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Kinyo UV-230C 2-Way VHS Cassette Rewinder and Cleaner | 
 enlarge | Brand: Kinyo
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Color: BLACK
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 10 x 3.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: UV-230C
Model: 230C
UPC: 031752102216
EAN: 0031752102216
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| Features:
| • | Cleans tape as it rewinds or fast forwards | | • | LED Fully UL listed | | • | Includes 2 replacement cleaning cylinders |
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Product Description
Kinyo's team has been striving to innovate product development and improve the production process. Today, Kinyo sets the quality standards for the industry and continues to manufacture products that meet UL, CSA, and CE specifications. Kinyo's products have received high praises for their design, quality and value.PRODUCT FEATURES: Two-way VHS rewinder with tape cleaner; Dual function for fast forward and rewind; Cleans tape while rewind or fast forward; Regulated speed for effective, safe cleaning; Replacement cleaning cylinders included; 3 Digit tape counter; Auto Stop with Soft Eject; No AC adapter required; Fully UL-listed.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 40 more reviews...
 Nice Unit - Good Quality - Cleans the Tape! Great Feature April 8, 2005
77 out of 79 found this review helpful
I bought this because I had acquired 100 used tapes. They were dusty and not
perfectly clean. So I wanted a rewinder with a cleaning pad. It's a dry pad. It has
a kind of cotton covering on it. So after about 20 tapes the pad had gotten pretty
dirty. I thought hey why not just clean it. But what happened is that the cotton
material was just tacked on to the plastic. It was not actual cloth / cotton fabric.
So I had a spare but instead of using it I made my own using a 'non-woven' fabric
like the kind you get for the floor wipers. It's soft and there's no lint. It took some
delicate gluing with contact cement to get it on there correctly. But I've had excellant
results and now I know that I won't have to worry about replacing the cleaning pad.
I'll simply 'make' a cover over and over and over.
The unit itself is a bit cheap in one sense. It does not 'POWER' through a sticky
cassette. IF the cassette is balky and tight and poorly designed or otherwise less
than good condition the rewinder might stop and make it hard to finish the job.
But this happens on 1 out of 50 tapes. And believe me that tape is probably best
left out of the machine anyway.
So all in all I think it's a great value. And a good rewinder.
Treat it gently and it should last a long long time.
PS - I'm an engineer so I can tell you it's a good one.
Not bullet proof for rough service. But it will last with proper care.
 Tape destroyer April 18, 2006
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I bought this on the basis of the top review here, and am sorry I did. The unit pulls so hard it has torn several tapes right off the spools, and seldom opens by itself once the tape is rewound -- the motor keeps hauling away at a fully rewound tape. It often balks at loading cassettes and balks at releasing them; numerous time I've had to pry my tapes out of it with a screwdriver. Not once has the cleaning button stayed down, so this feature is as good as absent. I finally put the infernal thing in the garbage, where it belongs.
Video Rewinder September 7, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a great product. It does exactly what I need it to do and it can't be beat for the price! I searched everywhere around town and couldn't even find a videotape rewinder. Then I went online and found this one that was right in my price range and not only rewound but would fast forward as well and will clean my tapes at the same time! What a bargain! I highly recommend this product.
Slams the tape against either end; tape crinkled, could break! March 3, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
We received our Kinyo UV-230C 2-way VHS rewinder/cleaner yesterday and tried it out today. The very first tape that we rewound (a much-loved Disney video) slammed against the beginning of the tape so hard that when we pulled the tape out it was hanging out of the cassette housing, crinkled. I'm afraid that repeated rewindings of a given tape could break the tape.
I had a blank T-120 tape so I put that in and fast-forwarded to the other end to see if it would happen in that direction. It did. I rewound that tape to the beginning and this time it ended properly, so this problem is not consistent.
The tape that was rewound initially was not a full 120-minute tape (the movie is 77 minutes long). I suspect that the sensors on the unit are calibrated for 120-minute tapes and will not necessarily treat shorter tapes as gently. (More tape = more weight = slower overall motor speed?) But I'm not going to experiment with tapes we want to keep! This unit will be returned ASAP. I may exchange it for another in hopes that this particular unit is out of whack.
OK, but... October 11, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Flimsy overall unit. Works all right but has jammed a few times. In the future, I'd look for something sturdier.
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