Best swab for cleaning VCR heads?

[dudemcgraw]

There are so many options when it comes to non-cotton swabs to clean the heads on a VCR, I want to make sure I buy the best quality product that won't damage the heads. A camera sensor cleaner would work well, I just would be curious to hear what people use and what works. I would of course be using it with rubbing alcohol rather than whatever cleaner it comes with (if any). Please advise, thanks!

[BarryTheCrab]

My preference is a flat sensor swab, sort of looks like a flat anvil, and near pure alcohol.

[nicholasserra]

I use these

https://amzn.to/3KTSa79

[lordsmurf]

Foam quality has tanked, many have become cheap open cell, which is bad, snags heads. So only chamois, dSLR sensor swabs. Foam too dangerous now, gamble.