Double Bristle Record Cleaning Brush

8/9/2015: After owning this for several months, I cannot recommend this brush.After a while the bristles become pushed to the side, and can't be restored to the original condition. The bristles are prone to come loose as well.It worked well for a while, but in the long run your better off getting the real deal, the Hunt version of this brush. It's more expensive, but worth it in the long run.This is a good cleaning brush for your LP's. It's not the best out there...but for the price you can't beat it.I've tried many other brushes from various manufacturers, of different styles and varieties and just wasn't satisfied with the results.I've not had any problems with loose...falling out bristles. The only issue I've had is cleaning the brush.I thought it would be simple...just rinse it off and let it dry. This was a mistake. After it dried some of the other bristles were leaning and had about a 1/4" gap between one set of bristles from the rest. I've yet gotten these to straighten out. I thought about rinsing it again and making sure that all of the bristles are standing upright, but I'm afraid I'll only make it worse. But this was my mistake...not a fault of the brush.It works really well for getting all of the tiny pieces of dust and whatever gets in the groves...especially when combined with a ZeroStat gun.After a few zaps with the gun I just raise the tone arm and inch it close to enough to the platter to get it to spin (Technics SL-1600) and let the brush glide across the record. You don't need to apply any pressure...just hold it in place to prevent it from sliding. After a few rotations it does a really good job of cleaning the loosened dust and dirt off your LP's.

At the time I purchased the sleeve city record brush, it was selling for around $17.00. There is a brush that this model copies itself from that is sold by Hunt; which runs for roughly $30-40.The Sleeve City brush's second row of carbon fibers(with the felt pad seperating the other row) begins to pull away from where it is mounted in the handle; which is a pain the rear. But overall; the brush still works as designed. The rating would be higher if it did not seperate; and from what I can tell the Hunt does not have this issue.If you are willing to sheel out the $; go for the Hunt CF brush...if you are cheap, like me, then go for the Sleeve City.

This brush was one of the cheaper record cleaning brushes that I was able to find. It seems very well put together and I can see it lasting for years to come. The center portion of the brush is a very soft velvet and is sandwiched between two rows of bristles. The bristles are very soft and will not damage your vinyl. When cleaning a seemingly dust-less record, I am able to see just how much dust and dirt is not visible to the naked eye. I could definitely hear less popping and crackling on my vinyl after cleaning with this brush. I am very pleased.

This brush is identical to the DAK brush and others costing up to $30 to $35. Save yourself some money and buy this one. I find that this design works the best for cleaning records as they spin on the turntable. I use it before I play each of my records. This is to be used only on records that are new or recently cleaned with a record cleaning solution. Do not take an old dirty record out of the garage or attic and apply this brush, all you will get is a very dirty brush and a record that's sill full of dirt.

With regard to what filth is removed from the LP after use of this brush!!!. "Must have in ones arsenal of tools to obtain the best sound from their vintage vinyl collection"Highly recommend to anyone looking for a product that really works, without causing any damage. (If used correctly)

Doesn't do a good job cleaning dust off the records, which is really all it needs to do.

I threw out my RCA discwasher after getting this thing. Works a lot better than that cheap corduroy strip.

Works well. Just what I wanted. Well made.