Summary: Nice, but grossly overpriced
Comment: Title says it all. This brush works well, but they'd sell three times as many if they cut the price in half. No justification for it.
Features:
Two Stage Power Button On / Off
More Powerful Engine than the Standard Artic Butterfly
Better Battery Grip than tne Standard Arctic Butterfly
Enhanced Fiber Cleaning Through Patented Rotary Motion.
No Canned Air, Completely Travel Safe.
Accessories:
Adorama AAA Battery, 1.5 volt Alkaline, Single Pack of 1
POWER 2000 XP-333 NiMH Rapid AA and AAA Battery Charger
Visible Dust Brite Vue Sensor Loupe 5x
Visible Dust Sensor Brush Wash (10 Cleaning Tablets)
Visible Dust HDF Sensor Brush for the Arctic Butterfly
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Spotlight customer reviews:
Summary: Nice, but grossly overpriced
Comment: Title says it all. This brush works well, but they'd sell three times as many if they cut the price in half. No justification for it.
Summary: RIPOFF
Comment: I hardly ever write reviews on stuff I buy. And apart from researching alternatives (I always shop carefully) I don't usually worry too much about the price of photography equipment. I am a hard working pro, my gear and my eyes make the money so I don't mind spending money on good equipment. However... I just unpacked my latest Amazon shipment and had a closer look at the Visible Dust 724. Now I know where my 100USD went. After the 3.50 it must be costing them to make these things, they are also sending you a nice plastic case (useless) and then putting THAT into another leather case (again, useless). That case has a bunch of pockets etc. in it. Whoopee. Being one of the very few sensor cleaning companies that actually has a decent working product, I suppose Arctic can charge whatever they want for this. Having owned their past offerings which were so plasticy/flimsy that they broke. When I looked at the picture online of this newer one it looked more sturdy to me, possibly with a decent rubber grip. Actually, it's just a matte finish on the thinnest plastic they could find, It will probably shatter into a million pieces WHEN it falls. And there's no replacement tip which would have been one way of justifying the exorbitant price. Why don't we just all refuse to buy these things for two years and see how Arctic like that. It works (for now) so I've given it two stars but jeez.... what a ripoff.
Summary: A great Product
Comment: The Visible Dust Arctic Butterfly 724 Kit, Rotary Motion Fiber Cleaning Brush work great twice with the bush and the sensor was clean. The sensor before the cleaning was so bad that a blue sky had tons of dark spots.
But after using the brush there all vanished. To me it was worth the price.
I had a camera shop clean it the first time and it cost me $50.00. Two cleanings and it will pay for itself.
Editorial reviews:
VisibleDust is a Canadian Company... which uses its knowledge of biochip technology to advance the science of removing dust from the surface of delicate objects. Attracting protein and DNA to the glass-like surface of a biochip for attachment requires special preparation of that surface. Because dust has many common characteristics with DNA, our products are able to utilize that same technology. Ideal for Travel and for Light Dusting of sensor - does not replace regular brush which has more filaments and is better suited for heavier dusting.
