FAST, GENTLE, CLEAN: 11 PRESSURE WASHERS FOR WHEEL CLEANING FROM 120 TO 341 EUROS IN A COMPARATIVE TEST.

Manual labour - with a sponge and bucket of water - or mechanical help? Or both? These are crucial questions when it comes to bike care and cleaning. Normally, an effective approach is to learn from the professionals. And they usually work with pressure blasting equipment. You can see it during every stage race - and of course during and after the big cyclocross events, when the mud-smeared off-road machines are cleaned within minutes. But: The professional mechanics work under time pressure - the conditions are therefore difficult to compare with those of hobby cyclists. Pressure cleaning also involves risks in general - for the bearings in the frame, the wheels and the lubrication, for example. In this test, we tested eleven mobile pressure washers. All of them are equipped with an integrated or external water tank or a water connection, making independent and flexible cleaning possible. For this purpose, we invited eight manufacturers to test eleven very different models.