Has anyone ever tried this for drying?

The Metro certainly looks handy.

I've been blow drying the garage queen for years. I use a 60 dollar two stage Toro, approx 200 mph airspeed.

The Metro would make the job ergonomically easier but only marginally easier than weilding the lightweight Toro. Not $120 bucks easier.

In the fall, the wife can use the Toro for blowing leaves. The Metro might not make a good leaf blower, but maybe it would.

So, I'm thinking if you're on a budget, don't opt for the Metro.

If you don't have leaves to worry about and have a few extra bucks, get the Metro - it looks like a quality unit.
 
bonoz said:
YouTube - Metro Air force Blaster



I am tempted to get it. It's about $180. I don't have a leaf blower, so I feel this could double as that - not to mention giving my dusty computer a good blow once in a while.



What do you guys think?
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I own this Metro Blaster® SideKick

I have owned a Metro van n go and I am happy with it.. After watching Adam's detailing videos I saw the use of this sidekick to get all the water out of the lights and crevices and mirrors etc.. I cant believe for year I have battled and struggled getting all the water out of crevices to dry so I ordered one of these. I can almost kick myself not getting one of these sooner. This sidekick was designed for use on motorcycles but its very portable and extremely powerful for its size 1.3 HP and it can dry my wheels which I hat drying and can almost completely dry my car, but I dont want it to dry my entire car because I like spraying some QD and using a WW MF towel for final drying.
 
Can you use the toro say on the inside? If you have a dusty interior? Can you be flexible with it?
 
bonoz said:
Can you use the toro say on the inside? If you have a dusty interior? Can you be flexible with it?
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Outside, inside, through my lady's chambers. Everywhere. Low speed for delicates, high speed for drying.

Here's a tip: dip the end of the blower tube in that liquid tool handle rubber stuff. That makes it impossible to mar the car if the tip accidentally comes in contact with the surface of the car.

Sometimes I even use the accompanying vacuum shoulder bag to vacuum and mulch localized alder leaves.

I also have a really big gas powered Echo but I don't use that one for the car. I use the Echo to blow cats off the lawn.

Cat lovers - I'm joking ----- really!
 
I have a Redmax 7001. It's about 10-12 years old now and I only use it when I'm very pressed for time.
 
The smallish nozzle on the Metro makes me think that I'd rather have my AirWand. But the Metro oughta be at least as good as using an air compressor for this, and I bet it'll be great for the nooks and crannies.



I'm not a big fan of blowing dust around in the interior- where's it supposed to go? Yeah yeah, I know..it flies out the opened doors, right? I dunno about that... :think:
 
Hey Acc, the dust goes to the same place those socks go to when you do laundry, that's why I always end up with those 1 of a kinds
 
I also use a Toro Leaf Blower to dry my cars after washing:

Three things you gotta watch out for:

1) Blow of the area you'll be washing the car first BEFORE moving the car onto it. The dust/debris/ grass/leaves on the driveway/parking lot/garage floor (if it's that big) are a real hassle if this isn't done. (Ya, ya, I know: keep it pointed at the vehicle and this won't be a "problem")

2) If you've used the blower as a vacuum for leaves, don't even THINK about using it on your car. Unless you're willing to wash the plastic pipes and bag out before doing this, you'll end up with alot of leaf litter on your wet vehicle. (Been there, done that)

3) USE EAR PLUGS or some type of hearing-loss protection. Leaf blowers are notoriously loud and will damage your hearing when used repeatedly over time, even for short periods.
 
I'm glad such things exist. To be honest, I HATE the drying part in my washing process. Everything else I'm fine with.



I'm really debating on putting my leaf blower to use for this.
 
I have the vac n blo and would buy that over the air force. Its about the same price but the suction rocks, I'd say its my favorite purchase from 2010. I tried using a leaf blower but didn't really like it. With the vac n blo, you can attach the hose so you can just hold the hose up on the roof and use the crevice attachment to get a nice pointed air stream. I hold the hose / crevice attachment pointing down the side of the panel and just walk along the side of the car like I'm drying, working top to bottom. I wouldn't want to have to hoist the whole thing up over a SUV roof, using just the hose is better.
 
I use this blower. It came with the Air Wand like Accumulator uses. I never could get the hang of it. So I stuck the short tube on and voila. There are 3 holes at the end of the tube that the air passes through and it works really well. I don't care for the long tubes on most electric models. This allows me to get close to the vehicle and use a drying towel. Nothing wrong at all with the other options, just thought I'd show what works for me.



 
jb1- I can understand the AirWand not being right for everybody, and it must've taken me a dozen washes to get even remotely squared away with it. A lot of it might also have to do with what kind of vehicles are being done.
 
Accumulator said:
jb1- I can understand the AirWand not being right for everybody, and it must've taken me a dozen washes to get even remotely squared away with it. A lot of it might also have to do with what kind of vehicles are being done.
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Accumulator,

Admittedly, I have probably have hundreds if not thousands of car washes to catch up to you, but I gave it all of 1 try on my vette and said, screw this. I popped the wand off, the tube in and all was good. LOL

Patience probably isn't my strong point so keep that in mind. It just didn't put out the velocity I thought it would and I had to get it WAY to close to the surface for my comfort. I probably touched the surface once or twice and thought "I know me well enough to know this won't end well."



Like I said, it's probably perfect for some/most people, just not me. And the funny thing is, I had to have the air wand. I just *knew* it was going to be the end all/be all of car dryers. I probably had my expectations to high which led to its quick demise in my detailing tool arsenal.
 
jb1- See, this is a perfect example of personal preferences and how "YMMV" can always apply! I understand completely and I actually applaud your doing what you knew was right for you, rather than struggling to do something that somebody else advocates. Gee, it sounds exactly like my experiences with ONR ;)
 
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