Been drying my car like this since about 2001, my buds thought I was crazy...now look. 🤣

Been using a blower for years !! Love the stubby aspect

Tip #1 always start with the roof of the car when blow drying

Your video showed up on my KZfaq feed. I’m glad I watched it as I bought the Ego blower from my local Ace. It’s an absolute BEAST with wind power. I was so impressed with Ego, I bought their combo edger/weed whacker. Top shelf product. Looks like I’ll be ordering the stubby

I have had my EGO 650 blower for a few years. Its great . Planning to use the sawzall on the long tube, cut it down to 17 inches. smooth off the edges with 400 grit sandpaper. Then in a avant-garde innovation add the wide nozzle to it..SAVING MONEY !!

Great video. I love my EGO 650, but maneuvering it around the car with the long attachment is a bigger chore than what I would like. The stubby attachment will definitely be the way to go.

I found the blower only for about $150 at my local Lowes. Now I just gotta find this stub attachment and I’m excited to ditch so many towels when drying my vehicles. Thanks a bunch for the information 👍🏾

Thanks for the insightful video Phil. I’ve thought the same thing about having to get closer to the vehicle with a shorter nozzle. I have the Milwaukee and use the XC 5Ah battery at max power on my 2017 Raptor that is ceramic coated. It gets 99% of the water off with ease and uses the entire battery (I don’t have to rush). I don’t wash in my garage so the reach I get from the factory nozzle keeps me from needing a ladder or having to bend over for the wheels. It’s light weight and a compact design. Not as powerful as the Ego (no doubt a great unit as well) but I like the weight and size of the Milwaukee. It does everything I need for my yard and driveway as well. Plus the smaller batteries are easier to handle and store than Ego. I have an Ego trimmer, edger and mower and love them. My two cents to hopefully add a helpful perspective to your video. Powerband is awesome as well! Fits my factory Milwaukee nozzle 👍🏻

I have the mini Milwaukee blower. The m18, small and light and works great. Good vid.

Great review as always! If anybody has any questions about leaf blower fitment with our Blowerbands or to just say hi, reach out! Love the detailing community.

I use EGO and will look into this. Looks like a winner! Thanks

Just ordered a stubby for my Ego - thanks as always for helpful info!

The EGO Blower makes an attachment to blow out your home gutters while standing on the ground. The short section that attaches to the blower is stubby so you can use it to blow off you car. 2 accessories in one for $51 at lowes. Blow dry car and clean gutters.

It’s good to hear about you experience with both the EGO and Milwaukee. I’m excited to hear your feedback on the ApexAire unit

I figured the best combination for my blower would be to get the EGO 615 that comes with the 2.5 battery and to get the Stubby nozzle. The 615 is lighter and 50 bucks cheaper than the 650 and the 2.5 battery is more than enough to last the 2 to 4 minutes it takes to dry any vehicle. Only sacrificing a VERY small amount of power. So my cost with tax and all is about $275.00 for my EGO 615 and the Stubby. Well worth it!! Great video.

Sold out! Hope they bring some soon!

Dude the paint on your Alfa is BEAUTIFUL 😍

Your bloopers had me laughing so hard😂. Thanks for that! Aside from that, thank you for making this video. I'm getting a new car soon and have to ditch the automatic car washes. It's cheaper with a monthly pass but in the long run it does more damage to the clearcoat and I don't want any swirl marks and scratches. So, I have to revert to washing my car like I did in my early twenties. So many technological advancements and ideas on how to use items we have around the house for other uses, such as the leaf blower to dry a car. Ingenious!!! One of my concerns was moving fast enough to dry the car as not to get spots. This method will wisk away water In the fraction of time it would take with any type of cloth, not to mention the amount of physical energy expelled hand drying a car. Luckily, I bought a greeworks 730CFM blower that I use to blow off the patio from time to time. This will be an wel omen use. Thank you again for taking the time and gracing us KZfaq voyeurs with your bloopers. I would never edit out my bloopers. What you see is what you get. In the words of sweet brown, AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!

Home Depot did a sale for the Milwaukee blower for $170 with a free 5.0 ma battery, hell of a deal love mine and it’s perfectly powerful for the job at hand, any detailer will always do a final wipe down so it doesn’t have to get every last drop off and at that it is still close

It works so cool lots of blessings

I can't detail now without EGO. This is my MUST HAVE for each washing especially for drying the wheels. I have also this 3d printed tube and it's awesome :)

The video you did on pollen maintenance washes brought me here. Will be buying 007 for sure and I've also used blowers to dry cars but thought I was a bit mad for doing so 😄

I like mine. I especially find it useful drying the car in the garage where space is tight.

Definitely a great product. A bit expensive, so I went with the IWORX 800. Its not cordless, but offers a lot of power for the price.

Love that car of yours. Its awesome buddy.

Yeah I don’t think the M18 will ever have the power of a much bigger EGO battery system and the stubby nozzle on the M18 might make it less efficient but what it does do is make it so much much more handy, especially with with tiny 3.0 battery. The whole Milwaukee stubby setup with the 3.0 probably weighs as much as the EGO battery alone lol….

I’ve been vacillating between purchasing an Ego 765 and a Blo 8hp car dryer. I’m definitely going for the Blo

Just bought some 007 snow foam and wheel foam excited to try it out going to have to get some of that new tire dressing you have

Dude, I use a Husqvarna 150 16-HP 2-Cycle Backpack Leaf Blower, and dry my entire car from a block away then when the wife comes out I'm like "if you blew like this you'd never have to work again" she gets all worked up so then I just rev it up and put my star wars Helmut back on ignore her

I've had my ego for over a year now & it's the best ever especially for a guy like me who always details my car & barely wants to touch the ceramic coating on car

I used the stubby nozzle today on my EGO and it is easier to handle. I use the 2.5 AH battery and the stubby nozzle balances better for the car for lawn clippings and leaves I'll use the long nozzle.

I use my 912 cfm 206 mph Redmax EBZ8500 backpack to dry all of my vehicles. Other days I use my newer 1100 cfm 220 mph ECHO PB9010T backpack. I still have my EGO handheld but I mostly use it to blow off the front porch and blow out the dryer vent.

Very nice car, good taste. Surprised to see an Alfa Romeo. I used to drive a Lancia and race against them in Europe. That was half a century ago! I appreciate the video. Especially with a really bad spine.

I have a cheap corded blower. It makes drying the car a lot easier. You still need to use a towel or something but it deff makes it easier to get water Out of cracks or other small places.

The egos are a pretty penny, I’m waiting on the blo air-s to come back in stock! Nice video

I got that same ego 650 cfm blower and you are right the weight of the battery makes my arm tired while blowing the roof off. I take the tube off while using the blower on my truck, I think it blows the water off better without the tube cause I can get the blower a bit closer to the surface.

I’ve been using an electric leaf blower for over 20 years on cars and clearing light snow off the driveway. I haven’t used a towel to dry a wheel since the 90’s

Agree if use that EGO blower, especially with the smaller battery. I use a MAKITA blower since have their system and light weight is so nice, wished they offered that wide narrow nozzle

How is it for the cracks, mirrors, door handles & badges or would you still recommend a smaller blower for those parts?

Maaaan, now I want one of these bad boys

i have the Milwaukee fuel blower with a 12.0 battery cant wash my truck without it🔥

I use the 12ah battery with adapter and backpack and never get tired with the Ego 675 blower with stubby. Goes all day long.

Toro f700 $50 for 725 CFM for anyone who wants to do this on the cheap. It’s corded but what’s nice is you can flip it on and then grab it however you want since you don’t have to constantly hold the trigger down like on an ego

the Worx corded blower 600 or 800 work great (powerful and light) but of course you have a cord to deal with. Never thought to shorten tube. Good idea!

Where to you get those blower bands for the oval attachment that comes with the EGO?

Can you use an extension cord as well or strictly battery use?

A shorter nozzle should maintain a higher fluid pressure at the expense of fluid velocity. The longer nozzle is basically allowing a longer period of time for the fluid to accelerate and the pressure drop across the length of the pipe will be higher than with the shorter nozzle. I think this gets confusing because a lot of people often think higher velocity means/feels like higher pressure. I think it really just depends on the preference for an application as you said in the video. It seems many people like the short nozzle for drying cars but you have to get closer. For use around the house, it may be better and more useful to have a longer nozzle. Appreciate you making the video as I'm curious how people feel it works out for drying cars. Been considering getting one of these shorter nozzles for my blower.

Adams Air Cannon for the win! Way better crevice tool and enough wind power to complete the car or truck in a snap. Have 70 ft of cord length being corded is never an issue. Don’t have to worry about a battery. Not nearly as loud or cumbersome. Filtered warm air also! My opinion 💯🎯

I use the Greenworks 60V blower & remove the extension. Works fine.

Excellent

Think I need to check these out

FYI. - Costco is running a sale on the new Greenworks 80-V cordless blower with 730cfm. It includes two 2-ah batteries and the leaf blower for $219.

Would an air canon be a better choice?

How does this compare to the master blaster revolution

Where can i get the wide band for my oem wide nozzle ? All I see is the circle ones please send link....

Thanks for taking the time to make a candid review of our EGO and Milwaukee Stubby Car Drying Nozzles!

I just bought a ego 765 cfm blower and I ordered a stubby nozzle for it.

Where can I find the 3D printed tube?

I cut mine down 75% about 20 yrs ago and still use it for drying my vehicles.

Do you think it can substitute the buffing part of the waterless wash process?

How do you feel the Ego compares to some of the warm air more expensive dryers? I was considering one of the Blo units. Up until now I’ve just used my Stihl leaf blower - not great.

Did Apex indicate a time frame on when these might become available? Would you be selling them too? Thx

Is the air filtered?

I use my husqvarna 360bt back pack blower. Haha. It’s fun.

Do you know if any of these will fit a Bauer from Harbor Freight?

Where do you get the Blowerband for the flat/fan nozzle?? I only see them for the circular nozzle. Thanks!

That 3.0 is why the Milwaukee isn't putting out as much as irs capable of. Put a 12.0 on there and it definitely kicks in a higher gear.

New sub thx

These leaf blower type products like the EGO dont have filters like the BigBoi right? Is there more potential to suck something into the unit and blow it into your paint work at high velocity? How long does it take u to get your car dry enough to start polishing or applying a sealant? Thx in advance. Subscribed also

Great video. How many cars can you do with one battery charge?

Awesome, have you tried the new 765 cfm ego one yet?

Cool if you also have a big yard otherwise better off going with master blaster or big boi blowers hands down.

Worx has attachment for window cleaning which if it did fit ego, it would be the best. It has a wide angle and has a rubber strip to touch or near touch the vehicle.

do they make these for Kobalt 24-volt 500-CFM 120-MPH?

We used an Ego 650 for a while, was pretty good, but battery life was disappointing. We just stumbled across a game changer for our shop, the craftsman 6.5 hp shop vac. It has a 2nd port for blowing and it is crazy strong and it creates hot air, all for $130.

I would advise people to get the Ego 615 model. Not because it’s cheaper, though. It IS cheaper, I think it’s like around $200. No, not because of the price, because of the piercing shrillness of the 650 and 765 models are just not a fun time. Ear protection absolutely required on those. I’m not sure stubbies are better. I do just fine with the stock nozzle attachment. The stubby would be better for storage, I’m sure. And it certainly looks better than the stock one. Are you really gaining anything though … bah! I’ll probably get one anyway lol. EDIT: No disrespect meant towards Ego or anyone else. 😬😬😬

Did u review the Milwaukee

The Milwaukee may not be as much of a blowhard as the Ego... But it does work pretty well, especially if you already have M18 batteries. I will have to find a stubby attachment for mine

Great video! Do you know of a stubby nozzle available for my cordless Dewalt blower?

I find I can do the car without using a tube. Works well when blowing water out of the door jam areas. Must be careful not to contact the paint. Thanks for turning me on to the EGO and touch less washing !!!

Where can i find that nozzle tip for the milwaukee , ?

Need this nozzle for my Ego 765.

I have this same setup for my Ego blower - 3D printed stubby nozzle with the blower band attachment. Really like it, but what I don't like is how difficult it is to remove the stubby nozzle should I ever want to attach the standard nozzle. Hasn't been too much of a big deal so far, as I primarily use the blower for auto detailing, but should I want to do something else with it, taking the stubby nozzle off is a pain in the neck. Is the Apex Aire you talk about going to fix this issue?

Would it be easier to just CUT/SAW off the stock blower tube to my desired length?

100%, use my ego all the time

I see place for imrovement of drying power - 3d venturi nozzle that draws more air by 'dragforce'

The EGO 650 is a little pricey what do you guys think about the LB6 150 it’s 129 dollars.

I ordered a Milwaukee stubby. My car is ceramic coated I hope it does the job well

If you hold the blower upside down it makes it much more ergonomic to do the roof and hood

Thanks for a great video. Could you also test the EGO Tapered Blower Nozzle P/N AN6000R? It's half the price of a Stubby Nozzle?

I got the Makita 36v and it blows like crazy , wonder if the ego is stronger ?

I wish you would have shown the Milwaukee blower as well..

Does blower drying work for uncoated cars? Or just use a towel to be faster?

where do u get the bands at?

what model is the EGO you are using?

Everyone on yt says it is very effective But I recently bought 40v blower and it still leaves all the watermarks. Am I using it wrong?

Ordered my stubby from OG. Now I need the blower!?! 🙄

How many cars could you do on a single charge? I detail for a dealership and get paid flat rate. This would speed up my details and make me more money

To dry the car my Ego 650 works just fine without any attachment at all.

What specific model is your ego blower