Camera-and-Photography Info - Visible Dust Arctic Butterfly Brite 724 Kit

Features:

Three Stage Power Button On / Off - Equipped with Bright LED light - Requires 2 AAA batteries
Enhanced Fiber Cleaning Through Patented Rotary Motion.
No Canned Air, Completely Travel Safe.
Pocket Sized!
Super-Charged Fiber Technology (SCF).

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Much better than the separate "spinning device."

Comment: This is my second Visible Dust sensor brush. Unlike the version with separate brushes, the Arctic Butterfly is well made, and spins perfectly every time, building up a nice charge. While sometimes it takes more than one pass to clean my sensor, and now and then I end up with new dust, at most it takes 3-4 passes before the sensor is absolutely dust free.

The plastic cover the for the brush is really welcome as well. The other kit I purchased from Visible Dust had flimsy plastic bags for the brushes which quickly fell apart. Since keeping the brush very, very clean is vital, it's nice to have simple, sturdy protection for the brush.

The only reason this isn't 5 stars is the LED. It's far too dim to use to actually inspect the sensor. It's much dimmer than the $1 keychain LED flashlight I bought elsewhere on the web. It's a nice idea, but Visible Dust really should have used a brighter LED. If you're considering one of these, you might as well buy the Arctic Butterfly 724 without the light.

- Gus

Editorial reviews:

The newly designed Arctic Butterfly 724 ® (Brite) features a bright LED that illuminates the sensor while in operation. This illumination reduces the possibility of fibers being dragged accidentally against the surrounding cavity hence reducing the potential cause of smear usually caused by contaminated fibers. The bright LED of Arctic Butterfly ® 724 makes the dust locating an easier task for sensor cleaning operator. The DC rotary engine has been modified to meet a certain RPM that generates the optimal centrifugal forces enabling as speedy dust rejection while increasing the charge enhancement of the fibers. These combined patented features that includes SCF (Super Charged Fibers) by implementing nano-coating technology for charge enhancements and by using super thin fibers for maximum lift capability along rotary motion for cleaning / charging without the use of canned air makes the Arctic Butterfly 724 ® (Brite) a superb sensor cleaning tool. Because of its safety features all models of Arctic Butterfly ® can be safely used on ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) coated sensor and DLSR's with built in sensor cleaning systems