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why has nobody done this yet? or have they and im just blind?
i know you can get mobiwasher (i have one) or dirtworker etc, but they are bloody great huge things with minimum 15litres tank
why has nobody made a nice portable one which will hold say 5 litres making it much easier to stick in ye car etc?
id buy one, i like the mobi washer at home, but the size of it takes upto much space in my car and 15litres is way more than needed for 1 bike clean down
is there anything out there like this? a small power washer for a different sport etc?
How small do you want? I find the Mobi v-15 perfect to put in the boot of my car (an estate, so loads of space anyway). Any smaller and I'm not sure it'd hold enough water to give a couple of bikes a good clean down after a muddy ride.
My Brand-X pressure washer takes up about as much space as a bag of shopping. Hardly massive.
thats just it - i dont have an estate and what with wheels, clothes etc etc etc there just isnt space, i dont need 15 litres to wash one bike, i need a max of 3-5 to hose the thick off....my mobi washer 15 is pretty big and heft and thats with just minimal water in...
is there a garden type one you can get, a pump type one or something similar that may have enough pressure in it?
http://www.hozelock.com/spraying.html
I have used one - its fine. You need to use a brush as well but it works - wet= bike down, brush it to loosen dirt, rinse off and its clean.
Is it something like this you want?
http://search.diy.com/search#w=sprayer
don't know how they will compare size wise but i guess they will be a little smaller
Found an 8 litre one: [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Power-Pressure-Washer-Caravan/dp/B005EXO0I6/ref=pd_cp_diy_0 ]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Power-Pressure-Washer-Caravan/dp/B005EXO0I6/ref=pd_cp_diy_0[/url]
As TJ says, the garden spraying things work great. Rinse, wash and brush, rinse again. One of the smaller 8 litre ones worked great for two bikes for me for years. It doesn;t get them perfectly clean but good enough to load back into the car without messing it up.
Yep, bought a £30 garden weed sprayer thing a couple of years ago. Works on a hand pump.
Take it with me when going on a day out the will likely be muddy and no other washing option. Brilliant for getting the worst off / sorting a bike for day 2 of a weekend.
One of the best buys of recent years.
I use a Nomad which is similar to a mobi washer I think.
Doesn't seem too big for me - will fit behind a seat in back of the car and isn't that big in the boot.
It's got a decent battery life and a decent adjustable spray. 5l wouldn't be enough for me I don't think and I wouldn't see the point in buying another smaller one.
Good review of washers in What Mountain Bike this month..to be honest the v17 mobi washer never got a good review which I have to agree with,it leaks, battery stopped charging and connections have all been replaced after snapping and Ive only had it just over a year :(, Nomad came out on top but at a price £199 😯
[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Litre-Pressure-Sprayer-Shoulder-Strap/dp/B000TAWBBC/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url ]They have[/url], about £10...
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Five litres is enough to rinse down three bikes.
EDIT: you can squeeze 6L in the tank. Try one, you'll be surprised. I rinse off Swinley detritus without any problems
I've got a 5 ltr Hozelock pump up jobby too, works pretty well for a pennies outlay
thats just it - i dont have an estate...
There's your problem. Buy an estate.
I've had a cheap garden pressure pump for a while and it's ok-ish, but its a bit pain in the butt after a 5 hour ride in the cold and mud, and it won't shift stubborn mud, my bike is now muddy in the garage whilst I contemplate buying a decent pressure washer.
I've got a 5ltr Hozelock pump that I tried to use. It wasn't able to shift sticky mud but worked well on loose stuff. Personally it wasn't up to the job, as I wanted the sticky stuff gone..
MobiWasher is only £70 on Wiggle, just bought one today!