Does anyone use one to minimize towel drying? And which one do you use and do you recommend it? This would save me a huge amount of time, as I get **** when it comes to drying the truck and I end up spending 45 minutes on drying alone. And I'm always having to re-dry parts of the truck after driving it.
I just want an inexpensive lightweight light-use unit (<$100) that has enough power to effectively blast water out of nooks and crannies. It needs to be battery powered as many of my washes happen at the wash bay.

 

Can't recommend one but it's how i do it.. got the idea from car washes. that's how they do it before final dry so i figured why not. works great. gets about 95% of the water off in about 5 min.

 

I use one to blow out water from seams. Grab a Ryobi, there are only about 17,000 other tools that it makes which are compatible with the 18v battery, too.

 

Using an electric leaf blower is not recommended although many folks use them with no issues.
The problem is the air intake draws in particles that blow out the front and can damage the paint.

If you MUST use one then there are precautions you must take. The FIRST is NEVER use it on your lawn!

 

I use it all the time when I have to get the water off the vehicle never had any issues but it's only used for blowing leaves and blowing the water off my truck.

 

The problem with using it on leaves etc. is that it can pick up debris in the intake.
My favorite is the Metro Master Blaster. It has a filter for the intake and is Made in the USA.

 

I use mine to blow the water off the wheels

 

I use my backpack blower (stihl br600) every time I wash it. It works awesome it takes me maybe ten minutes to get all the water off. Even in/behind the mirrors, handles, badges, and taillights . The only problem is my neighbors think I'm crazy, which turns out to be a good thing because they leave me alone haha

 

I recently bought a Toro Ultra electric blower/vac model #51609 and it works great!
Box says max speed is 235 mph and slow speed is 88 mph.

Saw a local car wash mobile van using it so I stopped and asked about it. The mobile car wash guy swears by it and reduces his drying time by a lot!

The thing to look for is that this blower/vac uses 12 amps giving it the power it needs to blow all the water off.

Also found it on sale at local big box store HD

 

Good idea! I might just pick one up in the spring