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Are "ultrasonic cleaners" worth it or effective?

cstanton

I am no stranger from having to clean fiddly, awkward things, from electronics to jewellery to other items.

Often my approach to cleaning such items is a bit of good old elbow grease, a small brush, perhaps some form of polish, iso-propyl alcohol, and perhaps something stronger if the materials are not under threat of breaking down. Sometimes I resort to a bit of soap and water.

Which brings me to the appeal of ultrasonic cleaners, if youtube shorts, tiktok videos and the appeal of random adverts are to tell the truth, I can dunk an item that is ingrained with difficult to clean muck, and with a bit of time and the right liquids, I'll see all of that gunk shake off and result in something nice and shiny.

My experience with some models of these though, have been less than stellar.

I'm therefore looking for recommendations and anecdotal or evidence based experiences with these, and links of where to buy if anyone can advise. Ideally the budget would be sub £150 but frankly if this means you're "getting what you pay for" then I'd consider higher. Delivery to the UK would be necessarily possible!

Thanks!

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    Hi Christopher,

    I've got this thing, it was low-cost, and I don't know if it's any good or not, although the box boldly claims it's the "UK's number one selling" ultrasonic cleaner! I can't recall why I got it, since it's never even been powered up. I probably got it for PCB cleaning, but end up just scrubbing boards with IPA and a brush.

    It has been sitting in the shed for at least 5 years, the card box is a bit warped, but inside it's still as new.

    I think I could find an unopened bottle of ultrasonic cleaning fluid too, if such a thing does not have an expiry life! If you would like these, let me know and I can post it.

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  • 0 in reply to shabaz

    Sorry for not getting back to you sooner  , thank you for the kind offer, I simply didn't have room for it Slight smile though your local Hackspace might have use for it if you still need to shift it!

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