Looked at this in store today, was tempted by the 3 yr garantee, obviously won't compare

to anything decent but at £12.99 is it a complete waste of money??

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_13623.htm

I suspect it's a load of tosh, I didn't buy it, if anyone has any postive feedback on it

I'll go and buy one tomorrow though :yes:

My main concern (other than it been bobbins) was how available replacement pads

would be, are they a standard size and fitment??

Edited 5 April, 201016 yr by leeland

discussed before and believed to be "tosh" as you thought. Depends on what you really want though - As a "buffer" it will be OK, but for proper polishing like I've been doing this weekend if won't cut it (pun intended )

discussed before and believed to be "tosh" as you thought. Depends on what you really want though - As a "buffer" it will be OK, but for proper polishing like I've been doing this weekend if won't cut it (pun intended )

Cheers, my instinct told me 'cheap bobbins', having seen them on cleanyourcar.co.uk for £150 or so for proper ones.

Certainly some good products on that site though,

Thanks.

Similar discussion thread that I started here!

I bought the halfords equivelant, and thought it was rubbish to be quite frank.

So i took it back.

The wool polishing bonnet, looked and felt as though it was going to fly off all of the time.

Your much better buying a Kestral DAS-6, as you most certainly have a better choice of attachments.

Edited 5 April, 201016 yr by Browny_37

For the money, you can't go wrong TBH unless your a hamfisted brute.

I bought one on a whim because I couldn't be Ar5ed doing the Saab by hand and I managed to go through rubbing compound, polish and wax in about an hour giving awesome results. You can get spare bonnets if you find a place that does the BlackSpur one (Which is the same)

Post some shots in midday sun directly on the bonnet & we'll be able to judge whether its been a success.

Post some shots in midday sun directly on the bonnet & we'll be able to judge whether its been a success.

Yeah, ill just pop out and take some for you now

Thats as good as it's going to get as I don't have time to convince detailing fanbois thats it's not a bad piece of kit.

It's £12.99. For that money it does a reasonable job at applying polish/rubbing compound.

Yeah, ill just pop out and take some for you now

Thats as good as it's going to get as I don't have time to convince detailing fanbois thats it's not a bad piece of kit.

It's £12.99. For that money it does a reasonable job at applying polish/rubbing compound.

i agree, it helps you remove the polish and wax quicker than by hand so your car gets some attention rather than a gritty sponge and not much else.

At the end of the day, I'd guess it looks just fine in direct sunlight too

Chances are as these are fixed speed you have some nice holograms in the paint and whatnot, so yes, they can do more harm than good.

Just some advice.

Edited 8 April, 201016 yr by Liverpool-Lad

Chances are as these are fixed speed you have some nice holograms in the paint and whatnot, so yes, they can do more harm than good.

Just some advice.

If you say so.. I've used one on a car before which has then been in direct sunlight and under floods with no more swirls than was there.

Think about it, the people who use these are buying them to make life easier. They don't want to spend hundreds of pounds cleaning their car, they want it clean and looking the right colour.

Most cars on the roads have swirls and most of these are DA and run pretty slow.

A rottary at speed will cause damage, these minimal.

I dunno Liverpool-lad, i just invested in a DA polisher, but the whole time i was buying it (~£130 worth) and fancy polishes and pads, all i could think was:

My grandpa gets cracking results from a ~20 year old rotary with some random no-name polish -- and with the best will in the world, it's not an expensive rotary, probably from poundstretchers back in the day!

He keeps his cars longer than i could ever manage without getting bored, in fact i can count every car he's owned in the time i've been alive on one hand. The paint's always in cracking condition (to me, a non expert) when the cars finally go. The last one didn't go to the auction house -- the sales guy at the dealership bought it for himself based on the *look* of the car alone.

If a non expert (i.e. that's everyone that sees your car) reckons it looks great at 12 years old, that's probably about all you can ask for, really!

I believe there's a lot more ability for someone like me to do damage with a rotary (hence why i bought the DA to give me the best chance possible of not damaging) but i also believe that in experienced hands, that aldi polisher will produce results every bit as great as my new DA would in the same hands.

p.s. he uses one wash bucket and a 99p jumbo sponge he's had since the dog destroyed the last one a few years ago, he throws the dregs from the bucket over his car when he's done too.

I'm sure there are swirl marks and i'll look for them now that i know what they are, but joe punter who sees your car (your boss, a friend, someone in the street) they don't know what a swirl mark is, but they recognise a gleaming car alright!

Chances are as these are fixed speed you have some nice holograms in the paint and whatnot, so yes, they can do more harm than good.

Just some advice.

Thanks for that, good thing I am not a hamfisted brute then!

Edited 8 April, 201016 yr by Decron

I dunno Liverpool-lad, i just invested in a DA polisher, but the whole time i was buying it (~£130 worth) and fancy polishes and pads, all i could think was:

My grandpa gets cracking results from a ~20 year old rotary with some random no-name polish -- and with the best will in the world, it's not an expensive rotary, probably from poundstretchers back in the day!

He keeps his cars longer than i could ever manage without getting bored, in fact i can count every car he's owned in the time i've been alive on one hand. The paint's always in cracking condition (to me, a non expert) when the cars finally go. The last one didn't go to the auction house -- the sales guy at the dealership bought it for himself based on the *look* of the car alone.

If a non expert (i.e. that's everyone that sees your car) reckons it looks great at 12 years old, that's probably about all you can ask for, really!

I believe there's a lot more ability for someone like me to do damage with a rotary (hence why i bought the DA to give me the best chance possible of not damaging) but i also believe that in experienced hands, that aldi polisher will produce results every bit as great as my new DA would in the same hands.

p.s. he uses one wash bucket and a 99p jumbo sponge he's had since the dog destroyed the last one a few years ago, he throws the dregs from the bucket over his car when he's done too.

I'm sure there are swirl marks and i'll look for them now that i know what they are, but joe punter who sees your car (your boss, a friend, someone in the street) they don't know what a swirl mark is, but they recognise a gleaming car alright!

Interesting thoughts there mate @ lol throwing dirty water over the car to finish. Get stuck in with the pads & get it looking good. Cars when done take minimal effort & time then to clean once theyre prepped & have a good layer of wax over them. Very little needs to be done to keep them looking pin sharp.

If you say so.. I've used one on a car before which has then been in direct sunlight and under floods with no more swirls than was there.

Think about it, the people who use these are buying them to make life easier. They don't want to spend hundreds of pounds cleaning their car, they want it clean and looking the right colour.

Most cars on the roads have swirls and most of these are DA and run pretty slow.

A rottary at speed will cause damage, these minimal.

That is an interesting theory. Rotary polishers are speed adjustable usually between 0-3000rpm with a complete control over the speed.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-POLISHER-240V-110W-ORBITAL-HIGH-POWER-2-BONNETS_W0QQitemZ310208126051QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item4839d85c63

A generic car polisher. 2900rpm! Thats far too high & is why you can do more damage than good with these if not careful as many cars Ive seen are a testament to that.

That's hardly a fair comparison, when most people who do buy them will buy these:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_189810_langId_-1_categoryId_165640#dtab

I'm not saying a proper DA, isn't better, I'm just saying most people don't give enough of a ****.

Lets face it, a car properly washed then polished and waxed with one of these, is still going to be in far better condition that one that gets a supermarket grit special every week.