Memorex Optifix Motorized CD/DVD Cleaner and Scratch Repair Kit
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Customer Review: It's good
Summary: 4 Stars
It has saved 4 cd's so far in the repair mode. Did a beautiful job cleaning. So far the only down side is getting replacement supplies repair or cleaning (such as repair goo or pads). I personnaly am very pleased.Customer Review: OPTIFIX
Summary: 4 Stars
It's a good product for the most basic general cleaning. The pads have a limitted life span and the skip that I had on a DVD that I was trying to repair .... well it still skips.Customer Review: The good, the bad, and the inevitable
Summary: 3 Stars
First, why have a personal DVD repair system? For me it was when we're watching a movie and it starts pausing and skipping, and I have a better alternative than to just give up trying to watch it after cleaning it with windex doesn't work. If the Optifix doesn't work, at least I had a better way to try to get the movie going again.
I believe their is no such thing as a perfect DVD repair system. However, some DVDs are borderline dirty/scratched that a good cleaning and a turn through the "fixing" mode should bring SOME of those DVDs back from the brink.
With that in mind, Optifix works, though not perfectly. I have three young children that can be rough on DVDs (especially the children DVDs). Using Optifix to first clean, then attempt a repair, and then clean again, I have about a 60% success rate of returning DVDs to playable status. That's the good news, and by itself should rate a four star review.
The reason that its three stars is that the pads need replaced frequently. They get worn out fast, especially when unused for days or weeks, and can start to scratch the DVDs themselves if not replaced often. Twenty uses is about the maximum. So if I "save" 12 out of twenty disks, it probably saves me $120 - 240 in having to buy a new disk to replace the old one. Heck, even "saving" one or two disks per kit that you like well enough to rebuy is worth the $8.00 or so for that kit.
My only response to the "it scratched my DVD even more" one-stars is this: First, the disk wasn't working already if you were trying to repair it. Second, replace the pads more often, especially if you haven't used the device in a while.
Customer Review: Not so Bad
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this unit about a year ago, maybe longer. I bought it to repair my old cds and dvds. I soon found out it did not do a repair job all that well. But I didnt really expect it too, seeing that it only cost 20 bucks. However, recently I have been converting my cd collection to mp3's on the computer and alot of my discs were really dirty. I put about 80 discs though it to be cleaned, and i can say it does that pretty well. So even though it didnt do what i really needed done, a year later i got good use out of my $20. And what other people have been saying about damaging their discs even more, I have not noticed this. I might just be lucky though.Customer Review: Use Optifix along with Digital Innovations
Summary: 3 Stars
First , I put the disk through the Digital Innovations repair tool, then put it through the Optifix. The DI resurfaced the disk but left scuff marks of it's own (no ill effect to the disk) so I put it through the Optifix and buffed it up real nice.......the disks look and work as good as ever. I also make my own fluid with 50/50 steril water and 90% Isopropyl Alcohol. Extends the time of use on any disk. It doesn't do a good enough job on it's own to rate anything higher than a 3, and that's only cause it does do a decent buff job.