I've accumulated four brushes over the past five years or so. I've read good things about the Ramar, but I haven't been able to convince myself to climb over that price hurdle yet.
The Spin-Clean anti-static carbon fiber brush costs about $15. It's good for removing surface dust and debris, and it has that much-copied rotate-through-the-frame design to remove junk from the tips of the bristles.
The Record Doctor RDGH is a goat-hair brush that seems to do a better job of getting deeper dirt out. It doesn't shed its bristles much and costs about $30.
The Analog Relax brush is an anti-static brush that also does a good job removing dust. It costs about $70.
The Hart Vinyl Record Mk6 brush has extremely fine fibers and it's easy to tell that they get deep into the record grooves. However, it makes me irrationally angry. It appears to be poorly and amateurishly constructed, the fibers constantly come out and litter the surface of the record, fly under the platter, and show up everywhere, and the adhesive backing that holds the bristle structure to the brush handle won't stay in place and peels up regularly. Using the Hart brush is a multi-step process: remove the loosest bristles before cleaning your record; clean the record; use another brush to remove the Hart hairs from the record; use your fingers and an air blower to remove Hart hairs from everything wthin a few feet of the record...and so on. The Hart brush costs about $100.
