First off, let me state that I`m an amateur at this detailing thing. I only take care of the three cars in the family, and occasionally an odd one here or tthere.
I have no experience with a rotary, none with the Flex, Griots or anything else mentioned here, except the Cyclo.
The Cyclo however..........I`ve been playing with that thing since about 1969
or so. At that time I was a kid working in a gas station that offered a "Simoniz" for your car for $19.95. The owner of the station bought a Cyclo for us kids to use.( Talk about an idiot proof system ) My Dad saw the Cyclo and decided he had to have one for himself. This was back in the day when the only pads available were wool of varying grades. ( I`ve still got a mess of those pads in the basement ). That Cyclo was the first thing I took from the old homestead when Dad died so that my brothers wouldn`t lay claim to it.:xyxthumbs I`ve used that very Cyclo I can`t count how many times over the years. I finally had to replace the brushes and power cord a year or so ago.
I`ve upgraded to all this fancy foam pad stuff. Am using real polishes and waxes
now, as opposed to throwing on some Turtle Wax like we did back at the gas station.
I sent pics of the Cyclo with the serial number to the manufacturer last year and they said the buffer was made in the late `60`s.
Again, I can`t speak to how good the Cyclo is compared to the others. I can say I`m able to do some reasonable correction with it, especially with todays pad and polish stuff out there.
I will say that it appears to be a durable little unit, one that I expect my grandkids to still be using.
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