Cheap ultrasonic cleaner

[zanes]

Thought I'd give the BBS a heads up on this ultrasonic cleaner- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08L82MQ3J

A real step up from the tiny 1 litre unit I had some years back, takes 100 .308s (the most I've had cause to do yet) with absolute ease and it also looks very very similar to the Lyman 2500 which is about £150.

[aris]

Thought I'd give the BBS a heads up on this ultrasonic cleaner- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08L82MQ3J

A real step up from the tiny 1 litre unit I had some years back, takes 100 .308s (the most I've had cause to do yet) with absolute ease and it also looks very very similar to the Lyman 2500 which is about £150.

As it happens I was looking at ultrasonic cleaners recently. I found this for £73:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MFQ1DXW/

If you pay a bit more (£85) you get it sold by Amazon on Prime (more solid of a guarantee IMHO, so possibly worth the extra).

You are right though - that one you linked to is identical. Clearly Lyman are re-badging from the same Chinese factory.

[zanes]

As it happens I was looking at ultrasonic cleaners recently. I found this for £73:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MFQ1DXW/

If you pay a bit more (£85) you get it sold by Amazon on Prime (more solid of a guarantee IMHO, so possibly worth the extra).

You are right though - that one you linked to is identical. Clearly Lyman are re-badging from the same Chinese factory.

That was the other style I looked at- as I recall there's a whole range of capacities in that series. The only thing that put me off was some people reporting they were really quite noisy, not ideal for where I use mine.

Plus the fact work gave us a £50 Amazon voucher which the one I went for nicely used

Definitely agree that sold by Amazon is the way to go on these sorts of things, a lot to be said for no BS returns.

[Solvo]

The all metal ones are indeed noisy. I have two, the little 1.3L one isn't too bad but it is unpleasant to be near. The larger 22L one is ... loud, I have to shut it in the workshop and do something else.
Small one has a single transducer, larger one has 8.

Those small plastic shelled ones are quite good, but I found them a bit hit & miss, some are ultrasonic but some are just too weak and little more than a vibrating tank.

If you want to use it a lot i'd really suggest one with a drain valve as emptying them is a bit of a pain, especially if you use chemical cleaning solutions in the main tank (as opposed to floating bags/boxes of cleaning liquid in water)

[Turnup]

That looks like a cracker. Shame it has no pouring lip or drain valve 'cos I re-use the cleaning fluid many times but at that price it is a small inconvenience.

[20series]

I exactly the same one and it lasted for about 5 years, perfect for the job.

Alan