okay..... I am going to add my 2 cents here. I purchased the canfab vacuum based system from squeakyclean. It is a very good value purchase and in my opinion works MUCH better that the discwasher machines that you spin by hand and dry off. I have had absolutely wonderful results with the vacuum system from squeakyclean and have recommended it.
Now I am going to admit that I am lazy and really don't like the time and labor spent on doing the record cleaning thing. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely believe that clean records are as important as good components in your listening chain.
However, I did stumble on something that tickled my fancy. That is using an ultrasonic cleaner to clean your records. I did some research and found that they are, for the most part, incredibly expensive. But.....in my Yaqin tube amp group on facebook, one of the guys bought one and highly recommended it. He has some very nice equipment and his opinion on this is one that I value. So.......I just ordered one from the same source and it uses the Baku ultrasonic cleaner with a motorized spindle that holds 7 albums. Reviews on it were excellent and so I just purchased one.
I am in no way affiliated with this fella who is in Poland that builds these things so I am waiting to get mine and I will report on how well it works. The review that I got from my Yaqin tube amp compatriot was good. the price that I paid...shipped to the U.S. was around 250 and this is a bare bones model. No heat source for the water so you need to heat it prior to using it. You will also have to pony up for a voltage converter that produces over 100 watss of power. They are readily available and pretty inexpensive. I have seen ultrasonic machines that clean multiple albums at one time going for 2-5 thousand dollars.
I don't know how anyone feels about using ultrasonic cleaners, but the reviews are very good, and I think that if you can get one at a reasonable price that it is an excellent value. I plan to use mine to clean and then I will use the Squeakyclean vacuum system to do the final step of drying and possibly even vacuuming off any leftover, loose particles.
Just my two cents. Very reasonably priced in comparison to other offerings. How long it will last? How well will it work? Not sure....I think it will work well and how difficult is it to have something that rotates slowly for 5 minutes at a clip with 7 albums immersed in the ultrasonic tank? I think that the expensive ones that are out there are ridiculously overpriced and will report back on how mine works after I have used it for a bit.
Might be worth looking into. I think that the 2 systems used in conjunction can give you an RCM system that will rival the ones that are going for multiple thousands of dollars. Too good to be true? I guess we will see pretty soon. I am excited to see how this works out.
I have a lot of records to clean.