Turbo Stick/PowerStick

[Setec Astronomy]

This is confounding, someone mentioned the Adam's Turbo Stick in another thread, and I looked at a picture and said to myself, wait, that's a product I remember from a long time ago that I had completely forgotten about (a flap wheel stick that attaches to a drill for cleaning wheel barrels).

I searched a little and found some threads referring to a White Knight PowerStick, and also an Ace PowerStick, and I did find a couple of old threads that had pictures:

Post #2: https://autogeekonline.net/threads/taping-off-before-polishing.14271/#post-199347

First post (gotta scroll through the pictures a bit): https://autogeekonline.net/threads/dsms-detail-black-audi-s4-first-go-with-the-rotary.13228/

I notice the Adam's Turbo Stick is sold out in both sizes. As I recall the PowerStick was a fad for a while, or maybe it was just the company went out of business or stopped making them. I don't think I ever got a PowerStick but maybe I have one stashed away somewhere that I never used. I didn't have a cordless drill back in 2008 I don't think, which might be why I never bought one.

What do you guys have to say about this product? Rad or fad? Picture below of the Adam's Turbo Stick.

 

[Desertnate]

I'm not sure I'd want to use one from a practicality standpoint. When using a wheel brush I'm working around strange shapes and angles in a wheel, squeezing around brake calipers, etc. None of that would lend itself to a situation where I'd want to use a drill powered spinning device with fabric strips.

I'm struggling to think of a niche where this would be effective because even large commercial wheels like you'd see on commercial/utility trucks typically only have smaller openings. This seems to be best suited to large openings with lots of clearance.

 

[cb804]

I bought one of the mini turbo sticks from Adam’s a long time ago. I don’t use it on a drill but just use it as a wheel brush. There’s not a lot of clearance between the caliper and the wheel on the front wheels of my car and this is the only brush I have found that lets me clean that area.

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[Flash Gordon]

A White Knight Power Stick sounds like something that could be advertised on one of those Girls in your City threads

 

[Silly Rabbit]

I bought one of the mini turbo sticks from Adam’s a long time ago. I don’t use it on a drill but just use it as a wheel brush. There’s not a lot of clearance between the caliper and the wheel on the front wheels of my car and this is the only brush I have found that lets me clean that area.

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I like the garage walls in your garage.

 

[Pats300zx]

I purchased one years and years ago when they first came out. I used it like 2 times and now it just sits in my wheel brush drawer lol.

 

[Desertnate]

I like the garage walls in your garage.

Nice, but I like the bright read Aston Martin better.

 

[chefwong]

If one is super OCD about cleaning the inner barrels, this is the tool....or the closest thing I have ever used for barrels with tight clearances..
Even the smallest Powerstick and where one had a hairs breath between large caliper and wheel , it one fit.
It just excels in cleaning but that's more the -spinning flaps- and that you can angle the pressure a bit due to the wand being a bit flexible


While I mainly use my AutoFiber barrel blade weekly, it doe not make full contact like this this...Autofiber is just a decent tool that get's into the barrel super easy but the nap of the MF sleeve and ridigity of conformation to the slight belly of the barrel as it enters from the front face is nowhere as much contact as the power stick.

The -flaps- do make good contact...+ the fact you are using this a power spinning drill
NOTE to self....just make sure it's stopped spinning as you back the stick out of the wheel or it will be one helluva splatter mess

It's a great tool for full contact (where I don't own:use EZ Bristle brushes) and IMO , they do make better than Wheel Woolies. I don't know if the Adams is the same as the OG....the original shaft:rod was clearish;translucent, fiber....similar to an electricians fishing rod. It had a bit of flex and was not a rigid stick which was a ++++=. I'll still put it up there as far as top tier wheel barrel cleaning tools....albit a bit messy if one does not understand the pull out technique.