in this hand i have two of the very best but most expensive brushes on the market
and in this hand i've got two cheap and cheerful ones and whenever i've done a video on cheap
brushes or tools in the past nine times out of ten they've always been a disaster because they never
ever work however these ones look quite different and it turns out after doing a bit of research
over 90 percent of people who have reviewed these have actually said they're pretty good and they've
given them a four or five star rating so i wanted to find out whether they were telling the truth
over the past few years in pretty much every video you would have seen me using these wheel woollies
at some point and there are plenty of variations of these and they are incredibly durable but one
thing that comes up in the comments section on a regular basis is the price but i do get it there
are so many people who are new to the business and they can't yet afford to invest heavily on
these types of brushes and that's understandable and with money being tight for many people you
will always want to find a cheaper solution so what i'm going to do today is try and highlight
all the pros and cons to these ones which i bought off amazon but it seems only right that we compare
these against the premium brand that i use and i want to start off by looking at the build quality
these wheel wheelies right here have no metal and that is a good thing because no metal means no
rust no rust means no particles in your bucket and no metal means no scratches on your wheels either
they're totally safe and that's why they've always been my favorite brushes and it doesn't stop there
they also hold tremendous amounts of water as you'll see here in this footage but what about
the cheap ones the first thing i've noticed is the foam handle it's nice and comfortable you also get
a rubber tip here which basically protects your hand from getting scratched a little bit and it
reduces the risk of any splashback these ones also have a clever party trick they can actually bend
which means you don't need to fork out extra money on the angled caliper woolies and the large ones
still manage to hold plenty of water albeit not quite as much as the thicker woolly so let's begin
by seeing how they compare in real life situations today's test subject features my nan's fiat punto
which was due its monthly clean so after filling up my buckets and getting organized i was ready
to go so i'm starting off by using some wheel cleaner followed by snow foam and the first brush
i'm going to use is the skinny one and i wasn't going to go light on these so i did give it a fair
bit of force and amazingly it held up pretty well without bending too easily and bending it a full
90 degrees meant that i could get behind the alloys and get all the bits that you wouldn't
normally see just to give them an extra deep clean so i absolutely loved using this one next
up was the caliper and the thin woolly and both of these are still brilliant especially the thin one
because it has incredibly good flexibility and for cleaning areas like the front wheels where
you have very little space they pretty much have you covered now for the cheap thicker woolly it
was business as usual and i can really see why people like this one because it certainly doesn't
feel like a low quality tool and in fact i didn't actually mind the idea that you could bend it
because it was easy to navigate around the wheel now on to the real reason why i've chosen this
thick wheel woolly for this video and it's to show you what improper use can do to it as you will see
here it does fit the gaps but because it's a tight fit you actually find that it starts to shred
and you end up finding more random hairs than a mcdonald's toilet seat so even the premium brands
aren't invincible but this only happens if you're using the wrong size but for larger
wheels these are pretty good because not only do they hold more water but they can also have the
added advantage of being extra long so reaching the back of the wheel without catching your hand
is really beneficial so it's time to compare the prices of all the wheel brushes featured
in today's video so i've done a bit of shopping around and the premium wheel wollies can be bought
in a pack of three for around 54 pounds but do remember that prices will always go up in time
and the caliper ones cost around 22 to 29 pounds so for all five wheel wheelies the best price i
could find was around 76 pounds and the ones i featured today cost just 13 pounds 99 on amazon
but here's another thing out of the two i used here the thin one was plenty good enough and
the thick one wasn't too thick and let's not forget they bend so when you consider you don't
actually need to buy the caliper woolies you soon realize that these are actually a lot better than
you would expect but i don't want you to get too excited just yet thinking oh they're going to be
the perfect solution because time will tell i'm going to be running these now for the next six to
12 months provided they last that long of course i'm going to be giving regular updates on these
brushes to see how far i can actually push them so if you're a car cleaning enthusiast i'd definitely
give them a chance but as somebody who's in the business who demands quality then i always say
that the wheel wollies are the undisputed champion and if you want a complete rundown on cheap
products to start off your car cleaning business i have a dedicated video for you right here