If you put on glasses you most likely have microfiber cleansing cloths stashed all-around your private home as a result of like demise and taxes, your lenses getting soiled is inevitable. But why spend half your day rubbing mud and grease away when you’ll be able to drop your specs into the LensHD and let the tiny washer do all of the exhausting give you the results you want?

The LensHD is harking back to the Cardlax, an analogous automated cleansing machine that rids wi-fi earbuds of earwax and all the opposite nastiness they decide up whereas stuffed in your ears. Cleaning wax and gunk off of earbuds is certainly a extra terrible chore than buffing spots and fingerprints off a pair of glasses, but it surely’s a chore nonetheless, and one that may be lastly outsourced to the machines.

Inside the LensHD are a set of 4 tender blade-shaped sponges wrapped in microfiber fabric that every spin in a barely offset rotation to extend the protection space. Misting the sponges with a glasses cleaner earlier than a cleansing improves their skill to carry greasy fingerprints (it’s not necessary, however anybody with glasses is aware of it makes the method simpler and simpler) however in any other case utilizing the LensHD is as straightforward as inserting a pair of specs inside and shutting the machine, at which level the 4 sponges get to work, concurrently cleansing either side of every lens.

The machine isn’t as transportable as a microfiber fabric in your pocket (or simply utilizing the shirt you’re carrying) and it’s powered by a USB-C cable as a substitute of rechargeable batteries, though you’ll be able to at all times pair it with a transportable energy supply if mobility is your precedence. Specifics on how lengthy a cleansing takes aren’t talked about, however by wiping either side of each lenses all on the identical time, it’s nearly actually quicker than cleansing your specs by hand. As for compatibility, the group behind the LensHD claims they’ve examined it with 100 differing types and types of glasses, so until you put on particularly distinctive or giant frames, they need to be appropriate.

As with the Cardlax earbuds cleaner, the creators of the LensHD (who had been initially a part of the group answerable for the Cardlax) have opted for a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to assist carry their creation to shoppers. But with a funding objective of simply $1,000, it looks as if they’re utilizing Kickstarter extra as a pre-order platform, than a approach to elevate sufficient funds to place the LensHD into manufacturing. The least expensive pre-order possibility with a November 2021 supply is listed at $79, though the total retail worth will most likely be a lot larger than that.

Despite the very fact the creators of the LensHD are “…ready to go into production, with sourced materials and a confirmed schedule with our reliable manufacturer locked down,” there’s nonetheless good motive to be cautious about any crowdfunded product, particularly with a pandemic nonetheless underway all world wide that has made it troublesome for even bigger firms to get a product into shoppers’ arms. If you do pre-order the LensHD, take that November supply date with a grain of salt—or a heaping spoonful.