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Old 12th December 2019, 13:44   #1261
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Is Jopasu still (Dec 2019) the best car Duster?

After discussing about Jopasu rejuvenator in the forum I decided to buy a new one. There was post in Jopasu duster: A mini review about how the new duster is different from the old one.

This is my third Jopasu duster. When it would drizzle in Bengaluru and I had those dry mud spots over the car - using Jopasu would lead to the wow!! It was amazing. With the current duster, the grip is not great and it picks up dust, but I do not have the experience of dust magnet that it was before.

Guys so please give your opinion about Jopasu: Is it still be best duster around or there is something else which has come out new and works great.
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Old 13th December 2019, 19:01   #1262
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Re: Is Jopasu still (Dec 2019) the best car Duster?

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Is it still be best duster around or there is something else which has come out new and works great.
I bought this in July. It has a slightly longer handle than my previous Jopasu. Also the brush is wider. Till now it has served me well. Have had a similar experience with it as I had with Jopasu. It's also a fraction cheaper. Have to see if it can last as long as Jopasu though.
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Re: Is Jopasu still (Dec 2019) the best car Duster?

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I bought this in July. ...
I have something very similar. I use it for brushing dust off the car cover, and, sometimes, for washing the car (it takes a while to dry out, though), but it has never been as effective as Jopasu for picking dust up from the car.
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Till now it has served me well. Have had a similar experience with it as I had with Jopasu.
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but it has never been as effective as Jopasu for picking dust up from the car.
I've had a similar experience as Thad. I bought this when my Jopasu duster stopped picking up dust. I bought this to try it as an alternative and also because of the longer handle, but it never picked up dust and just left the car dirty. Finally rejuvenated the Jopasu and started using it again.
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Old 22nd February 2020, 13:11   #1265
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Re: Jopasu Car Duster - A mini review

A new competitor is in town Bergmann Gladiator platinum duster, ordered one, let's see if it works better and does what it promotes.

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Old 22nd February 2020, 14:13   #1266
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Re: Jopasu Car Duster - A mini review

I have quit using Jopasu for many years just because of degradation in quality. I use Rogers Carster now.... it is OKish. At least the strands are dense and they supply a shampoo free with it.
I buy one every 6/8 months as I don't believe washing it would restore even half the efficiency. But the quality has been consistent. Except, the handle is flimsy, very flimsy. Jopasu was better built that way.

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A new competitor is in town Bergmann Gladiator platinum duster, ordered one, let's see if it works better and does what it promotes.
Thanks for the information: looking forward to the real-life report.

The advertising seems like open-mouth-and-make-noise marketing. For starters, isn't it better to recycle plastic than to chop down trees? And did anyone ever have a Jopasu/etc handle break? And... frankly, I don't care if my car has bacteria on the outside!

But many a marketing man has made a good product look bad with his overblown tosh, so let's see how it turns out.

Where did you buy it: do you have a link?
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But many a marketing man has made a good product look bad with his overblown tosh, so let's see how it turns out.

Where did you buy it: do you have a link?
Marketing does say you will become a gladiator using it. And go all spartaaaaaaa on your car.

I tried using a duster from home on the car last weekend, and I found all the dust on me.
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Old 23rd February 2020, 16:06   #1269
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Marketing does say you will become a gladiator using it. And go all spartaaaaaaa on your car.

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I tried using a duster from home on the car last weekend, and I found all the dust on me.
That is the difference between my Jopasu duster, and another microfibre brush-type duster that I have.
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Re: Jopasu Car Duster - A mini review

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Thanks for the information: looking forward to the real-life report.

The advertising seems like open-mouth-and-make-noise marketing. For starters, isn't it better to recycle plastic than to chop down trees? And did anyone ever have a Jopasu/etc handle break? And... frankly, I don't care if my car has bacteria on the outside!

But many a marketing man has made a good product look bad with his overblown tosh, so let's see how it turns out.

Where did you buy it: do you have a link?
Well bought from Amazon, the way I found it is when I searched for California car duster (which is where Jopasu is copied from). The original California CD also has a wooden handle.

The way I see is that a wooden handle will be firmer during cleaning. Each one has its own vices, plastic is also damaging to the environment in many ways.

Currently, there is an offer running on the Bergmann duster due to which its price is equivalent to Jopasu.

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Old 24th February 2020, 17:22   #1271
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Re: Jopasu Car Duster - A mini review

Thanks for that, I'll keep the link for future reference.

There is no problem with strength/firmness of the Jopasu (and similar) plastic handles: they are one piece with the brush support. Watch out, though, for the metal handles that push into the plastic part that holds the brush. I have a micro-fibre (not waxed) brush, and the plastic socket for the handle soon broke. It's been glued/m-sealed up a couple of times, but it is breaking again,

What I like about the Rogers is the plastic "sheath." I don't rate it as good as Jopasu at dust removal, though. I keep it in the back of the car for occasional away-from-home use, as it is so easy to sheath/unsheath. The Jopasu cover is prone to zip breakage.
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Re: Jopasu Car Duster - A mini review

Just bought my first ever Jopasu Duster. Had thought of it over the years - but since I had a car cleaner, never bothered. Of course, the car cleaners has not been around since the lock downs - and I had been cleaning the car myself, once a week with a lint free cloth (had forgotten that this product exits). Recently got both my cars detailed, one from 3M, and the other from the dealer when it had gone for repairing a wonky ABS sensor. Hence felt the need for better cleaning and decided to try the Jopasu.

And man, am I impressed. Cleaning the cars took less than half the usual time, and the result was far superior to anything I have done myself before - and arguably better than the results from my car cleaners too. This is one fantastic product. I am hooked!
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Old 19th September 2020, 10:58   #1273
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Re: Jopasu Car Duster - A mini review

Jopashu is the best, when you neither want to get your hands soiled, nor your car wet.

But the downside that I learnt over the years, using three of these till now, is to never allow a Jopashu to get wet. A wet cat faces its worst nightmares (they love to stay dry and dry clean themselves) and a wet Jopashu can give us the worst nightmares, even years after it once upon a time got wet.
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Old 19th September 2020, 17:05   #1274
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No maid in Covid and a new use case for Jopasu in my home is for dusting the home !!
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Old 16th October 2020, 16:22   #1275
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Re: Jopasu Car Duster - A mini review

I have been using Jopasu for quite some time and recently bought a new one as the old one got very old. But while using the new one, I observed that it's leaving a slight wax coating on top and due to this even though the dust is going, the paint shine is not coming out to full extent. Has anyone experienced the same while using the duster and any idea on how to get rid of it?

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