HQ CD Lens Cleaner

First of all, i would like to state that this product was used on an Xbox 360, and only needed one use to fix. I was starting to have trouble with my Xbox 360, it was having trouble reading disks. Naturally i just assumed it was overheating and so i switched it off and left a fan over it to cool it down. The fan was on for 6 hours straight just to be safe. However, when switching the Xbox back on, and attempting to play a game, i was being prompted to open the tray, which only happens if/when there is no/unreadable disk in place. after many attempts of cleaning the disk, trying other games, and blowing into every nook and cranny of the Xbox i could find, i was still having the same problem. At this point it had become very frustrating as i have previously heard Xbox's have a tendency to fail. After assuming the worst, and thinking that my Xbox had been broken by something, i started to price up how much it would cost to get it fixed/replaced. I did not like the odds of getting a new one. So being enthusiastic about fixing it myself, i searched the interwebs and someone had tried using a disk cleaner, but to no prevail. Searching Amazon, i found this cheap one. So what if it doesn't work right? you cant exactly complain for the price. So i took my chances and gave it a shot. When the item came, i followed the instruction, which are also very easy to understand. Although the item comes with fluid, you have to pierce the funnel with a pin. when placed in the Xbox, it wouldnt run, so for the viewers who have the same problem. WHAT I DID: Open the tray, get a hairdyer and blow it into all the holes/openings of the Xbox, quickly insert the disk, and bang (you may have to try different strengths) on top of the xbox where the disk would be inside, do this untill the Xbox reads the disk. When running, the disk gets to work straight away, and the instructions are incredibly easy. It literally took me 2 minutes to fix my xbox. a problem which had been occuring for a number of weeks, was fixed with app £3.00 and two minutes worth of time. strange huh? Overall, the product is excellent! (it was for me anyway) gets to work straight away! only takes a number of minutes! BEST PART? IT IS CHEAP, AND IT WORKS! i would recommend this item to anyone having trouble with disk reading!

My IMac has had trouble playing DVDs for a while now. After a bit of reading online I was convinced it was a problem with the drive itself after reading some horror stories of it being poor quality and just failing. Not the case as it turned out. Used this product, which has cleaning fluid and small cloth sections on two places on the CD. Just add a bit of cleaning fluid to the cloth and insert into your player of choice. My IMac and now reads DVDs perfectly again. Can I say as well the main seller dispatched this item very quickly (arrived within 2 days of ordering) and was estimated 3-5. Can't think of much more to say other than if you think your DVD drive is dead, try cleaning it with this. Given the cheap price, it might just save you time and money if your dvd lens is dirty rather than dead in the water. ### Update 2 days after initial review - the product appeared to help for a short time but DVDs placed within the computer now vibrate excessively. It also struggles to read DVDs even more than previously. I think the DVD lens is faulty and thus no amount of DVD lens cleaning will help. I would still advise people to use this as a first port of call because it seems to help a lot of people, but be aware it will not bring your dying tech back from the dead.

Works well, recommend

Delivery was a bit slow, but that wasn’t a problem. Worth the wait. Simple to use by following the audio instructions. Did the trick, CDs that were skipping now play beautifully. Good price, well recommended. Thank you.

I don't feel that anyone should have to read a forum to find out how to use this properly. The written instructions are literally 'put a drop of liquid onto the pad and insert disc into player and follow spoken instructions'. OK, so it didn't take too much effort to work out to stick a pin in the liquid to open it, but some people have been confused, which shouldn't happen. The voice on the CD tells you to skip to track 2 for English - no problem there, and then says you can listen to music while cleaning it after skipping to track 9. After doing this, I could hear noises suggesting that something was happening but no music as promised (no big deal, but why suggest it?), but then I got the 'disc' message on my CD player after about 1 minute suggesting an reading error. I tried again and this time the cleaning continued for around 3-4 minutes before the 'disc' message came up again. So have I completed the process? I don't really know. The instructions ought to say how long the process takes, be it 1 minute, 4 minutes or a few hours, so that the user has some idea of when the process is over. I've no doubt that the process does work, but the instructions could be more detailed and better. For instance there are tracks 10-14 on the disc. What do they do? Probably nothing, but I really want to know if that's the case.

I will change my review if makers get back to me but this isn't suitable fora DVD which it says it sis as there is no menu and no way to get the DVD past the long list of instructions in different languages. It said when you hear the beep to skip to track 9 but if you try to it just starts from the beginning again. Hopeless for the job I wanted it for prob OK for CDS. Agree with users who said getting into the packaging is ridiculously hard and there is no pin in the lid to prick open the bottle so you are forced to sue scissor sunless you happen to be a seamstress with a needle handy! Then too much of the liquid spurts out.

I am absolutely blown away by this product. I've had to come straight on here and write this review. We've been 'making do' with our DVD player for months with its intermitant playing of DVD's. On putting in a new DVD it would never play and so I'd have to eject the disc and blow into the slot and then try again. This would take probably 5-6 goes before the disc would work and even then it would jump straight to the films menu and not let you watch the trailers or go on the extra features etc. Once you got a disc working if you then changed it for another one we would have to go through the same problems over and over again. We were considering buying a new DVD player. Until I found this. I bought this product based on its reviews. It arrived this morning and I couldn't wait to try it. As other reviews say, imbedded in the cd is a small sponge and then what looks like brushes. You put a one drop of the fluid on the sponge side and then pop in to the DVD player or other equipment which plays discs. The disc then spins for a short time before music plays and then the guide starts based on what language you speak. It asks you to select a particular track for which language you speak and then you follow the audio instructions. The disc was in my DVD player for around 3 minutes, if that, before the music ended and a foreign voice started speaking and so I ejected the disc. Eager to test it I put a DVD in straight away and was amazed to find it worked! The disc can be used again and there is loads of fluid left after using the one drop for this occasion. You do have to poke a hole in the top of the bottle with a needle though! I would highly recommend this product to anyone experiencing problems with their DVD player or games console etc. I will buy again if I ever have the need to. The product was dispatched quickly and the price is unbelievably good value! I can't say enough good about this product to do it justice, thank you so much!

Item was received within 48 hours of ordering so excellent service. As said in other reviews, the top of the solution bottle does need piercing to release the solution, but I popped a drop onto the cloth attached to the CD, and placed the CD into my DVD player which had been playing up for months, either taking several tries to load a disc, or more often than not, completely failing to recognise a disc had been put in. The CD told me to go to track 2 for english instructions, then move to track 9 when I heard a noise. I became concerned as track 9 was just a series of worrying whirring from my player and not music as described, but after reading reviews and seeing that track 2 is the actual cleaning, decided to take my chances and eject the disc. When I put a DVD in to test the player, it loaded instantly - therefore job done and at a good price!