Had to eat crow on an ultrasonic cleaner I was sure was overpriced

I spent $450 on a professional grade ultrasonic cleaner last month when my old one finally died. I fought it for weeks because I thought my cheap $80 unit did the same job. But after watching a repair buddy strip a shutter assembly spotless with the new one in half the time, I caved. Turns out the difference in frequency and heat control actually matters when you're trying to clean old grease out of lens helicoids without wrecking the brass. My cheap one just shook the parts around, this one actually dissolves the gunk. It paid for itself after two CLA jobs where I didn't have to redo the work. Anyone else get burned by thinking 'good enough' was fine until you tried the real deal?

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max38826d ago

Same thing happened to me with a set of screwdrivers I swore were fine until I used good ones.

seth_nguyen25d ago

Nah I gotta push back on that one man. My cheap screwdrivers have been doing the job for years and I honestly can't tell the difference between them and the expensive ones at a hardware store. Spending more on tools just feels like paying for the brand name half the time lol.