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My Dirt Worker just doesn't have enough pressure to shift the mud despite scraping the worst off.
Is Mobi any good or indeed are there any others?
As always, thanks. 🙂
Mobi is pretty low pressure unless you really focus it- more like my garden hose than a good pressure washer.
Nomad's are good, no substitute for a proper wash though
I've been eying up the xbrand washer on crc for £70, these any good....same as the nomad isn't it?
Im currently using one of them cheap hand pump pressure things to clean my bike best I can beforw throwing it in the back of the car, its pretty crap really.
Thanks for the replies. I'm having to use the car for every ride so when I get home all I want to do is jump in the shower! Also it can be dark when I get home.
It's fine for 'normal' mud but afer today's mud-fest, it just wasn't removing the mud.
I thought the Mobi had higher pressure?
Take the bike into the shower with you.
and don't forget to post pics 😉
Bumpity bump in case anyone from today's audience has anything (sensible) to add. 🙂
I like my Mobi - it's the blue one. Pressure for clay shifting is only if you wind the thread adjuster in on the jet. You'd never use it to clean paving slabs, but I've found it good enough for me in mainly peak grit and occasional White Peak clayey cack.
Mobi is better than a dirtworker, I've used both ands the pressure from my Mobi is about double that from a Dirtworker.
Great bit of kit I dont leave home without now.
It's not a pressure washer, and to be honest I'd not put a pressure washer near any bike I wanted to use for more than 6 months, and didn't want to spend money on BB, bearings, stanchions etc....
Decent cleaner, like Fenwicks or similar - they're all much of a muchness - leave it on for a few minutes, wash it down and use a microfibre cloth to clean off the rest. Simples.
Only tried the mobi but gets my bikes sparkling when used with shit shifter
The Mobi provides as much pressure as I'm happy to use.
I use the Nomad. Mine is just coming up to 3 yrs old.
Has a very useable pressure which does shift just about everything off the bike, either post ride, or even once dried on - using some muc off and a brush for stubborn areas.
Mine has been faultless in always working, what ever the temperature, using having been knocked about in the boot endlessly on way to a ride.
It needed a new rubber O ring which Nomad sent to me, plus spares free of charge - so excellent back up service as well.
I think I am right in saying the Nomad uses a larger capacity battery than most other portable washers, which results in the Nomad having a higher pressure.
Can't recommend highly enough, is well built and suspect will last many more years.
the hose connector is shite on my mobi - doesnt lock into place very securely at all! mine is the non-powerpack one, which means running it through the car if i want to clean the bike (ie getting filthy clothes all over the car just to plug it in..
really wish id have got an all in one unit now!
the pressure is fine on the mobi - certainly will get your bike clean no matter how much mud is on it!
What JPcapel said - had my 18v Nomad for a few years - has been faultless and does the job well.
This may not be taken in the helpful way it's intended but:
I find a bucket of water and a washing up brush quite effective.
Have you checked the filter that is in side the water chamber. I have found that over time and if water left in the Dirtworker you can get slime etc on the filter. This will slow down the flow rate and reduce the cleaning ability.
Thanks again for the replies. Most useful to hear of a comparison between Dirt Worker and Nomad.
It seems as though the 12V Nomad is no longer available so that leaves one at £220. 😯 I don't think so!
I just want something that has more pressure than the Dirt Worker, it barely touched my bike yesterday so I gave up although I didn't spray with Muc-Off first.
Will have a look at the Mobi.
Thanks for your comments. 🙂
Just take a selection of brushes with you to help it along...
Brand x one here,fittings are crap on it and the gun broke away from the hose- jubilee clip sorted that
I leave mine plugged into the rear socket in my car and leave it in the footwell the hose will reach round to the back so I can wash the bike
+1 brushes are your friend....
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Just take a selection of brushes with you to help it along...]
If you go on to Nomad direct, the 12 V is still available (just out of stock).I have an 18V one which cleans my bikes very well, I use it to clean my van also.
Another couple of thoughts. How good is the car battery/ciggy socket connection. It may be that you are getting a voltage drop due to an ageing battery or poor ciggy socket connection. This will have a noticeable impact on the performance. Having the engine running, to warm the car up ready for you, will help when using the dirt worker or any variant. The alternator will be putting out about 13.6 volts so as to charge the battery.
Brushes as mentioned.
A big part of the point of a low pressure portable wash is the low pressure. If you want to knock clumps of crud off, you get a tool for the job - a proper pressure washer. Just pull on a pair of rubber gloves and get the handfuls of mud off, take a brush to the rest then use the washer - you are trying to use the washer for a job it isn't intended for.
I have a mobi had it about 2 months now saving me alot of time ( dont have a hosepipe ) its good gets mud off, then a quick brush down with muck off type stuff or sometimes just a quick brush then rinse, sometimes I do have to do a refill if its really muddy 🙂
Some sensible points, thanks. Am in a very hard water area so perhaps that is not helping.
How do I check the filter? Inside the tank is a tube that doesn't look terribly clean but am unable to get it undone. Presumably there's no way of descaling?
Cigar connection is fine, regularly use for a cool box but hadn't thought of starting the engine!! 😳
Check the big Filler cap on the Dirtworker it should have a hole/Vent in it, changing the power lead is also worth doing as a bad connection, (and a running engine) makes a big difference to pressure.
I have had a dirt worker for five years its been a great bit of kit and well worth the £25 from Halfrauds, 😉