Call me a sucker for the advertising if you like but today I bought the Flash car wash that Jacko from Brush Strokes has been pushing recently. It costs a not inconsiderable £20 but refill filters are £5 or £6 (for 10 washes) and shampoo £4. It comes with enough filter for 3 washes and shampoo for more like 10 I suspect.
I gave it a go about 5:45 so not the ideal time in terms of drying but I used it on both the wife's Ibiza (bright blue) and the 944. The real test will be the very dark metallic Pug but that's elsewhere just now... I made the following observations:
1. Because it's connected straight to the hose it uses cold water. Not pleasant compared with a warm bucket and hose to rinse like I'm used to and will be horrible in winter.
2. The device itself feels very cumbersome at first but I guess I got used to it. It also has a switch to stop/start the water rather than a trigger (which I'd prefer).
3. It uses quite a lot of shampoo, but then we have quite high water pressure and I guess it uses a venturi effect to draw it into the spray.
4. It makes really cool noises when you use the filter.
I think it actually does work! The cars look clean and the sponge gets very dirty (maybe the shampoo is to aggressive?) and although it was late for drying so happening slowly there were no streaks or persistent beads anywhere to be seen (even the glass). I'll try it with the Pug when I get a chance to do it in the afternoon (probably Friday) and post that result too.
I gave it a go about 5:45 so not the ideal time in terms of drying but I used it on both the wife's Ibiza (bright blue) and the 944. The real test will be the very dark metallic Pug but that's elsewhere just now... I made the following observations:
1. Because it's connected straight to the hose it uses cold water. Not pleasant compared with a warm bucket and hose to rinse like I'm used to and will be horrible in winter.
2. The device itself feels very cumbersome at first but I guess I got used to it. It also has a switch to stop/start the water rather than a trigger (which I'd prefer).
3. It uses quite a lot of shampoo, but then we have quite high water pressure and I guess it uses a venturi effect to draw it into the spray.
4. It makes really cool noises when you use the filter.
I think it actually does work! The cars look clean and the sponge gets very dirty (maybe the shampoo is to aggressive?) and although it was late for drying so happening slowly there were no streaks or persistent beads anywhere to be seen (even the glass). I'll try it with the Pug when I get a chance to do it in the afternoon (probably Friday) and post that result too.
