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Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a decent electrical car polisher with adjustable variable speed? I'm having difficulty finding one with a slow enough speed.

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ben944 wrote:Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a decent electrical car polisher with adjustable variable speed? I'm having difficulty finding one with a slow enough speed.

Cheers,

Ben :bounce:
The Meguiars one goes fairly slow, you can get 10% off from More than Polish.
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Mine is a CP180 from Clarkes 1000-3000rpm. Worked well last weekend & just bought some pads & G3 for it.
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Generally, the best professional polishers are the Kestrel DAS 6 and the Megs G220

Lots of info here: http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/index.php
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Sean Smallman wrote:
ben944 wrote:Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a decent electrical car polisher with adjustable variable speed? I'm having difficulty finding one with a slow enough speed.

Cheers,

Ben :bounce:
The Meguiars one goes fairly slow, you can get 10% off from More than Polish.
Hi,

I've been told that the Megiuars G220 is a rebadged DAS-6 but the DAS-6 is about £50 cheaper. See link below:

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing ... d_519.html

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ben944 wrote:
Sean Smallman wrote:
ben944 wrote:Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a decent electrical car polisher with adjustable variable speed? I'm having difficulty finding one with a slow enough speed.

Cheers,

Ben :bounce:
The Meguiars one goes fairly slow, you can get 10% off from More than Polish.
Hi,

I've been told that the Megiuars G220 is a rebadged DAS-6 but the DAS-6 is about £50 cheaper. See link below:

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing ... d_519.html

Ben :bounce:
I don't believe it is - I think they are two different machines that are very close to each other in performance.
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Hi,

It wouldn't surprise me at all. They probably stick another £40 - £50 onto the cost just so you get the Meguiars name on it. It's probably similar to what supermarkets do with own branding. Like the big name brands but at a fraction of the cost.

Check out the specifications below - they're practically the same:

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog ... cat10.html

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog ... cat10.html

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We stock both, they do seem similar in many ways as they use standard typpe/function components, and performance & reliability wise there is nothing to choose between them IMHO.

The G220 is on offer at the moment, £30 off, so £119.95, and I plan to bring a stack to Gaydon next week, plus compounds etc.
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944Tman wrote:We stock both, they do seem similar in many ways as they use standard typpe/function components, and performance & reliability wise there is nothing to choose between them IMHO.

The G220 is on offer at the moment, £30 off, so £119.95, and I plan to bring a stack to Gaydon next week, plus compounds etc.

Are you taking any Kestrels as well I have held off buying one but could be parting with the cash on the day ,I will be helping to set up on the 911UK pitch


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Yes, I will, though as we are one of the last UK stockists to have any left, they may be gone by then. We have had a bit of a run on them in the last few days.

Happy to take your order and payment for free delivery tomorrow/asap to secure one !!

01780-749449

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944Tman wrote:Yes, I will, though as we are one of the last UK stockists to have any left, they may be gone by then. We have had a bit of a run on them in the last few days.

Happy to take your order and payment for free delivery tomorrow/asap to secure one !!

01780-749449

cheers

Mark


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