1UPcard Review - Better than Q-Tips?
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- I had some GameBoys and games that needed some cleaning, so I decided to give the 1UPcards a chance. How do they stack up against my normal cleaning methods of using Q-Tips & alcohol? Are they worth the cost?
I've seen these advertised on places like HandHeldLegend and Retromodding, and wanted to give them a quick test & review. I was impressed with the console cleaner, but not as much with the 1UPcards. They worked fine, but were just more expensive than the normal stuff I use.
Loving these videos as a fixer myself - sorry you had to stop!
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With the SNES Game Genie I have. It usually picks up bits of cotton from the cotton swabs. It doesn’t really happen much with the normal games.
You can usually tell if there are any on the pins if you shine a light. If there are you can always use an anti static brush to get it out.
this is a great video, i remember these being marketed super hard at a gaming convention i went to a few years back. it would be cool to see you compare the q tip method vs the cards on 2 games which are both dirty and seeing which method cleans better and more effectively.
It's a shame they don't sell replacement inserts for the SNES cartridge cleaner used for the console
you are supposed to dry it right away. it says buff. not let sit until all the alcohol and dirt drys on the pins. thats why you did see that much dust. plus you cleaned the same game after you used a q tip
3k padded 3m sandpaper for corrosion like green and visible. Don't remove to much obviously but even at 3,000 grit apply very light pressure at most. Or cotton swabs with Lucas gun brass case media polish additive. Chemicaly clean oxidation off. I don't think the pins rly need much cleaning and can be potentially easy to damage just have to be careful. 3k padded sandpaper for automotive paint finishes can make a mirror finish so it doesn't eat up boards. It will remove paints and coatings first before damaging plated pins. Nes,snes,ect I used 2,500 regularl paper folded over a business card to sand pins. The steel pins can take it and honestly any coatings they had have done worn off from regular use so the cart gold plated contacts are rly the only super delicate part. You do something enough you get good at it. I don't recommend my method unless you have a fine enough motor control and judgement as to be able to buff scratches from disks free handed on a bench grinder with cotton polishing wheels. That's off topic but works very well and Is dependant on lubrication,angle,feed speed,feed pressure,feed direction,and finally time spent removing material vs buffing wheel rpm. Mess up any of them and you can send a disk flying across shop (amazingly strong disk actually are) or rub to deep and marr the disk or do it correctly and most if not all surface scratches and with judgment deeper ones.
what is the material inside the cleaning cart? as if you could buy that material, it looks super easy to make ur own diy cleaner. also probs much much cheaper
Hello there. Does this method of cleaning also work for SNES cartridges and the SNES console? I've been having a couple of issues with that lately. (same goes for my N64)
If the connecters inside the system are dirty. Cleaning the carts is almost useless since they get dirty again. These 1up cards are for the cartridges and the Cartridge cleaner device is for the system.
So you said that the abrasive insert in the cartridge is replaceable but they don't even sell the replacements.. so that sucks.
I actually just looked this up and they do sell them on their website. I had to read through their FAQs to find it, but there is a link to the replacements under the console cleaner section of the FAQ page. They cost $7 each. It’s really unfortunate that you have read through a bunch of stuff just to find replacements though.
It's a shame SNES replacements aren't available
Nice review, I try to make mine the same.
Wearing gloves? Really? 😂
What's wrong with wearing gloves? Do you not wear gloves when cleaning things too?