This is magic - convince me otherwise.

[david.rolls]

 

[richardfm]

It's a Park Tool chain cleaner. I have one and like it, others will tell you it's a waste of money.
There is a long discussion here https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?p=1343771#p1343771

 

[Oldhippy]

I've always found mine quite useful personally.

 

[Peter Salt]

It's like a back scratcher. Some find it an oddity, others very useful. Most don't care.

 

[Drago]

My butler does mine.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Wax based lube, and quick wipe with cloth after a ride if chain has got wet / dirty.

 

[lazybloke]

Thread title promised much.
Very disappointed.

 

[Profpointy]

I sold mine. I still feel slightly guilty for describing it as "little used", rather than "only used the once"

 

[Ajax Bay]

Have you tried to wash the cleaning device yet? Did it take long?

 

[HLaB]

Chain cleaners are magic IME, especially the Park one. Unfortunately that magic is just a temporary illusion :-/

 

[Bollo]

The magic is how park tools turn 20p of plastic into £25 of retail.

Don’t mind chain cleaners though. My cheapo Aldi one does a good-enough job getting the worst off with minimum fuss.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I’ve not used the Park derivative, but l would suspect that the plastics are fairly ubiquitous?
I suggest that, as the one l used to have ‘melted’ due to using diesel in it

 

[david.rolls]

Have you tried to wash the cleaning device yet? Did it take long?

It rinses out really easily surprisingly - can’t fault it!

 

[roley poley]

So my invention of two nail brushes rubber-banded together wont be taken to the patents office on crowd funding then?

 

[froze]

I just use a damp sponge with some non-citrus Dawn for Dishes dish soap, wrap the sponge around the chain and clean away, then rinse the chain with water, rinse out the sponge which due to the soap will pretty much come out looking clean.

I use to use that Park Chain cleaning tool but found the sponge and the Dawn for Dishes to work just as well, plus the sponge and soap are a lot cheaper than that cleaning machine and the solvent needed to use it.