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Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:39 am
by Dombo63
As if to prove the old adage, "pay cheap, pay twice", my JPL 7000 ultrasonic cleaner (apparently the most popular in Britain) has packed up after just over a year's light use of case cleaning.
Can anyone recommend a cleaner suitable for cases? I typically do 50 at a time standing up in a citric acid solution and probably only once a month, if that.
Thanks all.
Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:43 am
by bradaz11
i use one of these... still JPl by the looks of it
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/jpl-8050-h-pr ... -25l-a74jk
but we bought them for work, and I gave one a new home, they all still work well, even mine i use for brass etc. when i clean my brass, i do it in a plastic measuring jug, filled with solution and the cleaner's bath just filled with tap water.
i then recycle the cleaning fluid by pouring it between jugs and a cheap mesh sieve. works very well for me
Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:22 am
by saddler
12 months & packed in?
I'd be back to the retailer & asking for a replacement - that's well inside the time allowance for "merchantable quality" & "fit for purpose" issues
Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:28 am
by bradaz11
not if his soloution has eaten thru the body or something

Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:30 am
by Joe Pugh
They sell them in Aldi and Lidl now and then.
I have been using one for about 6 months with no problem.
I also use the Lyman turbo sonic solution stuff which works well.
They cost about £15 a bit small but I can get about 50 .44 mag cases in at a time.
Good luck
Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:44 am
by saddler
bradaz11 wrote:not if his soloution has eaten thru the body or something

If it has he needs to get to the vet
The things are designed to be USED with such mildly acidic/alkali solutions - not kittens tears & pixie dust
Mate had a larger 6 litre unit on Ebay - timers, heating element...the lot - broke within a week; he got a replacement free
My unit is an Aldi one - had it years & never been a problem: nor has any of the others from that batch
(I ended up with 8 of the 10 that the local Aldi had in, as the pistol club members all lived in areas which had none left on their local stores)
Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:52 am
by bradaz11
i only say that as i know one of a different type we bought for work, our cleaning soloution attacked the stainless when running
Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:10 am
by Dombo63
saddler wrote:12 months & packed in?
I'd be back to the retailer & asking for a replacement - that's well inside the time allowance for "merchantable quality" & "fit for purpose" issues
Sadly it was just
over a year. The supplier, Cost-Mad UK, via Amazon, gave a terse "out of warranty" reply to my email.
Nothing like a "f*** you" attitude to customers to get your name in lights all over the internet.
Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:15 am
by dave_303
Dombo63 wrote:saddler wrote:12 months & packed in?
I'd be back to the retailer & asking for a replacement - that's well inside the time allowance for "merchantable quality" & "fit for purpose" issues
Sadly it was just
over a year. The supplier, Cost-Mad UK, via Amazon, gave a terse "out of warranty" reply to my email.
Nothing like a "f*** you" attitude to customers to get your name in lights all over the internet.
How long ago was this? EU law dictates that warranties must be 2 years.
Re: Recommendations for ultrasonic cleaner please
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:38 am
by saddler
dave_303 wrote:Dombo63 wrote:saddler wrote:12 months & packed in?
I'd be back to the retailer & asking for a replacement - that's well inside the time allowance for "merchantable quality" & "fit for purpose" issues
Sadly it was just
over a year. The supplier, Cost-Mad UK, via Amazon, gave a terse "out of warranty" reply to my email.
Nothing like a "f*** you" attitude to customers to get your name in lights all over the internet.
How long ago was this? EU law dictates that
warranties must be 2 years.
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