Choosing a Bigboi BLOWR ?

Choosing a Bigboi BLOWR ?

Need Help Choosing a Bigboi BLOWR Car Dryer?

If you're looking at the Bigboi BLOWR range and wondering which one you actually need, start with one question:

What are you trying to dry?

There's a big difference between wanting something to chase water out of wheels and mirrors, drying your own car every weekend, and drying multiple vehicles every day in a professional detailing shop.

Here's the quick answer first, followed by a more detailed breakdown of each BLOWR.

Quick Guide: Which BLOWR Should You Choose?

Model Best For Why Choose It?
BLOWR BUDDI JNR Wheels, mirrors, badges & motorbikes Small handheld dryer for trapped water and tight areas
BLOWR MINI Home enthusiasts Designed for drying complete vehicles at home
BLOWR MINI+ Serious enthusiasts & light professional use More airflow for frequent drying and larger vehicles
BLOWR PRO MKII Professional detailers Maximum drying performance with a long commercial hose
BLOWR PRO+ MKII Professional detailing studios PRO-level performance with added remote convenience
BLOWR CHARGD Cordless, mobile & boats No hose or cord trailing behind you while drying

The really simple answer

Just want to blow water from wheels, mirrors, badges and tight areas? → BUDDI JNR

Want to dry your whole car at home? → MINI

Serious enthusiast or drying multiple vehicles regularly? → MINI+

Drying complete vehicles professionally? → PRO MKII

Want professional performance with remote control and maximum convenience? → PRO+ MKII

Want cordless freedom for mobile work, boats or vehicles where you don't want a hose or cord dragging around? → CHARGD

Why Use a Car Dryer in the First Place?

The main reason isn't simply to make drying faster.

It's to reduce physical contact with the paint.

Every time you physically touch a vehicle, there's an opportunity to introduce light marks if contamination is caught between the towel and paint.

A dedicated car dryer allows airflow to move water from the surface without touching it.

But there's another benefit that's easy to appreciate once you've used one.

It gets water out of all those annoying hiding places.

You finish drying the car, start driving away and suddenly there's water running down from the mirror.

Or dripping from a badge.

Or coming out of the grille.

Or running from a door handle.

A blower can push trapped water from:

  • Mirrors

  • Wheels

  • Grilles

  • Badges

  • Door handles

  • Trims

  • Door jambs

  • Panel gaps

  • Around lights

  • Other difficult areas a towel can't easily reach

This is where even the smaller BLOWR machines can be incredibly useful.

BLOWRs and Ceramic Coatings: A Great Combination

If your vehicle is ceramic coated or has a good hydrophobic layer of protection, a BLOWR becomes even more effective.

Think about trying to push a puddle of water across bare concrete compared with pushing beads of water across a smooth piece of glass.

The easier the water releases from the surface, the easier it is for moving air to carry it away.

That's why coated and well-maintained vehicles are particularly well suited to touchless drying.

A blower doesn't create hydrophobic behaviour, your protection does that but... it can take advantage of it.

Three Questions to Ask Before Choosing

1. Are You Drying the Whole Vehicle or Just Trapped Water?

This immediately narrows down the range.

If you mainly want to chase water from wheels, mirrors, badges and panel gaps, the BUDDI JNR may be all you need.

If your goal is to dry the entire vehicle with minimal towel contact, start looking at the MINI and above.

2. How Often Are You Drying Vehicles?

Someone washing one car every weekend has very different requirements from a professional detailer drying several vehicles every day.

Occasional home use → MINI

Frequent home use / multiple vehicles → MINI+

Professional / high-volume use → PRO MKII or PRO+ MKII

Don't automatically buy the largest machine. Match the dryer to the amount of work you're actually asking it to do.

3. Do You Want a Hose Setup or Cordless Freedom?

Most of the BLOWR range uses a hose, which allows the main machine to stay in one position while you move around the vehicle.

For a permanent garage or detailing studio, this can work extremely well.

But sometimes a hose and power cord aren't what you want following you around.

If you're working on a boat, large vehicle or mobile job, for example, you may be climbing in and out, reaching over different surfaces and constantly changing position.

That's where the cordless BLOWR CHARGD offers a very different advantage.


BLOWR BUDDI JNR

Best for: Wheels, Mirrors, Badges, Motorbikes & Small Jobs

1000W | Up to 200 km/h

The BLOWR BUDDI JNR is the small handheld option in the BLOWR range.

And it's important to understand what it's designed to do.

The BUDDI JNR isn't really trying to replace a full-sized dryer for someone who regularly wants to dry an entire large vehicle.

Instead, think of it as the machine you grab to deal with all the water your drying towel can't reach.

It's ideal for blowing trapped water from:

  • Wheels and wheel nuts

  • Mirrors

  • Badges

  • Grilles

  • Door handles

  • Trims

  • Panel gaps

  • Motorbikes

With a 1000W motor and wind speeds up to approximately 200 km/h, there's plenty of usable airflow for these smaller jobs.

It's also an affordable way to add forced-air drying to an existing wash routine.

You might still towel-dry the majority of the vehicle, then use the BUDDI JNR to chase out all the remaining water.

Choose the BUDDI JNR if...

You don't necessarily want to replace your drying towel completely. You mainly want something compact to stop water hiding in all those annoying areas and dripping out later.

It's also a particularly good option for motorbikes, where there are plenty of tight areas that are difficult to dry properly with a towel.

BLOWR MINI

Best for: Home Enthusiasts & Complete Vehicle Drying

Up to approx. 250 km/h | 5m hose | Adjustable airflow

The BLOWR MINI is where we'd start if your goal changes from simply blowing water out of tight areas to drying the whole vehicle.

It's designed primarily for the home enthusiast.

The 5-metre hose gives you enough reach to work around the vehicle while leaving the main machine in place, while adjustable airflow gives you more control depending on the area you're drying.

The MINI is particularly effective on ceramic-coated and well-maintained vehicles, where the hydrophobic surface allows water to release more easily.

It can still handle the jobs you'd use a BUDDI for wheels, grilles, mirrors, badges and panel gaps, but gives you the capability to continue across the entire vehicle.

For someone washing one or two vehicles at home, it's a really sensible starting point for touchless drying.

Choose the MINI if...

You wash your own car at home and want a blower that's capable of drying the complete vehicle, rather than only dealing with wheels and tight areas.

BLOWR MINI+

Best for: Serious Enthusiasts, Larger Vehicles & Light Professional Use

Dual 1400W motors | Up to approx. 275 km/h | Approx. 58,600 ft/min airflow | 5m hose

The BLOWR MINI+ sits in an interesting position between the home-focused MINI and the professional PRO range.

This is where we'd look if you like the idea of the MINI but want considerably more drying performance.

It uses dual 1400W motors and produces wind speeds up to approximately 275 km/h, with around 58,600 ft/min of airflow.

It also includes a 5-metre hose and three-stage adjustable wind control.

The extra performance starts to become particularly useful if you're:

  • Drying multiple vehicles

  • Washing frequently

  • Drying larger cars or 4WDs

  • A serious home enthusiast

  • Beginning to detail professionally

The MINI+ can also make sense for someone with a larger vehicle where the standard MINI will do the job, but you'd prefer more airflow to get around the vehicle faster.

Choose the MINI+ if...

You want something noticeably more powerful than the MINI for frequent use, but don't necessarily need to jump all the way into a full professional PRO setup.

For many serious enthusiasts, this is the sweet spot.

BLOWR PRO MKII

Best for: Professional Detailers & High-Volume Drying

Dual 1600W motors | Up to 450 km/h | Approx. 62,200 ft/min airflow | 9m commercial hose

The BLOWR PRO MKII is where the range moves firmly into professional drying.

If you're washing and drying vehicles throughout the week, reducing drying time isn't simply convenient.

It's workflow.

Saving a few minutes on one car may not sound significant.

Do that across multiple vehicles every day, week after week, and it becomes a very different calculation.

The PRO MKII uses two 1600W motors, produces wind speeds up to approximately 450 km/h and delivers around 62,200 ft/min of airflow.

But one of its biggest practical advantages is the 9-metre commercial-grade hose.

Instead of constantly moving the main dryer, you can leave it in one position and work around the vehicle with the hose.

Bigboi's temperature technology also warms the filtered air up to approximately 20°C above ambient temperature, helping water move and evaporate from the surface.

Choose the PRO MKII if...

You're drying vehicles professionally or very regularly and want maximum airflow, long hose reach and a machine designed around high-use detailing.

BLOWR PRO+ MKII

Best for: Professional Studios & Maximum Convenience

Up to 450 km/h | Professional drying performance | Wireless remote control

The BLOWR PRO+ MKII follows the same professional drying idea as the PRO MKII, but adds features designed to make everyday workshop use more convenient.

And the feature that can make the biggest difference is surprisingly simple:

The wireless remote.

Imagine you've got the dryer mounted or positioned at one end of your detailing bay and you're standing on the opposite side of the vehicle.

With a standard setup, you may need to walk back to the machine whenever you want to change what it's doing.

With the PRO+, you can control the machine while you're moving around the vehicle.

It also adds adjustable control knobs and additional cable management.

Those might sound like relatively small differences on paper, but in a professional environment where you're repeating the same process every day, small workflow improvements matter.

PRO MKII or PRO+ MKII?

Think of the decision this way:

PRO MKII → Professional drying performance

PRO+ MKII → Professional drying performance + added convenience

If you're building a permanent detailing bay or wall-mounted setup that's going to be used throughout the day, that's where the PRO+ becomes particularly appealing.

Choose the PRO+ MKII if...

You want the professional capability of the PRO range but also value remote control and a more convenient permanent workshop setup.

BLOWR CHARGD

Best for: Cordless Drying, Boats, Mobile Detailers & Quick Jobs

1300W brushless motor | Up to approx. 233 km/h | Cordless

The BLOWR CHARGD takes a completely different approach from the hose-style machines in the BLOWR range.

Its biggest advantage isn't necessarily its maximum wind speed.

It's the fact that you can pick it up and start drying without a hose or power lead following you around the vehicle.

The CHARGD uses a 1300W brushless motor and produces wind speeds up to approximately 233 km/h, with a large open-mouth outlet designed to move a broad volume of air across the surface.

That makes it particularly useful for:

  • Mobile detailers

  • Boats and marine detailing

  • 4WDs and larger vehicles

  • Motorbikes

  • Wheels

  • Smaller vehicles

  • Quick drying jobs

  • Finishing work

  • Situations where setting up a larger hose-style dryer isn't practical

Where Cordless Really Makes a Difference

The lack of a hose and power cord isn't just about convenience.

It can also help reduce the chance of your drying equipment coming into contact with the surface you're trying to protect.

Boats are a great example.

When you're moving around a boat, stepping in and out of different areas and reaching across large finished surfaces, the last thing you want is a long hose or electrical lead dragging behind you or rubbing against the surface.

The same applies to larger vehicles or situations where you're regularly moving around, climbing in and out or reaching across different areas while drying.

With the CHARGD, there's nothing trailing behind you.

The rubber-tipped edge also provides an additional level of protection if you happen to get close to the surface while working.

For these reasons, we'd consider the CHARGD the lowest-contact option in the BLOWR range.

You're already reducing towel contact by using forced air, but with the CHARGD you're also removing the hose and power cord from the equation.

That's a particularly useful advantage when you're working around delicate or difficult-to-access surfaces.

Choose the CHARGD if...

You want maximum freedom while drying and don't want a hose or power lead following you around.

It's particularly worth considering for boats, mobile detailing and vehicles where you're frequently moving around, reaching over surfaces or getting in and out while drying.

If outright drying performance is your priority, look towards the PRO range.

If freedom of movement, convenience and reducing the chance of hoses or cords contacting the surface are more important, that's where the CHARGD really stands out.

MINI vs MINI+  Which One Should You Buy?

This will probably be one of the most common decisions for home enthusiasts.

Both can dry a complete vehicle.

The difference is really about how much drying performance you want and how often you're going to use it.

Choose the MINI if:

You're washing one or two cars at home, particularly coated vehicles, and want a good entry point into complete touchless drying.

Choose the MINI+ if:

You detail frequently, have multiple or larger vehicles, or simply want more airflow so you can move water faster.

You don't necessarily need the MINI+ to dry a car.

You're paying for more capability and potentially less time spent drying.

PRO MKII vs PRO+ MKII 

What's the Difference?

If you've narrowed your decision down to these two, you're already looking at the professional end of the range.

The key question becomes:

Do you need the added convenience of the PRO+?

Both are aimed at serious drying performance.

The PRO+ becomes particularly useful when the dryer is part of a permanent detailing-bay setup, because its wireless remote allows you to control the machine without repeatedly walking back to it.

For occasional use, that may not matter much.

For someone drying cars all day, it can.

Final Quick Guide

Still unsure? Start with what you're actually trying to accomplish:

I towel-dry my car but hate water dripping from mirrors, badges and wheels afterwards.
→ BLOWR BUDDI JNR

I have a motorbike and need something for all the difficult areas.
→ BLOWR BUDDI JNR

I want to dry my entire car at home with less towel contact.
→ BLOWR MINI

I'm serious about detailing and want more drying performance.
→ BLOWR MINI+

I'm regularly drying larger vehicles or multiple cars.
→ BLOWR MINI+

I dry vehicles professionally and want maximum drying performance.
→ BLOWR PRO MKII

I'm building a permanent professional detailing bay and want remote convenience.
→ BLOWR PRO+ MKII

I'm mobile and want something cordless that I can grab and start using.
→ BLOWR CHARGD

I'm drying boats or working around surfaces where I don't want a hose or cord dragging behind me.
→ BLOWR CHARGD

Reducing contact around the vehicle is more important to me than having maximum outright power.
→ BLOWR CHARGD

One Last Thing: Don't Choose on Wind Speed Alone

It's easy to compare car dryers by looking at the biggest km/h figure and assuming that's automatically the best choice.

Just like PSI doesn't tell you everything about a pressure washer and kPa doesn't tell you everything about a vacuum, wind speed doesn't tell you everything about a car dryer.

Think about:

Airflow. Hose length. Portability. Adjustability. How often you'll use it. What you're drying. And how the machine fits into your detailing setup.

Someone who only wants to chase water out of wheels and mirrors doesn't need the same machine as a professional drying multiple SUVs every day.

Someone drying a boat may care more about having nothing trailing behind them than having the highest possible wind-speed figure.

And if your vehicle is ceramic coated or has good hydrophobic protection, you may find that you don't need enormous power to move water effectively in the first place.

The best BLOWR isn't necessarily the most powerful one.

It's the one that fits the way you actually wash and dry your vehicles.

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