Maykker 22L Bucket Lid

It drops onto the rim and holds down with moulded clips, so it stays on when the van corners rather than lifting at one edge. Press along the edges until the clips engage and check both ends before you pick anything up. The one thing that catches people out is grit on the rim, which stops the lid seating flat, so wipe the top edge of the bucket first.

No, and it is worth being clear about that. It is a clip down lid that stops solution slopping over the sides when you carry the bucket or drive with it, but a bucket that tips onto its side will still let water out. For most van work that is enough, as long as the bucket travels upright and is wedged or strapped so it cannot go over.

Use the bucket's own handle for that. The recess in the lid is there to help you lift the lid off and to move it around when it is empty, not to take the weight of 22 litres of solution, which is over 22kg once the bucket is full. Lifting a full bucket by the lid also puts the whole load through the clips.

Yes, and that is the reason a lot of cleaners buy one. A bucket left open on a driveway, in a garden or on a flat roof collects sand, leaf litter and general dust, and all of it settles at the bottom. It then transfers into the washer sleeve and gets dragged across the glass, which is how a lot of light scratching starts. Keeping the lid on between jobs is a cheap way to avoid it.

Recycled polypropylene, the same material as the bucket. That means it takes the same knocks and the same cold, rather than going brittle the way thin household plastic does after a winter in the van. The lid weighs 430g and is 5cm deep, so it adds very little to what you are already loading.

No. The Maykker 22L Professional Bucket is supplied with the bucket and handle only, and the lid is a separate accessory. That keeps the price of the bucket down for anyone who does not need one, though most people working out of a van end up wanting the lid. If you want both, add them to the same order.