Ninja Tune anti-static vinyl brush

Static is vinyl's quiet enemy. It pulls dust into the grooves, draws it back the moment you've wiped it away, and sits there as crackle between you and the music. Most brushes just move the dust around. This one was made to deal with the cause, and has been since the 1970s.

AM made the original carbon fibre record brush, and the design has barely needed to change since. The bristles are spun from conductive carbon fibre, but what actually makes the brush anti-static is hidden inside: a small brass pin connecting the aluminium body to the bristles. That pin carries the charge up out of the grooves, through the brush and away through your hand as you hold it. Without it, a carbon brush will still sweep dust about, but it won't drain the static.

It's the part you can't see, and it's the part most copies leave out. Dropping the pin makes a brush cheaper to produce and, however similar it looks, not actually anti-static. Ours has always had it. The same fine fibres reach the bottom of the groove to clear the grit that wears at record and stylus, so you're left with a cleaner record, longer life for your vinyl, and the charge gone rather than just shifted around.

• Clears dust, grit and static from the grooves
• Lower noise floor: less crackle and fewer pops
• Conductive carbon fibre bristles draw off static charge
• Protects both record and stylus from abrasive grit
• Longer life for your vinyl

• Number of carbon fibre bristles: 528,000
• Handle: Aluminium
• Brush: Carbon fibre
• Frame: Recycled ABS
• Weight: 31g
• Height: 114mm
• Width: 32mm
• Depth: 18mm