or water will contact the label. If you leave the record in the contraption, the label could soak up some liquid. The first few records you wash will probably cause the brushes to pull up out of their spots when you pull the record out since they’re so snug against the record, but that problem stopped after a number of washes.Someone already mentioned that the instructions do not mention anywhere to put water in the thing, but it holds water well. I used distilled water, mostly just because. No leaks or spills. There’s quite a bit of excess water on the record itself when you pull it out (some of which wanted to drip down across the label), so I kept a microfiber cloth handy to wipe the record mostly dry before putting it in a rack (recommended if doing any sort of bulk washing). I recommend keeping the clear plastic top to prevent evaporation. It seems a little flimsy like it’s part of the packaging, but it’s useful.I have not used any other record washing system, so I cannot compare. However, I am satisfied with this one and do not plan on buying a different/more expensive brand. I’d recommend this product for anyone who collects old, used records, especially anyone who plans on buying/selling on any marketplace like Discogs or… Well, anywhere else you can buy used records.Five stars, even with a few design flaws.

When reviewing this you have to consider that it's a spinoff of another product, the spinclean. That said this is certainly one of those "you get what you pay for" situations. Disclaimer: I do not own a spinclean, and thus cannot directly compare the two units. With all of that said, this thing cleaned my records extremely well using the spinclean fluid. (I did not, and you probably should not trust the cleaning solution that comes with the Studebaker.) While it got the job done, there were some things that really keep this product from being a "no brainier" cheaper alternative. For starters, like another review here mentioned, there seems to be no seal between the MDF housing and the plastic cleaning tub, and no way to drain the space in between, which could be a cause for concern. After cleaning around 50 records, the rubber o-rings on the little wheels started slipping, which kind of annoying. The biggest problem I experienced was with the cleaning pads themselves. Even when carefully removing the record in a clockwise motion after cleaning, the pads always wanted to come out along with the record, this left me awkwardly holding the cleaning pads down when removing records. This problem was especially apparently with 180gram records. These are all inconveniences that I deemed worthy of docking a star off. Considering you can get this thing for almost half the price of the spinclean, they were headaches but acceptable ones. (Please keep in mind im probably more patient than most people.) However, when I finished up, I noticed one of the microfiber pads was starting to come loose on the edge. Again, I can probably continue to use the product for a long time as long as I'm very careful with the pads, but this alone is worth docking off a star. The pads look pretty similar to the ones in the spinclean and I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were interchangable, it might be worth looking into, I couldn't find any instances of someone trying and posting the results. If you're able to put up with all the crap, then you can get good results. If you don't think you could tollerate this things shortcomings, I would just spring for the spinclean. cleaning my records with this thing, I never heard a single pop or click.