Aleratec Disc Repair Plus
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This does not include shipping but for now I will forget about that, it took at least a half a tube of polishing compound for me to repair one disc. This was on a heavily damaged disc but most people will have these in their collection, we don’t really care much about the light damage that is not causing much skipping.
People are going to want a process that sees results and not have to continue to clean or repair their disc a dozen times for a product like this. I have read on forums and selling websites how people are not happy with the Aleratec Disc Repair Plus because they did not see the results they were expecting.
While I can understand and really do see both sides to any product one that does not show results in a repair process after a couple cleanings is not really going to cause much excitement in a customer. People purchasing this product or one like it are going to want to see results a lot sooner than six tries through the repair process which is what it took to actually see that the scratches were going away.
Yes, it does work after a dozen or more runs through the repair process but the cost may not be worth the effort; remember the cost of the repair kit. If I have to run a disc through a dozen times to see results I will only be able to repair three or four discs with the repair kit which is advertised to be good for 50 typical repair cycles.
The Aleratec Disc Repair Plus comes with the machine itself, about the size of a Walkman CD player, the power adapter, three sets of polishing/buffing/cleaning discs and fluid for cleaning and polishing. The instructions are helpful and tell you how to run through each process which is basically put the two pads into the machine and turn to secure and insert disc.
With the cleaning you put several drops of fluid into the plastic tank of the cleaning pad while the repair or polishing pads you just put a few drops onto the pads. Then you hit either the clean or repair button to let the machine run through a 20 second or two minute spinning cycle.
To clean a disc you use the soft pads and Isopropanol cleaner and with repair you use the polishing pads and repair solution then clean. To get the heavy scratches you buff the pads with a very light almost sandpaper type pad that will put light scratches on the disc then repair and clean.
I had about a dozen discs that had light skipping problems and the repair did clear up some of them but I am more concerned with the DVD’s and CD’s that are unplayable and will stop the movie or song from continuing. I know people want nice clear movies and songs but the real annoyance is when a movie stops and freezes, this is the stuff I want fixed and so do many people.
I had two discs in question that were not readable by my computer or CD player and the Aleratec could do nothing for them. The Aleratec Disc Repair Plus may take some small scratches and smooth them out but overall I say this product is only good for cleaning and light repair of your discs.
I have a hard time recommending this for anything other than light damage as it takes too much consumables and time to repair a disc with heavy damage. The polishing has to be done by using a decent amount of polishing compound as well as running through the repair process more than several times for results.
The Aleratec DVD/CD Disc Repair Plus is not one that will get my recommendation for major repairs of a disc but it does work for cleaning them and light scratches. The cleaner is a gentle Isopropanol and uses a gentle pad to clean scuffs and very light damage so the cleaner does work, I just would not recommend this for anything but light cleaning and repair.
I am sorry to say this but I cannot recommend the Aleratec Disc Repair Plus for a way to repair discs, it will only work well on smaller damage in my opinion. I will be reviewing a product that does work and maybe Aleratec can have me review a more commercial model that they do sell, it may be more expensive but you do get what you pay for.