Any opinions on Record Doctor VI?

I have owned the Record Doctor VI for close to two years now. I have had no problems with it. It seems to be built sturdy enough. It is loud when the vacuum is sucking. But what vacuum that supplies enough suction isn't? I think that it is a good deal as far as record vacuums go.

I owned the Record Doctor version that was motorized and cleaned both sides simultaneously.  It was wonderful and compact.  After about a year I headed into the bathroom where it was sequestered and found it dead as a doornail.  Now it's discontinued, because of this or some other reason I don't know.  Prior to that I had a VPI 16.5 from the mid-eighties until a year or so ago, at which point it died.  Frankly, it was an inferior machine to the aforementioned RD one.  The two-sided vacuuming deal was fantastic, and the RD price was really, really good.  Most recently I'd used those devices as prep before going into the Degritter, then later went to just the Degritter with the MoFi solution, saving the RD for really hard-to-treat records the Degritter couldn't fully solve.  Maybe there's a better solution to use with it, but I found foaming to be a potential problem with the ultrasound.  I need a replacement for the old RD machine, so there's the RD VI and the model ProJect makes, which at least is motorized but way more expensive.  I'm not excited about turning the records by hand, which seems inefficient and I am spoiled. $1000 for the VPI is, frankly, absurd.  $500 for it decades ago was pricey too, but I guess there's a limited market for these things. I think for most people the RD VI makes the most sense.  I don't have the space for a fully manual setup.  Any ideas?  BTW, what's the ideal solution to use in an ultrasound machine like the Degritter?  Back when I was using it as a secondary device I just used distilled water, but not now.  There are so many solution out there.  Whatever you use, it should effectively clean, remove completely, and not foam to where it can foul up your ultrasound's sensors.  And there's one other thing that's interesting:  I started collecting records back in the middle sixties, and by the middle seventies was cleaning all of them, Discwasher or whatever.  Recently I've been going back through those old records (I would put the cleaning date on the sleeve).  They alll sound pristine, generally not needing recleaning. So there you go. 

I apologize. I got my models mixed up. I own the Record Dr. X. It cleans both sides at once. And is motorized. And I just checked and it is not discontinued. It would be a deal breaker for me if I had to manually turn the record or flip it over in order to clean both sides. In my opinion the Record Dr. X is well worth the extra money. You will thank yourself in the future for spending the extra cash and going with the Record Dr. X. They are very popular at their price point so they are often difficult to find in stock right now. But they have not been official discontinued. You can preorder them now. And wait for the next batch to arrive.

@flash56 The X looks like a nice machine.  I guess one needs to decide if they are willing to pay 2x the price for the convenience of the X or if they can live with a more manual machine that will clean a record just as well.  I chose the VI and am happy with it, but now you've got me thinking about the X, thanks a lot 

The RD, Humming Bird , Spin Dr., GooveWasher are all surface cleaners. The only way to deep clean is with a UC. A lot of these surface cleaners just push the debris deeper into grooves. And while the record looks nice and shiny it plays with the lack of dynamics. 

If I owned a record store I would want something a little more stable. But I only use my stuff occasionally. Also with my setup I can use my shop vac for other projects around house/garage. And it is a lot stronger than the RD. I understand that it is a bit of a hassle to set up, spin by hand and have to flip record over. But for $100 it seemed like a nice option.

And please, Record cleaning solutions are snake oil. There are only 3 ingredients used. 99.9% Distilled water. The other 0.1% Isopropyl Alcohol and Tegretol. I see MOFI is selling PUR Water for $30 a quart. Distilled water at grocery store, with a ppm of 0, is a dollar. You can't get cleaner than 0. I don't care how many times you filter through same filter.

Please spend your money wisely and buy more vinyl.