Motorized Optical Lens Cleaner PSP Review - PlayStation Portable

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Nov 02 2005 Motorized Optical Lens Cleaner Preview
PSP Hardware Preview | Cleaning

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Motorized Optical Lens Cleaner for Sony PSP

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Summary: Seems to do the job

Previewed by Panther

Pros
• Shaped like a UMD so it can be stored as one so that is very handy.
• There is a removable cover for the brush to keep it clean when not in use.
• It seemed to clean my laser lens as promised, so that alone makes this item worth it to me. (I cannot 100% confirm that it cleaned well because my PSP was working fine, but after using it my regular movies and games seemed to play more quietly).

Cons
• It's so damn noisy! Scared me even when I first tried it because I thought something went wrong!
• There is no timer or progress indication. The instructions just say let it run for 3-5 seconds. I would like to see a laser lens cleaner like I have for my DVD or CD player where something actually plays on the screen. But as long as it does the job.
• The thing just feels "cheap" in the way it works. The cleaning head is just a bit of fluff where the lens hits and there is nothing all that high tech or complicated about the way it works (despite the way it looks).

Overall
I recommend this item. Considering it's the ONLY UMD laser lens cleaner I have found so far. I have dogs and cats and I take my PSP everywhere, so dust/hair is an inevitable result no matter how careful I am over time. My PSP is pristine though. I am hoping this cleaner will keep the inside just as clean. This definitely seems like needed preventative maintenance as I am sure eventually (like any laser reader) performance will degrade as micro particle get into it.

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Comments

11/07/05 sabledrakon

If it showed progress while it was cleaning, then it wouldn't be cleaning the lens at all.

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11/08/05 Panther

I guess DVD and CD cleaners that do it just work by magic then. :-P
lol

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11/08/05 iLLK

sabledrakon is wrong.

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