Warning about those cheap ultrasonic cleaners from Amazon

I used a $90 ultrasonic cleaner off Amazon for about 6 months on fuel nozzles and small parts. After a coworker showed me his $600 industrial unit from Grainger, the difference was night and day. My cheap one at home was barely vibrating and left gunk in the corners, while his cleaned a gummed-up injector in 8 minutes flat. Anyone else find that the cheaper units just don't have the power for heavy aircraft parts?

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kevin_adams14d ago

Same pattern as everything else you buy cheap, you get what you pay for.

caseywest14d ago

Kevin nailed it with "you get what you pay for." It's like this with everything now, not just tools or clothes. I see it with food too - the cheap stuff at the store is packed with junk that doesn't fill you up, but you pay a little more for real ingredients and suddenly your meals taste better and last longer. Or even with subscriptions online, like you get a cheap service and it's all ads and broken features, while the paid version actually works. It's like we've been trained to grab the lowest price first, but then we end up spending more in the long run fixing or replacing it. Really makes you think about how we value things, you know?