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VHS VCR Head Cleaner Kit with Cleaning Fluid $14.95 Delivered @ Selby Acoustics via Amazon AU

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VHS VCR Head Cleaner Kit with Cleaning Fluid $14.95 Delivered @ Selby Acoustics via Amazon AUAffiliate
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Lucille Bluth on 20/07/2024 - 20:51 amazon.com.au (1123 clicks)
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🚨 $2 price drop according to CCC!

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This non-abrasive cloth tape gently cleans away dust, dirt, and oxide buildup on your VCR heads.

Bring your VCR back to its former glory and achieve a sharper picture and clearer audio!
Great for getting your VCR ready before converting your tapes to DVD or digital formats!

Wet or dry cleaning! Includes anti-static cleaning fluid to give your VCR a thorough "wet" clean without harming electronics!

We recommend cleaning your VCR after every 20 to 30 hours of VHS operating time for optimum performance.

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  • Ladcake on 20/07/2024 - 20:54
    +23

    What..?

    • Lizard Spock on 20/07/2024 - 21:53
      +8

      Flips tape over to side b: what!?

      • kobeduck on 02/08/2024 - 13:54

        VHS don't have side b youngen

        • Lizard Spock on 02/08/2024 - 15:36
          +1

          I know. It's a Futurama quote.

    • AustriaBargain on 20/07/2024 - 23:54
      +2

      For polishing your head. The missus will thank ye.

  • eggaz on 20/07/2024 - 20:54
    +53

    Haha, this should he labelled [Targeted].

    • tunzafun001 on 20/07/2024 - 23:09
      +7

      I hear they have Internet on computers now…..

      • xoom on 21/07/2024 - 06:40
        +4

        That will never catch on. Passing fad at best.

      • nobro25 on 21/07/2024 - 07:07
        +3

        I heard Computers are stuck in a blue screen of death loop.

      • Gunnar on 21/07/2024 - 08:42
        +2

        The internet? That thing still around?

      • buckster on 21/07/2024 - 12:59

        Damn, what will Turnbull think of next??

        • Daabido on 06/08/2024 - 06:27

          Too late. Al Gore beat him to the punch.

  • Jerry Lee Lewis on 20/07/2024 - 20:57
    +27

    Do they have a Betamax version?

    • xoom on 21/07/2024 - 06:40

      Still remember our sony betamax.

      • RolloTomasi on 21/07/2024 - 19:14
        +2

        Our local video store had a VHS section and a Betamax section.

        As a kid, all the good stuff was on Betamax. We were a VHS family. I was sad.

        • Elijha on 29/07/2024 - 16:37

          can't have been that way for long, before the lower quality but cheaper VHS took front seat.

  • darkly on 20/07/2024 - 20:58

    You know its 2024 right?

    • Lucille Bluth on 20/07/2024 - 20:58
      +19

      😱

    • mantra on 20/07/2024 - 23:16
      +7

      year of the blue screen of death

    • philmarcracken on 21/07/2024 - 11:34
      +1

      big if true

    • JediJan on 21/07/2024 - 12:05

      Some of us still have working VHS players, even if we no longer use them.
      .

      • BatmanAU on 06/08/2024 - 16:25

        Is it still a working VHS if its not used?

    • Franc-T on 21/07/2024 - 19:47
      +1

      Im going to buy one. Excellent!

  • Wiadro on 20/07/2024 - 20:59
    +15

    Well well well, I’m watching terminator 2 on vhs right now

    • skidexa on 20/07/2024 - 22:50
      +16

      Same……I'll be back

      • Ulysses31 on 27/07/2024 - 22:42
        +1

        Who is your Daddy, and what does he…. DOH!

        • Jonzay on 08/08/2024 - 11:02

          Plot twist, someone taped over it with the Simpsons

  • ManUnitedSydney on 20/07/2024 - 21:01
    +3

    Wow who still using VCR, no judgment really but its so interesting to know there are some people out there still using VCR :)

    • paaj on 20/07/2024 - 21:03
      +8

      Some people still have home videos on vcr. It's easy enough to convert them but old people be sentimental.

      • prankster on 20/07/2024 - 23:32
        +1

        What’s the easy way to convert them?

        Take to some shop and they convert it onto dvd?
        Sorry I’m being old, convert it and put to a usb I meant 😬

        • TenderDracula on 21/07/2024 - 07:35

          25 years ago I bought this stuff from the adult store and huffed it out of a brown paper bag.

    • Sye on 20/07/2024 - 21:23
      +4

      Some people still have a stash of porno videos on VCR from the 90's

      • hardya on 20/07/2024 - 21:30
        +3

        Not on 'fillum'?

      • Cave Fire on 21/07/2024 - 10:39
        +3

        "some people"

        • Grish on 21/07/2024 - 16:54
          +1

          Some "people"

    • simb24 on 20/07/2024 - 21:35
      +2

      I got big full LooneyTunes Bumper Collection and Tom and Jerry Bumper Collection.

    • Taita on 20/07/2024 - 22:00

      Ours just sits under the DVD player.

    • beatsntoons on 21/07/2024 - 14:23

      I was cleaning up today and came across an old one. Has my first skyjump on it, so yeah, I’d like to know how to play it! Wonder if the tape will break

      • Astronaut Joe on 22/07/2024 - 16:31

        Has my first skyjump on it

        I've got one of those too

    • Rogerwilco on 21/07/2024 - 15:32
      +8

      My Mum is still recording and watching on a VCR. She's 94 and years ago I tried to get her to use a PVR instead, but she couldn't understand how to use it no matter how many times I tried to show her. Just 3 weeks ago I had to replace that VCR with another I'd kept as a spare.

  • chrig on 20/07/2024 - 21:02
    +5

    These things are really bad for the machine. If you know what you are doing use these
    https://allfixelectrical.com.au/products/75mm-angled-chamois…

    Use an IPA cleaner or worst case metho

    • Jackson on 21/07/2024 - 02:07
      +3

      Don't use metho, use IPA. You can get 5 for 25 bucks delivered, there's no excuse if you care enough about you old machine.

      Was going to say a cotton bud and some IPA and it will be better than this tape and take no room in your house. If you are using a VCR in 2024 you should be comfortable taking the top off and cleaning the head manually

      • axyh on 21/07/2024 - 11:28
        +3

        My Dad was an electronics technician in the 80s. That's how they did it.

        Take the top off, use Isopropyl Alcohol, gently wipe with a cotton bud or soaked cardboard, and it's done in a few minutes at next to no cost.

        This was a mainstay of his business - along with waving a degaussing wand over TVs.

        • Ulysses31 on 27/07/2024 - 22:43

          Oh-wow! I remember that setting on our old monitor!

  • Spendmore on 20/07/2024 - 21:03
    +4

    Cottonbud and iso alcohol is the ozbargain way.

    • Dreamcazman on 20/07/2024 - 21:47
      +8

      Big no, no. I used to repair VCRs in an electronics shop after I left high school and we used IPA soaked card (like from a birthday card or manilla folder) and hold it against the drum. Removed the dirt without damaging the heads.

      Q-tips are fine for rollers, etc.

      • Spendmore on 20/07/2024 - 21:58
        +5

        What did you use for the head? I never had any adverse effects, although I had crappy tapes that were recorded over many times. I used tdk sa90 and ar90 when i could afford them. So nice opening the cellophane on a 5 pak of ar90's 😅

        • resisting the urge on 10/08/2024 - 10:13
          +1

          The advice relates to heads mounted inside a split spinning drum, not a stationery one like a compact cassette head, which has a smooth surface. A video head is exposed between the two halves of the drum and can catch on the q-tip, collect wool or in the worst case, become damaged.

          To clean the exposed metallic slither, a soaked card works as it evenly cleans the fine edge with no risk. A q-tip doesn't really do the job half as well even if you are careful.

      • liam2040 on 20/07/2024 - 22:36
        +5

        We used betting tickets … which were essentially the same kind of card back in the day (oh geez back in the day already!)

      • BatsRule on 21/07/2024 - 10:48
        +1

        what % was the ipa? 70% or 90%

  • Whatisthatvelvet on 20/07/2024 - 21:05
    +5

    Will wait for the LaserDisc cleaner

  • Ozjoey on 20/07/2024 - 21:09
    +18

    Under Seige cake scene always was had VCR lines from the rental store. Will this fix it? :)

    • Lucille Bluth on 20/07/2024 - 21:16
      +11

      That scene made many boys into men. 🎂

      • BewareOfThe Dog on 21/07/2024 - 11:02
        +1

        Or 'flesh and blood'. Jennifer Jason Leigh.

    • zombie hunter on 20/07/2024 - 21:20
      +1

      You are lucky it is only scene. Debbie does Dallas has multiple scenes

      • Spendmore on 20/07/2024 - 21:59
        +2

        Porkys 😂

    • Gunnar on 21/07/2024 - 08:45

      Lol

  • Commodore64 on 20/07/2024 - 21:16
    +14

    My head is reeling from this deal.

    • Morven on 20/07/2024 - 23:05

      Reeling reel to reel.

    • WhyAmICommenting on 20/07/2024 - 23:10

      It wants the cleaning tape so bad.

  • reveler on 20/07/2024 - 21:23
    +7

    this, plus the earlier deal on cassettes… 90s are back baby.

    • Ozjoey on 20/07/2024 - 21:30

      Haha 👏

    • beach bum on 21/07/2024 - 12:02
      +1

      80’s

  • duk242 on 20/07/2024 - 21:33
    +2

    I've been using the ol' Paper and Isopropyl trick. Cheap as, works well and you can actually see how much crap comes off the vcr heads!

  • Broden on 20/07/2024 - 21:34
    +11

    Never ask for this in an adult shop. You’ll end up with something completely different.

    • zombie hunter on 20/07/2024 - 21:58
      -3

      OP clearly posted cleaner not job….

      • beltdrive on 20/07/2024 - 22:04
        +6

        nah

        IYKYK

    • beltdrive on 20/07/2024 - 22:03
      +6

      Buddy, I only ask for VHS Cleaner from adult shops

      • DrMoo on 20/07/2024 - 22:47
        +3

        When you want to really loosen up the VHS unit 😆

    • zaprct on 20/07/2024 - 22:09
      +5

      The only VHS cleaner I ever need. I keep my hole VHS collection high, up and deep inside my box in the closet. Its hard to think of a reason not come around to deal like this, Dick Smith would approve 5/5….heavy loads of it!

      • Ulysses31 on 27/07/2024 - 22:45

        You have a collection of holes on VHS?

        • zaprct on 28/07/2024 - 19:23

          A hole collection of holes, in fact.

        • Daabido on 06/08/2024 - 06:30
          +1

          It's a good movie, although I've never read the book.

    • SquirtyBumhole on 21/07/2024 - 12:38

      I was under the impression you're no longer able to sell "VHS cleaner" or "Leather cleaner" like this. But then, what kind of idiot is buying VHS cleaner to clean their VHS tapes?

  • hgaoxhgaox on 20/07/2024 - 21:41
    +3

    Does any manufacturer produce brand new VHS player or recorder in 2024?

  • cleavy on 20/07/2024 - 21:47
    +2

    every 20-30 hours of operating time?! as if! more like, whenever the heck I remembered to do it.

  • TheDukeOfNukem on 20/07/2024 - 21:49
    +3

    (profanity)' hell, and I felt nostalgic seeing a (blu-ray) disc burner earlier.

  • Dreamcazman on 20/07/2024 - 21:49
    +6

    Back in the day these never worked and I don't think much has changed. Much better to pop the top off the VCR and clean the head manually.

  • dna level c on 20/07/2024 - 21:52

    This is like an April Fool's day deal, I love it! lol

  • solidussnake on 20/07/2024 - 22:02
    +2

    This will look great hooked up to my 77C1 Oled

    • tunzafun001 on 20/07/2024 - 23:08
      +3

      Funny enough…I just fired up my old Sega Megadrive for my daughter. Still works perfectly.

      It looked terrible…she loved it..

  • Franky23 on 20/07/2024 - 22:05
    +2

    Thanka OP. Ruined my Sanyo VCR with the American Pie uncut tape in 2001. This should fix it right up.

    • liam2040 on 20/07/2024 - 22:41
      +2

      you can finally re-unite those intimate moments with Shannon Elizabeth again

  • sandun9 on 20/07/2024 - 22:07
    +3

    Is Jeff Bezos selling the stuff from his garage? xD

    • xoom on 21/07/2024 - 06:44

      Bald man found a stash buried under his stacks of cash.

  • serpserpserp on 20/07/2024 - 22:10
    +1

    Thank goodness for this post. My VHS dubbing machine is in need of a clean. Bought 5! Thanks OP!

  • Nickelback on 20/07/2024 - 22:12
    +1

    4k upscaling should fix the lower resolution 😜

  • guidedlight on 20/07/2024 - 22:15
    +3

    Any good deals on an automatic tape rewinder?

    • ak47wong on 20/07/2024 - 23:23
      +2

      The ones shaped like a race car?

      • xoom on 21/07/2024 - 06:45

        We had one of those. It was great.

    • airtime on 20/07/2024 - 23:33
      +2

      Be kind, rewind.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 21/07/2024 - 11:01

      Only the dvd version. ;)

    • Ulysses31 on 27/07/2024 - 22:45

      WhizzzzzzzzzzzzWHACK!

  • SteveD on 20/07/2024 - 22:18
    +9

    Blast from the past.

    Father’s Day gift sorted.

    Just a few months ago, my old man was asking me where to find a VHS cleaning tape or tape head spray. He still has his Sony VHS player from 1985 in working condition and owns over 500 VHS tapes. A few times a year, we get together during long weekends to binge-watch movies on his vintage Sony Projection TV and VCR. Well good old days they made things to last.

    • sintro on 20/07/2024 - 22:29

      Very cheap and flimsy
      Reviewed in Australia on 31 January 2023
      Didn't work well in our video player, not sure if it was our player that was a problem but the cleaner tape was very flimsey.

    • McFly on 21/07/2024 - 00:18
      +5

      1985

      👍

      • 88mph on 21/07/2024 - 07:57
        +4

        👍👍

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