Not quite up to par with the original, but still works well.
I was hoping this would be relatively close to the original design of the Discwasher from back in the 1970s. While this LOOKS much like the original, this one is VERY lighweight. I'm not sure what kind of wood this one is made out of, but it's lighter weight than my original walnut one, by a fair bit. The handle is also not drilled/routed out to hold the fluid bottle. Also, the fluid bottle is now a mister bottle instead of a dropper bottle. I like the original bottle better. Fluid does a great job, though, so absolutely ZERO complaints there. The other minor issue I have is the design of the pad cloth itself is slightly different. The original Discwasher pads had a velvet cover that was seamed at the corners to make it squared off, and also to make the bottom side of the pad almost perfectly flat so it would cover an entire record without having to press it down. The new one has the velvet pulled over the pad but not seamed at the corners, so you have to press down on it a bit to get contact with the entire record. The quality of the cloth, so far at least, seems just as good as the original. I would give it a solid 4 out of 5 across the board. It does the job it's designed to do very well, but it COULD be better in those ways, like the original design was better. For the price, it's still a deal, though, as market demand has driven resale value on the originals through the roof. My only concern would be that if you have a more modern turntable that couldn't take the stress of pressing against the platter and record by the pad, that might be an issue, but for those like me who are using sturdy old vintage turntables, this is fine. Not perfect, but it works well.
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