Topic: Opinions on the Harbor Freight ultrasonic parts cleaner

[Sayre]

Is it worth the money, or should I look for a better product elsewhere?

[willbird]

The smaller one IMHO is a total waste of money. I have it and also a bigger stronger Vevor, there is no comparison, the HF is maybe 10% of the "action"

[Twrench]

I bought and returned the 2.5 liter small cleaner from HF. Looks like a rice cooker. It died in an hour of use. No problem returning it. It's purpose was going to be for carbs. I've had good luck with non-complex Vevor stuff. Tubing bender and media blaster. I understand wanting to not spend a whole lot on a cleaner. Many reviews say spend the money for a large and powerful cleaner and you won't be sorry. I also am looking at a mid sized Vevor machine.

[RAFster122s]

The work we do is difficult with the HF ultrasonic cleaner. A full rack won't fit and it is better to spend the money on 30L unit that will fit a full rack not disassembled. The commercial quality units will have better transponders as well as more transponders. The HF only has two, do it has fairly significant areas where a part sees no improvement inside or out.
Save up the money, you won't be disappointed.

[dave500]

i bought a vevor one ages ago forget the litres size but itll hold a four barrel rochester,wasnt expensive and i only used it again last weekend on a mates clogged up quad bike piece of #$%*,works wonders,ive cleaned a few carbs that were throw away clogged with tar like #$%* that wont budge with carbs or throttle body cleaner,i use a truck wash product here called chemtech ct18 and hot water,gets its all out man!!heres three photos of a maddass carb not run ten years,then after 30 mins by hand with carb cleaner and elbow grease etc,then after that 30 mins in the hot truck wash and vevor ultra sonic,dont go small get the biggest tank you can afford,i still think it helps to get the most crud off by hand first if you can.