User:Ericeccar/sandbox

Overview:

Portable car washer is also called portable pressure washer, it is a new DIY car washing/detailing device that originated from China. Generally speaking, the manual run portable washers consist of the water container, hand pump, vent valve, spray nozzle and brush handle. When use, the users should first fill in some water, and then manually pump to inflate the container, so the increasing air pressure inside of the container will press the water out. Going through the hosepipe, the water flow will be atomized when it coming out from the spray hole on the brush, and hereby perform the car wash work with lower water consumption.  Main applications:

A manual portable washer can be used for:

Washing the car

Washing the bicycle

Cleaning the boat

Household Cleaning

Washing dogs/cats/horses/and other pets/livestock

Store fresh water when leave for an outdoor life or traveling.

Watering the lawn, specifically for gardeners

Clean mountain bikes, canoes, rugby balls

Eco-friendly Car wash:

It is claimed that portable car washer realizes a new mode of eco-friendly car wash, which is displayed as: Watering saving features: There is no precise estimation of the water consumption of portable car washers, because the actual water volume need varies according to the situation (weather, location, car size etc.) While on average the water consumption is between 5-8 liter (1.32 US gallon-2.11 US gallon). Energy-saving features: the manual-run portable car washer replies on man power and the electric-run ones are powered by the build-in battery or car cigar lighter. Compared with jet car wash or tunnel car wash, using portable car washers people could still save considerable energy. Low soil pollution: for ideal cleaning effect, chemical detergents are widely utilized in traditional car wash, as portable car washers are mainly used for slightly and moderate stained cars, the use of chemicals are usually avoided.  Other features:

The myth of scratch-free: Most of the portable car washer manufacturers argued that their products are superior to traditional car wash as soft-bristle brush could well protect the car paint that vulnerable to detergents and strong water flow. But actually the improper usage, the poor quality material and dirty cleaning water will still do serious damage to the paints. Multi-functional: it is believed that most of the portable car washers are multifunctional—they can be used for boat/bicycle washing, household cleaning, or watering the lawn. And some more advanced models can work as outdoor shower for people/pets; some other applications include cleaning delicate instruments, cleaning the car mats. However limited by the size and design of car washers, it is usually uneasy to reach the same effect as their more formal counterparts, and meanwhile car washing is still the most important purpose.

History:

The birth of Portable Car Washer

In the very early stage, witnessing the skyrocketing car ownership of China, Zhengzhi Ren, a businessman from Taizhou, Zhejiang Province of China, decided to develop a smaller and more portable car washer to serve those car owners that unwilling to join the long queue outside the car wash station. In 2006, a prototype of portable car washer was developed, and it is fairly simple: only a brush, a hosepipe and a water container. An early type of portable car washer He was optimistic about the perspective of this product, since he believed that the untapped markets worth billions of RMB. However this early effort was finally proved a fiasco—as cannot understand why the product is that unpopular in the customers, after losing more than 330,000 USD in the market, Mr. Ren discarded his ambitious plan and swore that he will not enter the industry anymore. In 2007, Wei Zhu continued the task of Mr. Ren and started the exploration in this area, the first several months are tough, but soon he found large markets in Northern area, due to the serious air pollution and high cost of car wash, there are much stronger demands of portable car washers than Southern China. Zhu’s success attracted many followers. In early 2009, a path-breaking innovation was introduced—by adding two split levels of extremely flexible bristles on the brush base, the brush will not harm the car paint, while the cleaning performance was even more efficient. To some extent, the new brush has reduced customers’ misgiving about the performance of product. And consequently

The developing industry

Now there are more than 100 players in the market