Best Detailing Air Blowers

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Compare airflow in CFM and ignore the horsepower figure on the box, because peak horsepower ratings on these motors are a marketing convention rather than a measure of anything you will feel. Air volume moves water out of mirror housings, badge surrounds, grille slats, and lug nut recesses, which is where the drips that leave streaks are hiding, and a unit in the region of 300 CFM does that convincingly while a small handheld only clears the panel in front of it. A filtered intake is the feature that protects your paint: an unfiltered blower will happily pick up grit from the floor of a garage and fire it at a wet clearcoat. Warm air is a genuine advantage rather than a gimmick, since motor heat raises the air a few degrees above ambient and speeds evaporation in the seams. Reach decides how usable the tool is in practice, and a hose measured in tens of feet lets you walk around a vehicle without moving the unit, while a short hose means unplugging and repositioning. Weigh the noise, because these are loud enough to matter in a shared driveway, and decide honestly whether you want a wall-mounted unit for a fixed bay or a portable one you can carry to a customer.