Lint cleaner vs Simonis X1 vs Horsehair brush

Comparison of 3 products to clean the lint and hairs that accumulate on the table. In my testing, the rolling lint cleaner is the only way to go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dkzq8sb7s8&feature=youtu.be

phil dade said:

This is not a valid test. Did you read the instructions on how to use the X Cleaner because it is not demonstrated correct. Rubbing fast over the cloth creates static electricity and draws chalk and dirt up and out. Lint as well. You did not do this right.

Use what you want but you demo is not accurate.
Phil Dade

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Yes. I read and used the X-1 as instructed. I used it for 1 year or more before trying a lint cleaner. I would rub it on the cloth so vigorously back and forth quickly that my arm felt like it was falling off. In all that rubbing, it never got any "lint/hair/dirt" in the year I used it. It may or may not be affective on chalk, I can't be sure either way. But for lint, it completely does not work.

That is the reason I looked for other solutions, and came across the lint roller.

phil dade said:

First, I do not work for Simonis or the X cleaner:wink:. However it is not being demonstrated correct. Mine works perfect. You have to work vigoriously in small areas and you can go either way. I have Simonis 860 hr. First i use a hand vac about every other time or two. Then I bush the table with a two angle brush that does the rubber on top and under. Then I the use a regular brush, both one way towards the head. Lastly, I bring out the X cleaner and use as instructed and the table id flawless.

I am not saying the lint roller does not work, but the x cleaner is not a lint brush. It is alot more and a great device if used right. The way it was demonistrated would not produce good results as not static electricity was created.

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We can agree to disagree.

You do 3 things before using the X1, that might get the lint and hairs up first. What if you use only the X1? Will it still get the "lint and hair"?

When I made the video, I was holding my phone in one hand, and the 3 products in the other, and fumbling around while talking and moving. And trying to get the iPhone to focus on the tiny pieces of lint and hair. That's why the video sucked. Yes, I was not vigorous with the X1 in the video. But I had been for the year prior to taking that video and prior to discovering the lint roller. It just pushes "lint and hairs" around. It doesn't pick them up.

Chalk, specifically, maybe it gets. I can't tell for sure. But specifically "lint and hairs" that accumulate on the table, it does not get for me, no matter how vigorous I rub the X-1 back and forth in small areas until my arm falls off.

pocket said:

The lint roller is great for debris on the table, but is not going to address the chalk issue.

If you've ever properly brushed your table, then taken the brush outside and cleaned it by stroking the bristles vigorously you would find that a great deal of chalk is picked up by the brush.

X-1 similarly.

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Yes, the video was really only to show the debris and lint and crap that gets on the table. The lint roller excels at that in my testing. Better than anything else, by far. I still follow it up with the X1 for the chalk in the cloth.