As in electric/car charger type,worth it? And if so, where to buy cheap?
If it's for a couple of bikes, do it the cheapskate way.
Buy a garden sprayer 😀
That's what I take when I'm in the van, cleans the bikes a treat with some car wash/wax mixed in. Not enough power to knacker any bearings either.
Mobi washer does the job just fine. Enough water for 3 bikes (unless its really sticky mud) and enough but not too much power
I've got an old Mobi, I've not used it that often tbh but it's been good. Does sometimes slosh out a bit of water in the car, though, the cap's not very watertight
Cheers fellas, northwind, are you looking to sell it on or just commenting on its performance? If you are looking to sell, drop me a mail with the price you had in mind. Skeffian@yahooDOTcoDotuk Cheers
I bought an old Whale water pump off eBay and made my own, came in about £35 all in and the pressure is good enough to get a decent clean.
Mobi .. The bigger one in CRC, spot on.
My 5l garden sprayer is great. Cheap too!
I've got this one.....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airace-Driving-Waterman-Portable-Pressure/dp/B0050VDO1G
Works well.
My bike has loads of nooks and crannies around the linkage and if the mud is think it would take me several buckets of water to clean manually. This does it in one fill normally, two if it's really bad. Battery lasts a long time and plugs into the fag lighter if needed.
Airace version is very good. Better than the Mobi and older dirtworker.
Nomad washers get good reviews as well.
Had a dirtworker, it was in the back of my car when it was stolen and replaced with a Nomad (same company I think) without much thought.
I don't have an outside tap so it gets used for everything - car, motorbike, etc too. Not powerful enough to just blast and have a clean bike but a quick rinse, then bit of Muc-Off or similar and a brush (particularly in the hard to reach bits) and another rinse is enough for them to come up great.
Not cheap but last pretty well and the customer service is great. I'd sent mine back as I thought it was dead, actually my 12v socket was. They tested it was working but also stripped and serviced it before sending back. And didn't call me a numpty in the process 😀
The customer service for my Dirtworker was as good as I've ever received from any company, so purely on that I'd opt for a Nomad as it's the same guy distributing them.
Nomad currently out of stock. Hoping that it will be better than my Dirtworker that saw little use and still managed to break for the second time.
Airace is better than the mobi for pressure and fittings, from comments I saw when looking and from seeing one compared to my Airace.
I run it from a Clarks battery booster/jump thingy rather than the car.
I've got a Nomad. The 18V cordless one.
Not cheap but had it for 3 or 4 years now and it's been great and still works as well as when I first got it.
The tank will clean one really muddy bike (think bad Mayhem year) and several bikes in normal mud.
I keep it in the garage with several 5l bottle to re-fill it to save getting the hose out. Take it with me most places and it has a car cig lighter for when the battery goes.
@skeff, going to keep it I think