Which Ball Cleaning Machine is the best in the market today?

tg_vegas said:
Sold my Clean Gleem yesterday , got my long-awaited Diamond double platter today. Worth every penny of the upgrade...
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Just out of curiosity, why did you get rid of the Clean Gleem? I'm building a Diamond like polisher ( AZ Thread titled -"Antique" Diamond Ball Polisher) and had looked at buying a Clean Gleem.
 
I don't want to bad mouth the CG machine, it is well built. I just felt that the Diamond would do a better job and match my table better. I also like that it is floor standing. After only two uses, I can already feel a difference in the way the balls come out. Way more $$ though.
 
With the CG, the balls spin on one axis and too fast, IMO. The Diamond spirals the balls and spins at a lower RPM.
 
jtompilot said:
How does the CG compare to the Ballstar?
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While I have not tried the CG, I have used the Diamond polisher and Ballstar polishers.
However, (in my opinion) the Ballstar is superior to the Diamond, which is reportedly superior to the CG.
 
Sheldon said:
While I have not tried the CG, I have used the Diamond polisher and Ballstar polishers.
However, (in my opinion) the Ballstar is superior to the Diamond, which is reportedly superior to the CG.
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What makes the Ballstar superior? The platter rotates on one axis, does the inside ring clean just as well? Thanks
 
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jtompilot said:
What make the Ballstar superior? The pad rotates on one axis, does the inside ring clean just as well? Thanks
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The rubber on the inside of the unit tumbles the balls really well. The sprocket is also rubber, no carpet or pads to ever replace. The cleaning pad is held down to the spinning disk with velcro, SUPER easy to replace and/or clean. Just pull the sprocket, pull the pad, and slap a new one down. ALL cleaning is done by the one pad.
No worries about soaking the cleaning pad with cleaning/polishing solution either, you put that on little cleaning pad on the side. The balls each touch it throughout the cleaning cycle, and on the polishing cycle, they reverse direction so that the polish is no longer available and they buff out. Here's a slo-mo video of the balls tumbling.

 
RobM said:
Any thoughts on the $100-$200 machines on Amazon? My concerns would be:
1) Are they effective?
2) Would they damage my brand new Aramith Tourneys?
3) Durability?
If anyone has one of these I'd love some unbiased feedback.
I just have a hard time justifing the cost when I can accomplish the same thing with a microfiber cloth and some cleaner while I watch TV.
Thanks
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I just bought one on Amazon for $120. It works fantastic with one exception.
The top does not really latch, it just uses friction. You want to hold it down for the 2 minutes that it runs, because it can and will pop open with 16 balls spinning 1000 rpm going all over the room.
I used an alcohol and Aramith solution to clean some very old Centennials I bought off ebay. After 3 runs they were gleaming like new. I am sure regular cleaning will not take more than 1 run in the future.

If it died, I would buy another. Cleaning balls by hand with my old hands hurts more than spending $120.
 
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