Your favorite carbon fiber cleaning brush ...?

The Audioquest carbon fiber brush (with gold metal insert in handle) is better than the ubiquitous and massively rebranded cheapie carbon brushes like the ProJect, but to be honest I feel that the carbon fiber brushes in general are pretty lame. I have a high end cleaning machine to keep the deep grooves clean, and the all-carbon brushes are pretty weak at removing surface dust that lands during the course of a listening session. I’m about to give up on my Audioquest brush.

I feel hybrid brushes like the Hunt are probably a better solution.

Then some people even use carbon fiber bristles to clean their stylus, and I can't imagine that being effective at all.

I"ve had the Hunt, but prefer the AQ. Try them both.

I agree with @mulveling on the Audioquest brush. They’re a pain to use as well. I feel most people don’t use there brushes correctly to get the most out of them. One rotation ain’t gonna get it.. I do two rotations then flip the brush around and two more rotations.

www.sleevecityusa.com carries a brush I use and like. Thunderon.

The plain ol' black Audioquest - - before and after playing each side.  I've been using this brush for over 15 years and have been very happy with the results.

I have the AudioQuest Gold brush.

I find that is is fairly useless.  It does not pick up anything. 
It will push dust and debris into a straight line, but that’s about it.  It often leaves much behind. 
 

I still have an old discwasher brush that one would rotate slightly while the record was spinning. It worked quite well, picking up debris and removing it. 
 

With the Audioquest brush I have to apply it to a spinning record, and try to sweep the debris forward and off. To get it to be at all effective, I have to do this 6-8 times.