I was looking at the battery powered version, but this is the same price and more powerful. It has an air filter, and pretty good specs. I`m wondering how well it would work for drying a car thought. DBA rating`s a bit loud but it has a quiet mode. The battery one is 100mph and 280cfm. I`m guessing the gas one would be close to that in quiet mode. I know a bunch of people on here use a blower to dry so I thought I`d ask.