Cyclo for Christmas?

JBM · 11-03-05, 03:13

Every year i have no idea what to tell the wife to get me for christmas. I dont need much, dont want much, nothing that would be financially feasable anyways haha.

I guess i dont need the cyclo either, but i want to tinker with this hobby.

I am also considering a rotary. I would like to take my skill level up another notch, for just my own OCD's sake. I like the idea of handling a tool that needs respect, i am pretty good with power tools, well the ones i have anyways.

Get both, ya, well, that would be compulsive, i dont like compulsive spending, even for OCD

So, either:

Cyclo
Rotary
Neither, keep using the pc, your vehicles look good enough

Accumulator · 11-04-05, 06:01

Well, much as I love the Cyclo, if you don't mind the PC I think I'd go for the rotary. It'll do stuff that nothing else can do whereas the Cyclo is more of an improved version of the PC. But if you have a car that you're not gonna polish aggressively anyhow (thin paint, other fragility issues) then go with the Cyclo. Ditto if you just don't like using the PC.

JBM · 11-04-05, 04:05

I have been thinking and ya, the rotary is really what i want to learn to use.

Corey Bit Spank · 11-04-05, 06:11

Then get the Rotary. The Cylco doesn't so much "bridge the gap" as it replaces the PC. I'm not certain if it does a better job, but it does a quicker job. The "work smarter, not harder" motto seems to apply.

I'm 100% happy with my cyclo, but I wouldn't have a huge need for one if I still had a PC. Anyway, I could see the benefit to using the cyclo if I did many cars a week. The brush attatchments are very useful (infact I've used it more as a shampooer than a polisher).

BigAl3 · 11-05-05, 01:46

i say get the rotary, as you will eventually want/need it at one time or another. my b-day is coming up, along with x-mas and that's what i am going to get next. there's a nice shiny makita 9227c with my name on it!