Maxell Pro Disc Fixer DSR-1 home electronics.|
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List Price: $56.02 Features • Repairs cleans all discs from 8 cm-12 cm: CD-R/RW, • CD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-R/+R video game discs • Fixes up to 100 discs per pad • Includes AC adapter, |
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| I researched disk cleaners and repair thoroughly before buying the Maxell DSR-1, and this unit is the best by far. I compared this unit head to head with Skip Dr. and Aleratec and both were total junk compared to the Maxell. I'll report some of what I found in my research and then about the Maxell DSR-1:
SKIP DR. REPAIR UNIT: is poorly constructed and they don't have a combo unit so you need to buy a repair unit and a cleaning unit separately. The repair unit severely scratched my test disk, creating huge starburst type scratches from the center to the edges of the entire surface of the disk. Plus, their repair unit doesn't even buff. You have to do that manually with a cloth!! So I'm supposed to strain and waste my time buffing out all those pretty scratches their unit created with a cloth? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of an "automated" product?? And the buffing cloth was useless anyway cuz the scratches the unit created were far too deep. Not to mention, if you use this unit on a rental disk, the video store will probably charge you for mangling their disk. SKIP DR CLEANING UNIT: is equally a piece of junk. It's supposed to eject the disk after cleaning but it doesn't. The disk just keeps spinning and spinning forever. Both Skip Dr. units run on batteries, so be prepared to spend extra money on that too. And you know as batteries die down, the cleaning and repair units will be less and less effective, so you'll have to replace batteries often. Don't bother with Skip Dr. unless you want to destroy disks, waste time, waste money on batteries and waste space on 2 inadequate units. ALERATEC: was better than Skip Dr but you have to change wheels every time you want to repair, polish or clean. So where do you keep all those parts and cleaning fluids when not in use? And from what I've seen, refills are almost as expensive as the unit itself! And neither the unit or refills are readily available anywhere except online. THE WINNER: MAXELL DSR-1: by contrast the Maxell DSR-1 cleans, repairs and buffs. In fact, you can clean one disk while repairing another all at the same time! The Maxell is a 2 sided vertical unit, with cleaning on 1 side and repair/buff on the other. It also has a nifty storage compartment in the back that holds an extra cleaning wheel, cleaning fluid, repair fluid, a cloth and 2 buff wheels when not in use. You do have to swap the repair/buff wheels if doing a full repair. But at least you have somewhere to store the extra wheels when not in use. The storage compartment also has a cleaning sheet to record how many times you've used the wheels. Unlike the previous 2 models above, the Maxell is rated for 100 uses for each wheel. And having a place to easily check off each use makes it easy to keep track of when a replacement wheel is needed. They only give you one sheet though so I made copies and am using one sheet for each clean, buff and repair wheel, that way I'll have an accurate record. None of the other units had this. Apparently you're just supposed to remember on your own. Not to mention, the refills for the Maxell were only $6 for an entire replacement kit of 2 wheels each for clean, repair and buff, 1 bottle each of cleaning and repair fluid and another cloth. The Maxell also runs on an AC adapter, so there's no need for batteries. That combined with the inexpensive refills make this the cheapest unit to use over the long run. Some other reviewers said this unit doesn't clean the outer part of the disk - well, for my experience, that's not the case at all. The repair/buff function also works very well. If the disk isn't that bad, you can just buff or you can do a full repair/buff. The unit doesn't scratch the disk like Skip Dr did, but it does leave the disk looking hazy. But that doesn't affect playback and it did successfully fix unplayable disks I tried. Also, it's unlikely a video store would notice you repaired/buffed their disk, so there's no danger of being charged for damaging a disk as with Skip Dr. And the Maxell is fully automatic with 3 minute cycles that stop when each procedure is done. All told, the Maxell DSR-1 cleans and repairs disks very well and far out performs all other units!! This is easily the best disk clean/repair/buff unit out there! |
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