VS-S03E New Full Frame Camera Cleaning Kit

Why did you pick this product vs others?: Bought this after researching several kits out on Amazon and watching several videos on cleaning your sensor. I was having spots on my images that remained after I swapped lenses - thus concluding it was my sensor. I do swap lenses quite a bit, so it made sense. Make sure you choose the right width of swab for your camera. They come in full-frame (24mm), APS-C (16mm) and micro 4/3 (10mm) widths. Choose accordingly so they fit your sensor. It arrived quickly and was very easy to use. Make sure you remove the stopper in the dropper bottle and use 1-2 drops on one side of the swab and wipe sensor (locked in place) with solution side and then wipe other direction with dry side. Done. I wish the Full Frame kit had a better dropper on solution and that it was available with a blower and cloth like other size kits. Overall, it got the job done well and removed all dust from my sensor. And it saved me a trip to the camera store to pay for a cleaning. I do recommend letting a store give it a good cleaning every year or so if you use it enough. But this is great for in-betweens.

My cameras see a lot of action, from red carpets to concerts, to remote area landscapes to studio work my cameras are used regularly and in not-so-great environments. I change lenses a lot too. Needless to say I have had to clean the sensores a lot. From (L-R) in the photos are this VSGO full sensor kit ($23.99), the Eclipse optical solution and swabs ($100) I bought maybe 15 years ago, for that price it better last 15 years and the delkin swabs ($20) I bought a while back. Now the eclipse swabs you can see are a material wrapped around a plastic stick held on with a rubber band. The swab seams barbaric in comparison with the others. The delkin is basically the same thing minus the rubber band and having dual ends. The VSGO is by far the more refined product. I use a lit loupe to be able to see my sensors to make sure they're clean and undamaged and after using the eclipse with their swabs or the delkin swabs I would see streaks on the sensors and would have to swipe it multiple times to rid not only dust but the streaks. It's been that way from the time I bought it, I figured that was just a thing with it and people I talked to who also used it confirmed this. So I let it go. But I recently thought maybe tech had changed and there might be superior products out there. This VSGO is a superior product and superior cleaning ability a superior price and all around better product than the others I have used. I like that the swabs are in a vacuum sealed individual pouch. The delkin is just in a remedial bag and the eclipse came loose held together with a rubber band. When I cleaned my sensors just now, I used hand blowers to remove the big stuff then ran the cleaner and the swab across the sensors in one direction 3 times then blew off with a hand blower again and looked through the loop. No dust. No streaks. No little hairs or fuzz. Just a wonderful clean sensor. Very nice. Will be buying this again and he buying a second kit to go in my travel cases.

I purchased a used Canon EOSR. The camera is in excellent condition. But there were some persistent spots on the sensor. They showed up on light colored images when you blew up the image. Saw a video that recommended this sensor cleaner. So took a chance and made the purchase. The cleaning process was quick and simple. Took one minute. Did a test shot and there are no spots on a white image that previously showed numerous spots. I’m beyond thrilled with the results from this $20 purchase. Highly recommended.

Worked perfect and beat the cost and time and hassle to have it professionally cleaned. Instructions were clear.

Easy to follow directions. Works well.

It works very well and everything one needs is included. My only complaint is that the bottle with the cleaning solution was very hard to squeeze to get a drop onto the cleaning pads. I ended up prying the lid off the bottle to get solution out and onto the pad.

Great product and they're a good responsive company

Works wonderful but not enough fluid for all the swabs you get unless mine leaked out or something

I can’t believe how easy this kit makes it to clean your sensor! It literally gets it perfectly clean every time. The cleaning swabs are individually packaged, so there is no risk of dust or debris getting wiped on your sensor which is huge! Stop your search for a cleaning kit here, because this one is hands down the best.

Great

Works great.

Just so that everybody knows - you can clean camera sensors with standard-issue methanol, which is cheap and readily available. Methanol is an effective solvent for cleaning camera sensors because it evaporates almost instantly without leaving streaks. It removes stubborn grease or oil-based residue, though you need to make sure not to soak the sensor with it - which is true in every case, regardless of the liquid you use to clean the sensor. Apply the liquid onto the swab, NOT ONTO THE SENSOR. Methanol is NOT the same as Rubbing alcohol, which is usually either isopropyl (more common) or ethanol (less common). Fundamentally, there is nothing special about “sensor cleaning liquids”. Just for context, I watched ARRI do a livestream during COVID, explaining how to clean their ARRI Signature Primes and what did they recommend we use to clean their $80,000 lenses? 1) Put some isopropyl on a Kim Wipe or 2) EXHALE ONTO THE LENS. Yes, you read that right. ARRI techs suggested that one of the best ways to clean their most-expensive cinema lenses is by breathing onto them and wiping them off with clean Kim wipes. All of this to say - there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING UNCONVENTIONAL about liquids that clean cinema and film gear. The film industry uses the same chemicals that are available to everybody else, because it’s too small of an industry to demand the world make unique solvents for them. Especially when there are so many solvents made for the automotive and construction industries. All that happens is a company gets the right kinda standardized solvent, repackages it into smaller and more appropriate quantities, and labels those as “camera-specific” products. And yes, sometimes there are specially-made lubricants for lens gear mechanisms made to function well in freezing temperatures, but those are special situations. ARRI makes those lubricants and they deliberately don’t sell them to anyone. What WE are talking about is cleaning sensors. For that we need to 1) remove dirt and oils 2) dry without leaving any streaks on the sensor. And we want to apply the liquid onto the cleaning swab and NOT ONTO THE SENSOR. And 3) we want the applicator of the liquid to not shed any particles behind onto the sensor. So this kit, what it does well: - you get VACUUM-SEALED cleaning swabs that don’t shed = 👍👍 - THAT IS WHAT YOU PAY FOR, so it’s good that you get the right product and it’s perfect for its job - The size of each is 24.61mm, which is perfect for 35mm sensors, that are 24mm high - you want to land the swab not at a 90º angle to the height of the sensor, but at a 85º and then turn the swab towards 90º - this is to have perfect contact from edge-to-edge of the sensor - 10ml of the liquid - I don’t know what chemical they use, but when it dries it does not leave any streaks behind, so that’s a 👍 Bad: - Nothing about the kit - it’s everything you need and nothing you don’t need - The only negative thing is that it’s only 6 swabs… but then it’s only $22, so it’s not egregious.

Limpié el sensor de mis dos cámaras (Fx3 y ZVE1) luego de haberlos manchado con aire comprimido. Luego de 3 limpiezas quedaron en perfectas condiciones.