VisibleDust sensor cleaning products?

I'm really not getting the results I wanted from the copper hill method, and I'm thinking of ordering one of these brushes.. does anyone have any experience with these, or a recommendation? They got good reviews from Galbraith..

http://visibledust.com​/

If you're not getting good results with the CopperHill method, then I'd review your technique carefully, and ensure that the rear elements of your lenses are clean. Any sort of brush is less likely to shift stubborn dust than wet swabbing is. What's going wrong with the CopperHill method for you - if we know what your issue or issues are, we may be able to provide some advice.

If you want a brush (and I do have one - it's a useful thing to have), CopperHill has one which is perfectly functional and much cheaper than the VisibleDust brushes.

David

An interesting evaluation of Visible Dust's product line line can be viewed HERE. There have also been other tests posted that place doubt in justifying the cost of the Visible Dust systems. One tester examined some Visible Dust brushes and $3 to $7 nylon art brushes under a microscope and couldn't spot any differences at all.

I did a rather impromptu comparison of a Visible Dust brush (used exactly as directed) which a friend owns and a $4.95 (USD) nylon art brush that had been repeatedly washed with filtered water (to remove any impurities), left to dry and charged with a Giotto blower. We each cleaned our own similarly dirty sensors (mine a 20D and hers a 30D). Both completely unscientific cleanings produced very similar results. We swapped cameras and neither brush improved things appreciably further after recharging both. Perhaps not the most stringent testing, but it did show that the Visible Dust product didn't seem to do much (if any) better job than a $5 crafts store brush. I have cleaned my sensor several times further with the $5 brush and been pleased with the results. No indication of any scratching of the sensor cover plate, no streaking, no apparent downside at all. It seems to work as well as a product set that runs about $100 (USD) more.

Copperhill sells sensor brushes very similar to the Visible dust ones at a much better price. For what you are getting, the VD ones are a ripoff...

I bought one of the Copperhill brushes at the same time I bought the Eclipse fluid, PecPads and the SensorSwipe. The brush does such a good job cleaning my sensor, I have yet to use the wet method.

Would a lens pen (I took note in the name, I know) work on cleaning a sensor or would the bristles/soft pad part damage/scratch the sensor at all? I definitely wouldn't use the same lens pen as I did on a lens, I'd have like two seperate.

There are lenspens specifically designed for cleaning sensors. Remember, you aren't cleaning or touching the actual sensor, just the covering above it.