Killer Brands

Killer Brands, a UK retailer of car and motorcycle detailing supplies

Killer Brands sells cleaning, drying, polishing and protective products for cars and motorcycles, both through its online store and from a showroom in Poole, Dorset. The company presents itself as a UK-based supplier of high-quality detailing products and states that it draws on more than 24 years of experience in choosing car and motorcycle care items. Its catalogue is organised around the practical stages of detailing, from pre-wash and washing through drying, machine polishing and protection.

A catalogue built around the detailing process

The store groups its range into categories that follow the work of cleaning and protecting a vehicle. These include wash and clean products, buckets and grit guards, cloths, mitts and applicators, clay detailing, detailing brushes and tapes, machine polishing equipment and pads, polishes, compounds and coatings, sprayers, triggers and pumps, pressure washers and their accessories and hoses, car and bike dryers, vacuums and dryer or vacuum accessories, water filtration, resin and kits, tyre knives, inflators and deflators, bike stands and wheel chocks, gloves, hosepipe accessories and marine products.

Beyond cleaning and polishing, the catalogue covers maintenance and workshop items such as ACF-50 anti-corrosion treatment, Corrosion Block, fuel stabiliser, Flowliner tank sealant, Dyna Beads tyre balancers, Rock Oils, electrical flex polishing and a selection of tools. Air fresheners, air spray guns and fittings, backing plates and Pimp Stixxx detailing products complete the offer.

Brands stocked

The shop lists a long roster of manufacturers, presented both pictorially and in an A-Z index. Among the names shown are Winners Detailing, ACF-50, Mothers, Rupes, Flex, Menzerna, KochChemie, Chemical Guys, CarPro, Lake Country, MaxShine, ShineMate, Vertool, Soft99, Poorboy's World, Dr Beasley's, Optimum Car Care, Valet Pro, Autosol, Invisible Glass, Grit Guard, IK Sprayers, Kwazar, Osatu Sprayers, MTM Hydro, Metro, Metrovac, Scangrip, Sealey, Indasa, Colad, Fast Mover, Flexipads, Mammoth, MartinCox, Nenette, Aurelia Gloves, Big D, Black Wow, Blaster, BLO, Braun Automotive, California Car Duster, Chemicalworkz, DAS 6, DIY Detail, EZ Detail Brushes, Forever Black, Flow Liner, K&L, Klager Sprayers, Knobby Knife, Lake Country MarineLine, Optimate Battery Charger, R&G, Rockoil, Rollastand, SDOC 100, Solution Finish, Sponge Guru, Sta-bil, Tread Doctor, Vikan, Wheel Woolies, ACTIVE, Alchemy, Alta, APS, AR, Bosh, Corrosion Block, Pimp Stixxx and Winners.

Featured products and pricing

The best-sellers section at the time of writing showed a mix of own-brand Winners chemicals and accessories, with prices displayed both excluding and including VAT. Examples included Winners Shampoo Frequent in a 5-litre pH-neutral super concentrate at £19.08 plus VAT (£22.90 including VAT), the same shampoo in 1 litre at £8.32 plus VAT (£9.98 including VAT), Winners Citrus Pre-Wash 1 litre at £7.14 plus VAT (£8.57 including VAT), Winners Snow Foam 5 litres at £16.62 plus VAT (£19.94 including VAT) and 1 litre at £6.61 plus VAT (£7.93 including VAT), and Winners Wicked Wheels Iron Out brake dust remover in 1 litre at £12.46 plus VAT (£14.95 including VAT) and 5 litres at £33.32 plus VAT (£39.98 including VAT).

Accessories in the same selection included a Micro Chenille Twin Fibre Pro Wash Mitt at £6.95 plus VAT (£8.34 including VAT), Bold Nitrile Valeters Gloves in black sold in packs of 100 from £5.99 including VAT, a double-sided interior scrubbing pad from £2.95 including VAT, Grit Guard buckets by Leaktite USA in six colours at £9.98 plus VAT (£11.98 including VAT) and Lake Country CCS pads of 5.5 inches (140 mm) by 22 mm at £7.13 plus VAT (£8.56 including VAT). Several of these listings carried customer review counts, ranging from a single review to 18 reviews.

Showroom in Poole and delivery

Customers can visit a showroom at Unit 17, Morris Road, Poole, Dorset BH17 0GG. The company provides two telephone lines, one described as nationwide and one as local, and lists a what3words reference for locating the showroom. It states that it ships across the UK and internationally using Royal Mail, FedEx, Parcelforce and DHL, and that payments can be made by Apple Pay, Google Pay, Shop Pay, Visa, Mastercard, Union Pay or PayPal.

Advice, blog and customer feedback

The site invites customers to call for advice on choosing detailing products and presents personal service at web prices as part of its approach. It also publishes a blog with practical articles, including pieces on maintaining a car vacuum, comparing cordless and corded car vacuums for detailing and common machine polishing mistakes. The storefront references Google Reviews and displays review counts on individual product listings.