For the past month I have been replacing all my worn out detailing tools in anticipation of a new car I have on order. I went ahead and purchased this Dual Bucket grit guard system for 2 bucket wash's.
Normally I would go ahead and purchase a few buckets from Amazon but a couple features stood out to me about the system being offered by Autogeek. Product description below :
Grit Guard® Dual Bucket Washing System - CLEAR
I really liked the idea of having clear, graduated buckets as well as the WASH/RINSE labels.
The only problem with the system is the buckets. I dont know when they have changed but they are now narrow at the base/bottom. Making them WAY to small to fit the GG (Grit Guards). The GG no longer bottoms out in the bucket. They sit about 1 to 2 inch's to high and its very difficult to get them leveled out cause they are being wedged in place.
This causes 2 problems. First problem is you will now need about 1.5 gallons of liquid to pass the top of the GG. And secondly the GG is now less effective as the solution can slosh around underneath them as the bottom fins are rendered useless by not being seated against the bottom of the pail.
All in all I am very unhappy with the purchase. I find it difficult to believe that i'm the first person to point this out to Autogeek. And if thats true, I dont see why they would continue to sell this system to its customers. Just because a distributor has received a different product from the manufacturer than expected with a high cost, doesnt mean its fair for it to be passed on to the consumer to take the hit. Maybe i'm overthinking this one, but I do remember a thread about the problem with the buckets from over a year ago. I tried to search for the thread but I cant find it anymore.
Anyway, I do NOT recommend anyone purchase this product until the buckets are changed and its noted on the webpage. I should have just bought the parts separately and picked up 2 graduated painter buckets from Amazon like I originally intended to do.
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