Stylus cleaners

@lalitk 

And I’m glad to see, you did not fall for any gobbledygook type of stuff for your stylus care. 

other than occasional (every other week) cleaning of the stylus with my angle grinder I’m pretty much set on stylus brush and proper liquid cleaner. Just kidding :)

I was looking at Reliable Light. Music Direct has a $479 version of it. 
I’m not too sold on Lepro due to base. I’m worried I’ll knock it over and will take out some critical components or cables. So most likely it will head back to amazon. 
I’m still looking at clip on lights there…if I find anything cool I’ll let you know. 
 

“I’m worried I’ll knock it over”
@audphile1 

Exactly, my concern as well with most lights. The one on music direct site is available on Amazon for $399. I see this as long term investment and be done! 
https://a.co/d/i4YIZoI

Reading Lamps, especially ones that emit a little heat, are great left on near the Headshell for 30+ minutes in advance of a Vinyl Replay session.

The ambient heat local to the Cartridge does wonders for the Damper / Armature /Tension Wire interface

A Cartridge will be heard at its very best, and better than what a few hours uszge can muster in a room with a lesser ambient heat. 

The Local light makes cueing a pleasure as well. 

@faustuss 

The one I have has a ballast, so doesn’t strobe

That's a pity.  Incidentally my incandescent bulbs strobe enough to allow me to set the speed on my Garrard 301, which has big strobe marks on the rim of the platter.  My workshop LED lamps strobe beautifully.

I joke about IKEA, and they deliberately design the layout to keep you meandering for as long as possible.  I had to refit my partner's bathroom / laundry and we fronted up to IKEA with our sketches.  In what felt like under two hours, we had professional drawings, a full bill-of-materials, and everything picked at their nearby warehouse waiting to be loaded.  I mean everything!  Impressed?  You bet!

@pindac 

Does the cleaning of the Stylus limit the cleaning value to assisting with removing irritating noise as a result of contaminants on the Stylus?

I think I have decoded this correctly!  Yes, stylus cleaning's main value is an audible improvement in sound quality.  Accumulated gunk increases the tip mass, reduces trackability and eventually produces obvious distortions.  At this point, one wonders how much damage is being done to the record?