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I am religiously using what cordless I have. My XFE 15 150 60% of the time and my 3 inch Shinemate. Which I have absolutely fell in love with. I will be adding the EB 351 5/15 as soon as I can spare the $217 since I already have a 2 battery charger and three batteries. Anyone thinking of trying a shinemate, I promise you won't be disappointed! I actually enjoy the Shinemates better than all my Rupes. I have also noticed that Sandro from Car Craft Auto Detailing is using them more and more.
 
You enjoy the Shinemate over the Rupes mainly because of the lack of cord? Or other factors?
I’ve been thinking of picking up a Rupes 15mm but what’s the cordless alternative? I can get polishers at a discount.
 
I love the mechanics better. I like the smoothness and the cordless is the must have reason. I can't believe that Rupes hasn't joined the cordless game in there larger polishers! I have the Flex Forced cordless, and I feel on softer painter or thinner paint that my it just might be a little on the aggressive side. After using my 3 inch Shines mate for 6 hours today on all the curves on the 47 that I just fell in love with it! The Shinemates have had nothing but excellent reviews across the board. The Shinemate EB31 is burning a hole in my pocket and can't wait to pull the trigger!
ShineMate EB351 5/15 Cordless Polisher (Machine only) | CARZILLA
 
DanaDetailingPros said:
I am religiously using what cordless I have. My XFE 15 150 60% of the time and my 3 inch Shinemate. Which I have absolutely fell in love with. I will be adding the EB 351 5/15 as soon as I can spare the $217 since I already have a 2 battery charger and three batteries. Anyone thinking of trying a shinemate, I promise you won't be disappointed! I actually enjoy the Shinemates better than all my Rupes. I have also noticed that Sandro from Car Craft Auto Detailing is using them more and more.
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I have no issues using my 3401 (I don't mind the cord), the power of the cord is not to be compared with the battery power, I hope we agree on this.

Shinemate is relatively new product which I tested on 1 car and find it performs well, especially with the 15mm throw, but decided to go with Makita DPO600 - Just a moment...

And I never looked back, cordless wise.

Of course, this is only my 2 cents ..
 
DanaDetailingPros said:
I love the mechanics better. I like the smoothness and the cordless is the must have reason. I can't believe that Rupes hasn't joined the cordless game in there larger polishers! I have the Flex Forced cordless, and I feel on softer painter or thinner paint that my it just might be a little on the aggressive side. After using my 3 inch Shines mate for 6 hours today on all the curves on the 47 that I just fell in love with it! The Shinemates have had nothing but excellent reviews across the board. The Shinemate EB31 is burning a hole in my pocket and can't wait to pull the trigger!
ShineMate EB351 5/15 Cordless Polisher (Machine only) | CARZILLA
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I have the EB351 5/15 and 3/12 and really like them. I'm not using them professionally/daily so my experience may differ to constant professional use.



From what I can gather, Rupes are on it, but I really don't know what they are so late to the party with bigger battery machines. I guess they want to keep selling the corded versions to recoup their investments?
 
Eldorado2k said:
You enjoy the Shinemate over the Rupes mainly because of the lack of cord? Or other factors?
I’ve been thinking of picking up a Rupes 15mm but what’s the cordless alternative? I can get polishers at a discount.
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quick question for those who own any shinemate polisher(s), do the speed settings click on each setting?
 
VISITOR said:
quick question for those who own any shinemate polisher(s), do the speed settings click on each setting?
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They don't click but at least there accurate! My Flex doesn't go faster after 4. I'm thinking of calling them!
 
eldo, here's another cordless option that's available in both 15mm/21mm. good reviews across the board as well. the advantage these have is that you can use makita batteries..



miranda detailing have been using them daily in their business for years. don't know if there is currently a newer/updated version (from the v2) out now, but this video below is from a year ago...

 
VISITOR said:
eldo, here's another cordless option that's available in both 15mm/21mm. good reviews across the board as well. the advantage these have is that you can use makita batteries..



miranda detailing have been using them daily in their business for years. don't know if there is currently a newer/updated version (from the v2) out now, but this video below is from a year ago...

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I’ve seen that brand. They’ve got alot of detailing stuff across the board. I looked into their Rupes Nano clone and it seems kinda worth considering if one really felt like buying that kind of polisher.

Thanks again for the info.
 
Eldorado2k said:
I’ve seen that brand. They’ve got alot of detailing stuff across the board. I looked into their Rupes Nano clone and it seems kinda worth considering if one really felt like buying that kind of polisher.

Thanks again for the info.
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I have been so happy with the 3 inch I went ahead last night and bought there cordless 5" EB351 I will use it mainly on soft and polishing.
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I went all in on the Flex cordless units. Makes it much more enjoyable for me, a hobbyist.

XFE, XCE, and PXE.

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craigdt said:
I went all in on the Flex cordless units. Makes it much more enjoyable for me, a hobbyist.

XFE, XCE, and PXE.

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Have both cordless ones and they are by far my favorite polishers. I use the PXE strictly for 2" And my Shinemate EB351 for 3"
 
Further to the ShineMate discussion, back in November 2019, I was one of the first buyers of their battery powered units, the 5-inch EB351-5/15 and 3-inch EB351-3/12.








I was coming from a basic Porter Cable style polisher fitted with a 6-inch backing plate. I have not used that machine ever since, even thought I kept it "just in case".



My only complaint being that the 3-inch machine is physically the same size as the larger 5-inch machine. This basic body is shared across the 3, 5 and 6-inch machines. Since these were released, ShineMate have launched two others that seem to rectify this.

First was the EB350-3/12, which has a redesigned body with superior integration of the battery and relocated speed control. These use a 2.5 Ah 18v battery, but the 5.0 Ah can be used as well. They also sell a rotary version too -






The second was only released last month, the EB210 Mini -





Think of this as a PXE-80 competitor (knock off), with the ability to quick change between rotary and D/A functions and 1, 2 and 3-inch backing plates. They run off a smaller 10.8v battery system and are supposed to be very torquey.
 
DFB said:
Further to the ShineMate discussion, back in November 2019, I was one of the first buyers of their battery powered units, the 5-inch EB351-5/15 and 3-inch EB351-3/12.








I was coming from a basic Porter Cable style polisher fitted with a 6-inch backing plate. I have not used that machine ever since, even thought I kept it "just in case".



My only complaint being that the 3-inch machine is physically the same size as the larger 5-inch machine. This basic body is shared across the 3, 5 and 6-inch machines. Since these were released, ShineMate have launched two others that seem to rectify this.

First was the EB350-3/12, which has a redesigned body with superior integration of the battery and relocated speed control. These use a 2.5 Ah 18v battery, but the 5.0 Ah can be used as well. They also sell a rotary version too -






The second was only released last month, the EB210 Mini -





Think of this as a PXE-80 competitor (knock off), with the ability to quick change between rotary and D/A functions and 1, 2 and 3-inch backing plates. They run off a smaller 10.8v battery system and are supposed to be very torquey.
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Looks like Sandro bought the EB210 If I didn't have the PXE or the Rupes it would be a no brainier! He used it on the Supra detail.
This is one that I'm sure I will grab but not probably till the come up with the 2nd generation since it's not really a necessity but I sure like it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4NUtvY_Kuc&t=46s
 
DanaDetailingPros said:
Looks like Sandro bought the EB210 If I didn't have the PXE or the Rupes it would be a no brainier! He used it on the Supra detail.
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He was one of the beta testers for it.

Sandro is affiliated with Waxit, who are responsible for the NV brand overall, and the distribution of ShineMate and Carpro, so he has early access to a variety of new stuff. He also runs training courses through Waxit at their facility in Melbourne.
 
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