Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner Reviews
Review score: 8.5/10 – Updated July, 2024
Latest Price: £6.3 – Save 10% (RRP: £6.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner worthy of a review score of 8.5 out of 10.
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Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner features
Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner
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Spec 1
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Size: 1 Litre Other Lubes Cleaning found with this Spec: 14 |
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Feature 1
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Contains no Sodium Hydroxide (caustic soda) which attacks aluminium and anodised surfaces. Sh1t Shifter contains a substitute component that acts as a very effective releasing agent cutting through dirt without attacking material surfaces. Other Lubes Cleaning found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Contains no Silicon or similar polishing agents which both affect braking performance (both bike and disc brake friendly). Other Lubes Cleaning found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Environmentally friendly and biodegradable. The solution is Alkaline, containing no solvents, acids or CFCs. Other Lubes Cleaning found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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A blend of several surfactants (an-ionic and cat-ionic) this makes it effective on both dirt and oil, and when blended together creates a third reaction called synergy giving further cleaning power. Other Lubes Cleaning found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Thick solution so it stays where you spray it allowing these reactions to occur on the dirt/oil. Other Lubes Cleaning found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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Sequestriens are added to aid rinsing and prevent staining/streaking when dry. Other Lubes Cleaning found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Cleans with minimum of sweat, just a good hose pipe. Other Lubes Cleaning found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£6.3 |
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Number of Reviews
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158 |
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Review Score
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4.5 / 5 Average score in category: 4.3/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Lubes Cleaning. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Lubes Cleaning. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Lubes Cleaning. Brands like Hope are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Lubes Cleaning category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Lubes Cleaning.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £6.3 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.1 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Lubes Cleaning
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Lubes Cleaning.
We found 234 in the Lubes Cleaning category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £11.00, making it below average at £6.3.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Lubes Cleaning. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £73.73, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.09.
With 234 products available we worked out that 163 cost more than Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner and 70 were cheaper.
Cost of Hope products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 222 products from Hope, of which 1 were in the Lubes Cleaning category.
For now though we’re looking at Hope branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £61.42 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Hope product we found was £0.25 and the highest price we could find from them was £350.00.
Of the 222 from Hope, 187 were more expensive than Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner and 34 were cheaper.
How much are Hope Lubes Cleaning?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Hope products that are listed in the Lubes Cleaning category.
The average price of the 1 products that match this search was £6.30, with the cheapest coming in at £6.30 and highest price was £6.30. With the average being £6.30, Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner comes in below average.
0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner and 0 were cheaper.
Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.9 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Lubes Cleaning category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner or another similar product, like Muc-Off 3 x Brush Set reviews or Muc-Off Two Prong Brush reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Lubes Cleaning.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Lubes Cleaning. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Hope, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.5/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010879877
- Product ID 2: 123925UK
- Brand: Hope
- Model number: SH1T12 – ORDER PLT X 324
- RRP: £6.99
- EAN: 5055168011486
- Description: Hope Shifter Bike CleanerMany cleaning products contain silicon, polish or other additives which have a detrimental effect on disc brakes. Problems caused range from squealing to total loss of power. Hope realised that the only way to stop these problems would be to produce their own range of cleaners.Shifter is specially formulated by Hope to clean even the hardest grime and yet still be gentle enough not to damage your paintwork, carbon, anodised aluminium or brakes.Features: Contains no Sodium Hydroxide (caustic soda) which attacks aluminium and anodised surfaces. Sh1t Shifter contains a substitute component that acts as a very effective releasing agent cutting through dirt without attacking material surfaces. Contains no Silicon or similar polishing agents which both affect braking performance (both bike and disc brake friendly). Environmentally friendly and biodegradable. The solution is Alkaline, containing no solvents, acids or CFCs. A blend of several surfactants (an-ionic and cat-ionic) this makes it effective on both dirt and oil, and when blended together creates a third reaction called synergy giving further cleaning power. Thick solution so it stays where you spray it allowing these reactions to occur on the dirt/oil. Sequestriens are added to aid rinsing and prevent staining/streaking when dry. Cleans with minimum of sweat, just a good hose pipe.Buy Hope Worksop from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Workshop > Lubes Cleaning
- Savings percentage from RRP: 10%
- Size: 1 Litre
- Unisex
- 0.69
- Adult
Other options for Lubes Cleaning
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Lubes Cleaning. 234 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Hope Shifter Bike Cleaner included,
Muc-Off Claw Brush reviews, Muc-Off Detailing Brush reviews, or we really liked the look of Muc-Off Wheel & Component Brush reviews as another alternative.