Dust-Aid Sensor Cleaning Kits

minikin · 28-07-2007 5:32pm #1

Hi all,

I've just ordered three packs (€35.40 each incl postage) from www.dust-aid.com (a lot cheaper per pack than buying from the UK/France - €50 a pop each excluding postage)

It seems to be a nice system, no fiddling with liquids (no issues with airport security when travelling etc)

Would there be enough interest among forum members to buy in bulk? I've emailed them requesting a price on fifty units. Just a thought!

Scoual · 29-07-2007 11:17am

Hi Minikin,

yeah, i saw their demo, seems safe enough to clean with (for the novice that i am), i was planning to buy one myself as well, so I m interested. Let me know what they reply to you !

DotOrg · 29-07-2007 5:57pm

i was thinking of trying these too, look a lot quicker and easier than using thepads and liquid, though that is still needed for stuck on dust

minikin · 29-07-2007 7:31pm

update: wholesale on 160 units €18.31 a piece
this will most likely be subject to vat and duty but it's still an awful lot less than €50 each!

re the 'welded' dust - according to their demo this is removed after a second or third application (of the same pad)

I'll try them out on my own sensor and let you know how i get on... it's really bad at the moment!

Scoual · 29-07-2007 8:32pm

thanks minikin,
that s cheap indeed, i checked and if u wanted to go for just one as a trial, it s as expensive from the states than from UK, because of the shipping costs... anyway, keep us updated

minikin · 29-07-2007 9:37pm

Yeah, that's why I've ordered three (postage is still $25) so the unit price comes down to €35.40 each rather than €55 or €60 from the uk or france. Three for the price of two!

They are checking out a price on 50 units for me, anyone know what "bend" refers to in terms of price... only did business studies up to intercert

Fajitas! · 02-08-2007 6:11pm

Would also be interested...

GristlyEnd · 02-08-2007 7:03pm

Interested in this as well.

Trogdor · 02-08-2007 7:31pm

I'd be interested aswell

minikin · 02-08-2007 7:52pm

cool, I throw up a poll as soon as i get a final figure on fifty units... and tested on my own machine too

rymus · 02-08-2007 9:07pm

how many people have you got now? Looks like it's the kinda thing that'd be worthwhile buying in bulk yourself and then selling off at slightly above cost (for boards members

) and massively above cost for everyone else

JMcL · 03-08-2007 7:49am

Me too! Me too!

latchiko · 03-08-2007 12:14pm

I'm interested in this too!

Fireman · 04-08-2007 9:43pm

I would be interested as well

fireman

Trogdor · 04-08-2007 11:22pm

minikin wrote:

cool, I throw up a poll as soon as i get a final figure on fifty units... and tested on my own machine too

No reply yet? they're a bit slow aren't they

sineadw · 05-08-2007 10:43pm

I could soooo do with some cleaning stuff too. No price yet?

Mr Dave C · 06-08-2007 9:03pm

Hi Folks just joined up I would be interested in a cleaning kit...

Covey · 06-08-2007 11:35pm

Me too.

T.

Hugh_C · 13-08-2007 10:07am

My CCD looks like it's got chickenpox after a trip to Spain.

That's a ME TOO, in other words.

hc

positron · 15-08-2007 12:46am

Me too! In fact I might need two...!

viking · 15-08-2007 9:00am

Add me to the list too

minikin · 15-08-2007 9:55am

Hi all,

The three I ordered arrived yesterday. Will give them a try tonight and report back... There's 13 / 14 expressions of interest here so far. Would need to get a lot closer to 50 as I don't plan on making money on these. It's more of a community saving thing. Is there anyone else interested... speak now or forever hold your peace!!!

I reckon the final price would be between €25 - €30... which is effectively half price.

Kilree · 15-08-2007 5:57pm

Depends on the results of your test but would be interested if they prove to be any good.

liveforphotos · 15-08-2007 11:49pm

Sorry folks, I have already tried out this product. I know this is not the answer you guys are looking for, because we all would like for there to be a really good solution to dealing with sensor dust, but here I go anyway.

I bought this product and tried it out on my Canon DSLR. A friend of mine tried it out on her 5D during the same session. Neither of us found it made a blind bit of difference to the dust on our sensors, and we applied it exactly as shown on the video from the website. We ended up swabbing our sensors with Eclipse and swabs using Pec Pads and got much better results.

Oh wouldn't it be lovely if this product worked? I had such high hopes for it! i wil still probably carry it on trips abroad, because I can't carry compressed air to ionise my sensor brush or Eclipse for my swabs when I fly.

liveforphotos · 16-08-2007 12:02am

Sorry to disappoint you folks,but I bought the Dust Aid system a few weeks go. I know we are all desperate for a reasonably-priced system for dealing with sensor dust, but I found this system absolutely useless. It looks great when you read the bumpf on it and I bought into it totally. But I used it on my DSLR and a friend used it on her 5d sensor during the same session. We both ended up swabbing our sensors with Eclipse and combining that with strokes from the Sensor Brush in order to get rid of the welded-on dust on our sensors. The Dust-Aid pads did nothing whatever to reduce the dust. It was quite disappointing, because it looked so good on paper. I should emphasise that we both used the Dust-Aid exactly as shown on the video on their website.

Scoual · 16-08-2007 7:26pm

Hello there,
I couldn t wait so i bought one as a trial myself. The dust on my sensor was not thick but only noticeable in sky pics for example. And it did work perfectly. It is extremely easy of use and the whole packaging thing is really handy.
So, with the experience that liveforphotos had, i guess it really isn t hard on the dust but it can do the job if it s light...

minikin · 16-08-2007 8:01pm

Just given the 20d a tentative scrubbing

As i said before... it was lousy (18 months worth of matter)
I've just taken a test shot, I have one small dust mark. Going to give it another go tonight... maybe not quite so timidly.

Have to say I'm impressed... only cost me €4 against €50 in conns.
No brainer!

Interested to read your experiences iveforphotos, what camera make/model did you use it on?

Fajitas! · 16-08-2007 8:39pm

Lol, just a word of warning for others with 5D's, search back a couple of months on www.fredmiranda.com 's Canon forum for an interesting discussion!

Trogdor · 16-08-2007 9:01pm

Fajitas! wrote:

Lol, just a word of warning for others with 5D's, search back a couple of months on www.fredmiranda.com 's Canon forum for an interesting discussion!

Do you mean 20D's? The thread i found, was about a 20D...unless there's more than one:(

Fajitas! · 16-08-2007 9:28pm

Nope, 5D's, somehow, some 5D's got out with the sensor coating the wrong way around, and the Dust Aids took the coating right off them... There's no way of knowing which 5D's have it. And it has no ill effects other than this.

Trogdor · 16-08-2007 9:35pm

Fajitas! wrote:

Nope, 5D's, somehow, some 5D's got out with the sensor coating the wrong way around, and the Dust Aids took the coating right off them... There's no way of knowing which 5D's have it. And it has no ill effects other than this.

In this thread it happened to a 20D and it says the exact same things about the 20D sensor coating on the 3rd page

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/539229/

Dust-Aid Sensor Cleaning Kits

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