Hama 51488 CD/DVD Repair and Cleaning Kit & ALLSOP 59147 ProLens Laser Lens Diagnostic Cleaner for DVD and CD

Like easy to use and works

The instructions could be clearer. However this product works well, and is easy to use, though one should recognise some limitations.The cleaning fluid is to remove slight deposits on the surface, e.g. fingerprints, dust, minor stains. Such deposits can prevent a disk from playing properly. I have used this a few times and it works well.The repair fluid is for minor scratches, which can also prevent the disk from playing properly. I have used this only a couple of times but it has worked well.It should be realised that even the best products have limitations. It may not repair severe scratches. Recordable (non-rewritable) disks have a limited life anyway and this life can be shortened if they are cooked, e.g. in a car CD player, which is often situated next to the heater duct. Rewritable disks can be used over and over again, but these too have a limited life - generally reckon on about 10 years, though they can go on longer. Once a disk is life expired it cannot be repaired.Overall, a useful product, capable of "repairing" a disk more than once - but nothing lasts for ever.

Brings the disks up as good as new no freezing or bad contrast

Updated review: The instructions are included, they are printed on the inside of the card that is stuck to the blister packaging, carefully cut the card out as close to the edge as you can. I have left my notes from my earlier as it outlines the painful procedure I used to get some results. I didn't follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer as I found them too late.I have used a similar mechanism to repair my CDs, ages ago. This one looked promising however there were several problems with this product:No instructions, there are a couple of photos one labelled "Cleaning" showing how to spray the cleaning fluid on to the disc and "Repair" which actually just shows how to wipe off the cleaning fluid and seems to be showing someone doing it the wrong way, which could make the disc even worse.The so called repairing fluid is just a polishing compound of unknown grade, so it is very unlikely to "fill in" any light scratches as promised in the description. Worth noting that my one had dried out so much that the dispenser button could not draw out any fluid, adding just a couple drops of water fixed this.My procedure:Using the cleaning bottle, spray the disc and wipe it (on the non-printed side) using the lint free cloths provided, use a radial motion from the centre of the disc out to edge. Ensure the disc is dry before polishing.Polish, as with any polishing operation you need to be patient, squeeze a small amount(petit-poise size, maybe smaller) of the polishing compound half way between the centre of the disc and the edge. Align the polishing disc so that it's centre lines up with the paste, close the lid. Hold the tiny lever and rotate the mechanism. Give this some effort as you really want to just do this once, work on it for at least 15 minutes of polishing, even for light scratches. If the polish starts to dry out or polishing action becomes laboured add more polishing compound using the same procedure.Tips:Place the device on a solid surface, preferably with a good grip.Use a pair of pliers to grip the handle of device, given that you will need to polish the disc for 15 mins or more, it will help. It also makes it easier to apply medium downward pressure evenly while polishing.When removing the paste rinse in luke warm water wiping away the paste using a lint free cloth or your fingers, radially from the centre outwards. Do not wipe discs any other way as any scratches, however slight, along the direction of play can make render that area unreadable. This also applies to using the cleaning fluid.Clean the polishing pad by wiping it with a face wipe or normal tissue (not toilet tissue) to remove the polishing compound. Not sure whether this will actually help but any leftover compound is going to dry hard so it might be easier to clean later on if you remove as much as possible after use.I gave this 3 stars mainly because it actually worked, shame about the quality and lack of instructions.Also, the cleaning fluid appears to be heavily watered down isopropanol, It left some smears when I used it.

This is absolute junk. All it did was clean the CD, the black plastic cd looking device you get is just to clean it with and has no function for repairing. The repair liquid is useless, better off using toothpaste and a buffer to fix the scratches. It comes with no instructions just two pictures on the back, neither of which show the plastic device being used. which itself cheap and shoddy. Save your money don't even bother with this useless rubbish. Amazon should remove this, its the kind of stuff you find at a car boot for £1.00.

Worked well to clean my latest selection of cd's from charity shops, the included paste removes small surface scratches with a little time the main unit is for use with the cleaning spray only, I didn't clean the scratch removal paste from one cd completely and the pad became covered so I removed it to clean it, the glue used to attach the surface onto the pad is not waterproof and the buffing surface came off, I left it to dry and re attached it with the careful use of spray glue. It now works as well as ever and I can clean the pad as required. Overall I'm happy with it.

Was hoping for a miracle as my poor storage of cd’s resulted in jumping and missing sections of audio playback. Yes, the plastic device is flimsy, but place on a level surface and keep a steady circle motion and it should be fine. I wasn’t able to see any discernible difference in the wear (scratches), but so far, I am able to play without the sections jumping as they used to. One tip, I used whitening toothpaste as the abrasive “paste” did not work for me. I may have just got lucky, but the toothpaste seemed to be a better solution for me. As a bonus, the minty smell made the job of using the device all the better.

Great product dose what it says