New ultrasonic vinyl cleaner in the works: Humminguru

I don't use mine every day and usually clean about 15 in a session. I'll run a single wash cycle first. If I feel playback warrants another cycle, I'll throw it in again. I'd say this happens 15% of the time. I don't use the dry feature with every record. After the wash, I'll let it sit there a minute or two and most of the water will roll back down into the tank. I'll take it out and let the excess drip off which leaves very little moisture. I was a Spin Clean guy before The Hummin so I have a drying rack. I put the records there and in 30 minutes they're bone dry. If you run it through the machine, it's air drying as well, just with forced air. I figure this method eliminates the extra wear on the drying fan, the water pump and the PC board that runs it, all the parts that I predict would fail first. I probably jinxed myself with this post, but this method has worked flawlessly for me.
 
Yer Ol' Uncle D said:
I don't use mine every day and usually clean about 15 in a session. I'll run a single wash cycle first. If I feel playback warrants another cycle, I'll throw it in again. I'd say this happens 15% of the time. I don't use the dry feature with every record. After the wash, I'll let it sit there a minute or two and most of the water will roll back down into the tank. I'll take it out and let the excess drip off which leaves very little moisture. I was a Spin Clean guy before The Hummin so I have a drying rack. I put the records there and in 30 minutes they're bone dry. If you run it through the machine, it's air drying as well, just with forced air. I figure this method eliminates the extra wear on the drying fan, the water pump and the PC board that runs it, all the parts that I predict would fail first. I probably jinxed myself with this post, but this method has worked flawlessly for me.
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I don't use the dry cycle either. After a wash I give a wipe with a damp microfiber and then a couple turns each side on my old Record Doctor. Another wipe with a dry micro then placed in a rack. Rack holds 10, when that's full records are sleeved/stored. Works for me :cool:
 
Yer Ol' Uncle D said:
I don't use mine every day and usually clean about 15 in a session. I'll run a single wash cycle first. If I feel playback warrants another cycle, I'll throw it in again. I'd say this happens 15% of the time. I don't use the dry feature with every record. After the wash, I'll let it sit there a minute or two and most of the water will roll back down into the tank. I'll take it out and let the excess drip off which leaves very little moisture. I was a Spin Clean guy before The Hummin so I have a drying rack. I put the records there and in 30 minutes they're bone dry. If you run it through the machine, it's air drying as well, just with forced air. I figure this method eliminates the extra wear on the drying fan, the water pump and the PC board that runs it, all the parts that I predict would fail first. I probably jinxed myself with this post, but this method has worked flawlessly for me.
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I would say the only downside to this method is that by not draining the tank you're not regularly filtering the water. Without some sort of flocculant like you'd get with the Spin Clean, the grime just kinda accumulates.
 
kvetcha said:
I would say the only downside to this method is that by not draining the tank you're not regularly filtering the water. Without some sort of flocculant like you'd get with the Spin Clean, the grime just kinda accumulates.
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That was my worry when I first tried this but I've had no ill audible effects. I use a couple drops of GSonic in each tank. After air drying I use a Thunderon brush. If it's something particularly dirty I'll drain and filter.
 
Poly-Rythmo said:
Since I read the first messages of it failing, I definitely became more strategic in what I cleaned. I did all my African and Colombian albums first. Last month or so, I've done 300 or so African 7s. So it's less painful now. That said, I've found the best results on new, not really worn, vinyl so I'm reluctant to go without a cleaner.
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Another small update - I asked HG whether there was any warranty on their spare parts as we worked through this problem. They said there wasn't but as a goodwill gesture offered to send me new circuit boards and a gearbox for free. Understandably, I'm v happy with this. Hard to fault their support.
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
My Humminguru arrived today. Going to pair it with some g-sonic cleaner as they have guru specific directions. Any tips or tricks for a newbie? Just fire it up and let er rip?
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Be careful to pour the water in the middle of the opening so that it doesn't get into the fans.

It's worth buying a thing of aquarium filter that you can cut to size rather than the ones they sell. It's higher quality and much cheaper.

Mix a gallon of distilled water at a time with ten or so drops of gsonic, rather than in your HG water reservoir, because it needs to be shaken and rest for a few minutes before it will work best.

Try the lower drying setting first. Depending on where you live, your humidity levels, and the air flow in your house it might be enough. Mine tends to leave the same tiny smudge of water no matter the length of the dry cycle, so it's not worth it for me to run it for the longer time.

I do the longer clean cycle on everything. Used records often get a clean cycle and then a full auto cycle.

If the water in your reservoir is getting a lot of small bubbles on the sides, it probably needs to be changed. That's a sign that there are a lot of dissolved particles in it even if you can't see them.
 
Hemotep said:
Be careful to pour the water in the middle of the opening so that it doesn't get into the fans.

It's worth buying a thing of aquarium filter that you can cut to size rather than the ones they sell. It's higher quality and much cheaper.

Mix a gallon of distilled water at a time with ten or so drops of gsonic, rather than in your HG water reservoir, because it needs to be shaken and rest for a few minutes before it will work best.

Try the lower drying setting first. Depending on where you live, your humidity levels, and the air flow in your house it might be enough. Mine tends to leave the same tiny smudge of water no matter the length of the dry cycle, so it's not worth it for me to run it for the longer time.

I do the longer clean cycle on everything. Used records often get a clean cycle and then a full auto cycle.

If the water in your reservoir is getting a lot of small bubbles on the sides, it probably needs to be changed. That's a sign that there are a lot of dissolved particles in it even if you can't see them.
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This is great insight, thanks for this.
 
Diary of a Diapery Baby said:
I haven't kept up on this thread in a while - first, I've got my method down and, second, with a recent move under my belt I haven't bought a record in ~9 months.

But....I am assuming you meaning using the fluid meant for the Degritter US?

How does this compare with the G-Sonic fluid, which I've liked?
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Yeah they just released a new fluid that supposedly cleans even better, however I've seen it advertised as "rinsing off easily" so I'm not sure if this means they are suggesting doing a separate rinse cycle, which for me is a deal breaker. I'm not fussing with a second tank and a pure water rinse cycle... Their OG Degritter fluid is essentially just a surfactant and doesn't require rinsing...
 
Mather said:
Yeah they just released a new fluid that supposedly cleans even better, however I've seen it advertised as "rinsing off easily" so I'm not sure if this means they are suggesting doing a separate rinse cycle, which for me is a deal breaker. I'm not fussing with a second tank and a pure water rinse cycle... Their OG Degritter fluid is essentially just a surfactant and doesn't require rinsing...
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I'll probably have time to check it out today. Will get back to you.
 
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