Maxell VP-200 VHS Wet Cleaner

by Maxell

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000001ON6
• Item model number: 290038
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #5 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Audio & Video Accessories > Cleaning & Repair > Head Cleaners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 19, 2002

Product Description

Maxell VHS Head Cleaner 290038 Cleaning Kits

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I bought this years ago, February 27, 2010

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P. Johnson (east coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maxell VP-200 VHS Wet Cleaner (Electronics)

I bought this wet cleaning system about 20 years ago, and it still works. I hadn't used it in many years, but a friend asked me to copy his VHS tapes to DVDs, since I have a Panasonic DVD/VCR recorder, that records to both DVDs and VCR tapes. Since his tapes were old, they weren't the best quality. I wanted to make sure that I got the most out of his tapes, so I dug around and found this cleaner. The bottle of solution had dried up, but it's only alcohol, so I just used a bottle of regular rubbing alcohol (Isopropyl alcohol).

The Maxell unit still works, and I noticed improvement when I played his tapes, so I know it still works. The only thing that is better than using this cleaner is to open the DVD/VCR, and wipe the recording head with alcohol. It's a quick and easy job, but this Maxell unit does a decent job. If the head was really dirty, I'd have cleaned the head by hand.

If you want to clean the head by hand, just take out the screws that hold the cover on the VCR, and remove the cover. That big, silver looking thing that is tilted on an angle, is the recording head. Just wet a cotton ball with alcohol, and wipe it all over the head. Make sure you wipe the entire head several times, using several clean cotton balls that are wet with alcohol. You can also wipe the rubber rollers that move the tape along to clean the tape residue that is on them. By the time you get the cover back on the VCR, the heads will be dry and ready to use.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, March 12, 2007

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Anonymous "Country Music Fan" (Country Music, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maxell VP-200 VHS Wet Cleaner (Electronics)

I have used this cleaner in several different VHS players (Panasonic, RCA, etc) and it works fine. The person that said their VCR player was rejecting the tape may have received a tape that was broken or damaged during shipping. This works very well for me. Also, my heads were extremely dirty...it was so bad that a TV recording would look so fuzzy you couldn't hardly watch it...now it's crystal clear! Definitely worth the price too!!!! One of my friends went to Walmart and paid more than eleven dollars for a similar tape cleaner (what a rip off). Buy this one instead...it's cheap and it works well (at least for me anyway).

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Decks don't like it, August 11, 2004

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D. Sinclair (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maxell VP-200 VHS Wet Cleaner (Electronics)

I've tried this tape on three different makes of VHS decks, and they all reject it. Check your manual about cleaning before purchasing a cleaning tape.