House cleanBattery cleaner for the bike

Stefan Frey

 · 08.02.2022

House clean: Battery cleaner for the bikePhoto: Markus Greber
House clean: Battery cleaner for the bike

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Mobile cleaning appliances remove dirt gently and quickly on site - without a power socket or water connection. A comparison of six cleaners for 175 to 300 euros.

White sugared forest paths. Cleat tracks in deep snow. Stiff frozen ruts. The truth in the German winter usually looks different. Bikers come home from their home rounds covered in mud, their bikes caked with dirt beyond recognition.

Lucky are those who have a water connection and garden hose on their doorstep. For everyone else Mobile cleaning equipment be the ideal solution. This is because the battery-operated devices generate their water jet independently of a power socket or domestic water connection.

  Electric cleaning appliances for travelling are a real luxury. Doesn't the alternative without a battery also work?Photo: Stefan Frey Electric cleaning appliances for travelling are a real luxury. Doesn't the alternative without a battery also work?

Even more self-sufficiency is promised by the mechanical Alternative without battery. The Gloria pressure sprayer from the garden shed (photo above) with its five-litre tank, manual pressure cartridge and small nozzle is ideal for misting plants with fertiliser. Is the 25-euro canister also suitable for cleaning bikes? We have tried it out.

Alternative without battery: Wait a minute. Wasn't there that Gloria pressure sprayer in the garden shed? With a five-litre tank, manual pressure cartridge and small nozzle, plants can be optimally sprayed with fertiliser. But is the 25-euro canister also suitable for bike cleaning? Our test provides the answer.
Photo: Stefan Frey

You can conveniently download the complete comparison test of the six battery-powered cleaning devices from BIKE 02/2022 as a PDF below the article. The test report costs 1.99 euros.

Why not free of charge? Because quality journalism has a price. In return, we guarantee independence and objectivity. This applies in particular to the tests in BIKE. We don't pay for them, but the opposite is the case: we charge for them, namely tens of thousands of euros every year.

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Stefan Frey is from Lower Bavaria and loves the mossy, loamy trails of the Bavarian Forest as much as the rugged rock of the Dolomites. For technical descents, he is prepared to tackle almost any ascent - under his own steam. As an accessories specialist, he is the first port of call for questions about equipment and add-on parts, while as head of copywriting he sweeps the language crumbs from the pages of the BIKE print editions.

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