As others have said your mobi washer will be fine as it's not a pressure washer, use it as you wish with no worries.
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Pressure Washing - Yes or No?
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Posted 4 months ago #
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I got a mobi V-15 for christmas and one of my concerns was about the pressure it would pump the water out at. I was plesently suprised to find it is almost exactly the same as get from my mains water.
Living in a flat as well, being able to quickly rince the bike down after riding saves alot of faf droping the hose out the window when I get home.
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Inspired by this thread I just tried to wash my bike for the first time in two years without using a jet wash. Pah, how do you get the tyres clean?
Maybe if I had a workshop, garage or even a garden. Jet wash clean is the only way to put it back in an apartment.
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tpbiker/druidh - thanks for your replies. I have a Dirt Worker that was rarely used but am now having to drive to ride so it's been going in the car too.
Bike was extremely muddy yesterday and was disappointed with the pressure I was getting with it, used plenty of water too. Hence my question about the Mobi, whether it was an improvement on the Dirt Worker.
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Its amazing how diverse opinion is on this, on one hand i have je washed bikes for nearly 30 years since i got my first race bike without any issues.
And on the other people whose bike will fall apart even if you go to halfords and look at pressure washer boxes.
There must be some pretty crappy bikes made these days. Any bike that cant take a few mins with a pressure washer really is not up to much.
Keep up the good work.
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I'm sure I'm not the only person to have a water meter to think about!
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Pressure washers use a lot less water than garden hose.
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Not to mention the time and hassle that is saved by dropping round to the local garage.
The washers at petrol stations and car washes do not have narrow direct sprays but are fanned out and are more than suitable for cleaning a bike of crud.
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i used to use one of those garden sprayer to clean my bike when i didn't have an outside tap.
come to think of it i've still not got an outside tap....
but one of those hand pumped pressure bottles works pretty well. you can adjust the spray and a full bottle was enough for two bikes. also used to take it with us in the car and fill it up from a stream or lake.
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c_g I a kind of suprised by you saying
Bike was extremely muddy yesterday and was disappointed with the pressure I was getting with it, used plenty of water too. Hence my question about the Mobi,
One of the guys i ride with has a nomad and it seems as powerfull as the mobi one i have. Have you had a look at video on the Nomad website to see how you can adjust the nozel for a more powerfull jet?
Also reading the instructions for my mobi one of the things it mentioned was there is a water filter inside the main water container that may need cleaned every now and then. This may be the same with yours so also worth a look if there are any service guide on the site especially if it has sat arround for a bit.
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I find that whilst a jet wash can remove huge clumps of mup and gloop, the only way to get the bikes looking really clean (if that's what you want) is to use a soft brush, sponge and muc-off / soap. Bikes look clean when blasted with a hose, but dry off looking dirty (especially anodised black frames).
I bought a jet wash recently, I think it's going to mainly be used for cleaning the patio and scaring cats.
....but the spinning tyres thing is fun too!
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Rusty Mac - apologies for my wrong information! Am a bit paranoid with filling up the Dirt Worker and it leaking in car so use a separate water container. Container holds less than Dirt Worker hence running out of water! What a bimbo I am.
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Pressure washing in my experience will mess up your bearings in pivots, in wheels, in headsets long before washing with bucket and sponge.
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I've yet to effectively clean a bike with a jetwash. It looks sparkly for about ten minutes until it dries and reveals a thin layer of caked on mud. Soapy water and a sponge for me.
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I'm sure I'm not the only person to have a water meter to think about!
As Dave said, jetwashes certainly use less water. I spent 15 minutes jetwashing the floor and walls of our stable recently, one person with a broom was enough to sweep the water 8 metres across the floor to the barn door before it started pooling under everyones stuff. With a hosepipe the place would have been completely flooded.
Tip for the dirtworker; I used to cover the air holes in the cap with a bit of tape, you just need to loosen the cap when using it so the air can get it. I've since sealed them with a few dollops of inner tube cement.
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