This has to be one of the best head cleaners I've ever owned. We've been working for a while to digitize old VHS home videos -- many of which are in dire condition. Since the tapes are so dirty the VCR heads have been getting doubly so. We had tried all the normal "DIY" fixes like Qtips and rubbing alcohol/etc and it just wasn't working out. The quality of our transfers got abysmal and then completely dirty.