Customer Reviews

Carson Stuff-It Microfiber Lens Cloth, Blue

5 star:		(23)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Works like a charm and is far superior to the cleaning pen I tried. I love the stuff sack and clip. Very useful.

Not much to say: a microfiber cleaning cloth that comes in a soft, protective case. The cleaning cloth is large enough to clean a lens and keep my fat fingers from getting on the lens while I clean. Both the cloth and the case appear to be quite durable. I bought two of these, and I recommend having plenty around or else you'll always be wondering where you left it.

The pull string to draw the cloth back into the sheath is a good idea. The pull string is attached to the cloth with reinforcement -- another good idea. Product was delivered promptly.

Bought this lens cleaning cloth in bag a couple of months ago. This is the first time I used it and it was used on my Canon 70 - 200 mm f.40 lens. To my utter dismay, it left a bad white smudge mark on the lens. Seems that the cloth had some "funk" on it in various places. I had to resort to lens cleaning paper and Windex to clean my lens (I do not recommend this) and lots of rubbing as computer screen cleaner did nothing to remove the smudge mark. I finally was able to remove the marks after about 10 minutes of determined scrubbing. Had I not been able to remove the smudge marks, I would have had to pitch my most trasured lens. That is how bad it was. Instead, I threw the Carson lens cleaning cloth in the trash. Buy this product if you wish (it is a great concept) but don't say you have'nt been warned. Oh, and the only reason that I gave it one star is because one must give it a star in order to rate the item. In reality, it deserves an overall rating of zero - remember, this item ended up in the trash after its first use. JWW

Hey Guys. This product is pretty cool in that you can just strap it onto the outside of your camera bag or through it where ever and its all packed into itself. The only problem is that it leaves a horrible whitish film on everything. Was cleaning a $900 lens and it was fine than BAM!, crazy bad streaks and nastyness on the lens. Bad day. I still use it for my really cheap sunglasses but thats about it.

Not sure if its something through their manufacturing process when the cloth is treated or what. Again, awesome design, poor follow-through. (Took a long time to get the stuff off my lens but its back to normal now, thankfully)

Neat product idea would've been 5 stars, but when I use It to clean my smartphone screen or sunglasses, there seems to be residue smudges requiring add'l cleaning. Will try washing the cloth to see if that fixes the problem.

Great in terms of portability however after wiping my UV MRC lens with this cloth, it left some kind of weird light colored smudge. It was pretty hard to get off and had to use a different micro fiber cloth with a lens cleaning fluid. Not exactly sure as to why it would be leaving a smudge but just giving the heads up in case you all see something left behind from this cloth.

I've gotten a few of these and several people after seeing mine have purchased them as well. I keep one in my office and home office, one in my laptop bag, and one in my camera bag. That way I never have an excuse (lazy) to get and use a good quality cloth. Wiping with things like cotton WILL scratch lenses. I trust these to clean my 1500$ in camera equipment when I'm out in the field, or clean my 300$ glasses. For the cost of a few bucks, it is well worth it. It's hard to tell if you haven't seen one but the quality and thickness of the microfiber is actually quite impressive! It does not seem like a cheap microfiber one would normally expect to get for only a few bucks. And what makes it even better is its "stuff" sack. Keeps a lot of unwanted debris off the cloth so when you go to grab it its ready to wipe down whatever you got. It's clip and it's draw string make it easily attachable to a lot of things, very versatile. I highly recommend!

I bought several of these a few months ago.

They are wonderful to have around for lenses, or even your glasses. I keep one one my keychain, one on each camera strap, and one in my camera bag. It's fair to say I'm biased.

I should order more. They come in very handy. No more searching for a microfiber cloth. The wash up well. Great deal.

5/5



-Mike

I hesitated before buying this product after reading about the white goop problem, and, well, I should have hesitated longer because there IS white goop built into the cloth. First time I used it my glasses were smeared with the stuff and it took me 5 minutes of scrubbing with water and a (good) microfiber cloth to get it clean.

Maybe this product will work better after being put through the washing machine - I hope so.