I`m at an age when I don`t want to self exercise by trying to keep my Kodiaq shining bright with elbow grease.  My garage doesn`t have power so I`m looking for an orbital cordless polisher.  Not many available on line and none to view in North London.  Can anyone recommend from personal experience a model which will do the job at not more than about £100 and which I can actually inspect at a retailer. 

Surely if you have a newish car you shouldnt have to polish it using a machine all the time. If its just gloss that you want to achieve purchase a hard wax or if thats too much work then get a spray wax or quick detailer, this will keep your paint protected and shiny at a fraction of the price

8 minutes ago, Vrsboi said:

Surely if you have a newish car you shouldnt have to polish it using a machine all the time. If its just gloss that you want to achieve purchase a hard wax or if thats too much work then get a spray wax or quick detailer, this will keep your paint protected and shiny at a fraction of the price

Seeing some of the cars that come out of various manufacturing plants across the UK, sometimes it is necessary to machine polish them. 

 

 

14 minutes ago, jars said:

Seeing some of the cars that come out of various manufacturing plants across the UK, sometimes it is necessary to machine polish them. 

 

 

Fair point, same goes for cars washed by the dealers upon delivery

5 hours ago, LordJellybelly said:

I`m at an age when I don`t want to self exercise by trying to keep my Kodiaq shining bright with elbow grease.  My garage doesn`t have power so I`m looking for an orbital cordless polisher.  Not many available on line and none to view in North London.  Can anyone recommend from personal experience a model which will do the job at not more than about £100 and which I can actually inspect at a retailer. 

 

Love the username. 

 

None spring to mind and at that price I wouldn’t expect then to be up to much either. Battery life would be the main issue and batteries with enough amps to last doing a car would take up the majority of your budget. The power required to breakdown the polishes for corrective work would eat through the battery range too. 

 

An orbital polisher can cause quite a lot of damage to your paintwork too of not used right and safer with a dual action polisher. 

 

If it’s just for spreading waxes on the car after cleaning then keep to doing it by hand or if your trying to minimise time looking after the paintwork invest in having the car detailed and protected with a ceramic coating. 

Surely a good polish is a once a year job at most? Could you not pay someone? The rest of the care done at home so you know what protection the paint is getting.

Thanks for the opinions.  Must say I`m surprised that such gadgets are not used.  I suppose that`s why there are few outlets selling them.  OK so I`ll have to roll up my sleeves........

If it is just for spreading the wax out then get the Ryobi one at least the batteries are interchangeable with the rest of their range of power tools.  You will need to budget for battery and charger too but should be within your £100

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ryobi-R18B-0-Cordless-Buffer-Body/dp/B01711CNNM