Aqua Gleam Filter
Hi, I have been looking at these filters for a while but was not convinced they were worth the money, anyway having read a couple of independent reviews decided to bite the bullet and try one. Arrived yesterday and as it is quite a nice day, warmer than I would usually wash bikes/car thought it would be an ideal test day for the filter.
Test one - Washed the car (Audi TT) and rinsed with filter left to dry and sure enough no watermarks. As this is a soft water area watermarks are not a huge problem but I would not normally let the car air-dry and certainly not on a warm fairly sunny day. Top marks.
Test two - The real test for me is for the bikes, I have several and the worst ones to wash are my Harley Davidson’s, lots of chrome and very difficult to dry (I use a Meguiar's waffle weave). Washed the bike rinsed with filter and left to dry. Very few water marks where normally there would be dozens, good but not perfect. Now the really interesting bit.
Test 3 - Washed other Harley and rinsed with filter, then dried with waffle weave cloth. Unbelievable...best result ever on the bike. For those that have bikes you will appreciate that you always get water marks around the chrome engine casing screws even when drying with a cloth, with this filter and drying with a cloth no water marks whatsoever.... I am a convert will never wash the bikes again without the filter. I will still dry the bikes with cloth so filter will not save me time or effort but something that improves the quality of the end result is well worth having.....
Hope this is of some use for anyone thinking of trying the filter.