On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:31:15 +0000 (UTC), informer wrote:


Do they work or are they a con?


Con. Dust is basically very tiny rocks and scraping them off of a fragile
lens at high speed is a sure fire way of scratching the lens.

People always say "use a CD cleaner" because it is a brainless fix and is
similar to using a VCR head cleaning tape.

However, a dirty lens is responsible for probably less than 2% of CD player
failures, mostly people living in the midst of a duststorm. Far more likely
is a mechanical problem, servo adjustment, or laser output.

If you must have the lens cleaned, spend the 10 minutes to pull the player out
of your setup, pull the cover, and use a q-tip and denatured rubbing alcohol.