Customer Reviews

170 WATT 2 LITER (0.53 Gallon) DIGITAL ULTRASONIC CLEANER with HEATER

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Length:: 2:51 Mins

I primarily purchased this cleaner to clean shell casings with, and have used it to clean watches, jewelry, eyeglasses and coins. I've been happy with the purchase, since it does what it's advertised to do.

The Graduated Beaker, Glass, Low form, 800ml Beakers that I mentioned are what I recommend to put the items that you're cleaning in a solution, rather than putting the solution into the cleaner tank.

When I said that the directions were funny, if you read one of them, the warning says that you are "not to use while bathing". Darn, I guess I can't set the unit to run its' cycle, and hop in the shower. I guess something got lost in translation.

I got this cleaner to clean my diamond engagement ring, which had one of the small diamonds replaced a few months ago. At the time the stone was replaced, the ring was cleaned at the jeweler's and I was astonished at how much more it sparkled than it had when I brought it in. Anyway, fast forward 4 months, and the ring is looking less impressive, but to top it off, the new stone is looking nearly an opaque white. I abuse this ring by wearing it almost constantly regardless of what I'm doing, so I wanted to give the whole thing a good cleaning before accusing them of replacing the missing diamond with something other than a diamond.

After seeing the good reviews here and elsewhere, I selected this unit. I've seen lots of places recommend cleaning jewelry with nothing more than plain water when using an ultrasonic cleaner, and that is what I did. Boy, was I disappointed! It did look cleaner overall, but even after 2 3-minute cycles, it still didn't really sparkle, and the replaced stone still looked different from the rest. Also, looking closely at the underside of the settings, I could see there was definitely dirt in the crevices.

So, I tried again, this time with a small squirt of dishwashing liquid in the water, and another cycle with clear tap water afterwards. Now, that's more like it! Even with the ring still under water, I could see the difference. All of the stones are sparkling, now.

The unit is as simple as pie to operate, and seems well enough constructed. It has a stainless steel tank, and a plastic basket to protect your valuables from banging against the metal during cleaning. You can watch through a clear plastic window in the lid and see your rings vibrating - pretty cool.

Any way, I'm happy with my purchase.

Rebeccah

I asked my mother to get me one of these for Christmas because my jewelry was filthy and using the little jar of cleaner with the brush just wasn't cutting it. Wow, was I impressed. We immediately opened it and starting cleaning any jewelry we could find. I am truly pleased with this product and would recommend it. It's simple to use and easy to clean up. Since my jewelry hadn't been cleaned well for a long time, I added some windex to the water for the first cleaning. I was told that I could use an amonia based product on gold and diamonds by a jewelry store owner.

I just purchased and received this item. My wedding rings have not looked this good in the 16/17 years I have had them! It's nice to get some sparkle back in them.

The only issue I have is that while they recommend the first setting, they don't really recommend or advise on when to use the other settings. I was cleaning several very very dirty rings and set the setting to 280. When it was completed, I noticed a speck in the metal bottom- sure enough, one of my rings had lost a diamond. It's VERY tiny and I am glad that I was able to save it. But, I would never have put it in there for that long if there was an indication on length for items. I do love this item and can't wait to finish cleaning everything else!

I have had this item for about a month. I am very satisfied with the finished result when cleaning my jewelry. I put a drop of dishwashing liquid in along with tap water and the jewelry sparkles. I also like the heat feature, which I have used each time. My only complaint is the "off" button doesn't seem to work. Rather, I have to unplug the unit after cleaning.

Overall, great product.

I chose this cleaner because it seemed more powerful than the others, and only cost a little more when I bought it. I'm having a lot of fun cleaning jewelry. It gets dirt and dead skin out from places I would never be able to reach, like the backs of diamonds, and inbetween the links of chains and it's gentle. It's wonderful on eyeglasses and wow, can I see everything better and boy does it sparkle. I usually run it about 5 minutes, without the basket then drain the water. Water always ends up a little dirty. It doesn't polish ring bands so if I want more of a shine, I rub some polish on first, before I clean the jewelry.

This worked well on jewelry. All the dull jewelry came out shining. It also worked on glasses and did not seem to harm them. due to the larger size, I cleaned several pair at once. It did harm the film on a pair of tinted safety glasses, but I don't mind. I used it to clean spark plugs on my lawn equipment. It did not remove the carbon but it did get them very clean and I brus the carbon off with a wire brush. It is now much easier to start the lawn equipment. I also cleaned shaver and razor heads that I could not get completely clean. They came out completely clean. I used a couple drops of dish soap for all cleaning. This unit also comes with a heater which helped in the cleaning process.

I purchased this as a gift to my wife who loves to have her engagment and wedding rings sparkle. After researching many cleaners, I purchased the Pro Large 60 watts heated ultrasonic cleaner for wife as a Xmas gift. It initially was not going to arrive until after new years (I ordered late). To my surprise, it showed up the day before xmas.....suprise. After trying the cleaner several times, I was convinced it was just not working....I sent an email to Shining Image indicating the I felt my product was defective....they dropped a new cleaner in the mail that day! No questions asked....The new cleaner works great. Cleans rings as good as my jeweler. The only precaution is that it is so strong, it can knock loose stones out of rings.....

Admittedly, this thing did a fairly good job of cleaning all the items I put into it. I gave it 3 stars because the button for turning the heating feature on and off doesn't seem to make a lick of difference. Once you hit the button and the heating element is activated, pressing the button again doesn't actually turn the heating element off. I have to unplug it every time I'm done using it, and well... that sucks. Not to mention the maximum timer length is way too short... I really don't like having to manually run the unit several times.

I own a retail store that sells clothing and accessories including rhinestone jewelries. I bought this unit in hoping that it could remove some stubborn tarnish from the rhinestone necklace sets and tiara headpieces. Unfortunately, even though the jewelries come out very clean and shine, the tarnish was still not completely removed, so I still could not restore the jewelry to its original condition. However, even though it didn't work quite effectively on the tarnish, the machine did an excellent job in cleaning all of my family's eyeglasses. Our vision was indeed ten times better with clean eyeglasses! While in the cleaning mood, I also tried to clean everything else in the house that is made out of glass, crystals and porcelain that could fit into the machine, and they worked too. Even though this machine didn't do a good job in getting the tarnish out, I would still keep this unit to use for cleaning stones, crystals and glasses.