Karcher 'Window Vac'
Discussion
As per the title - these have just come out and I'm interested in getting one...but they're 50 quid, which is a lot for what appears to be a 'battery powered squeegee'...
Does anyone have one and if so, is it any good?
Reason is my Mum (bless her etc.) is anal about keeping her windows at home shiny, but as she's getting on a bit, can't rub the glass hard enough now to polish out the streaks etc. It annoys her beyond reason (!) so I thought this might be good?
Just want to know if it's easy to use and produces a streak-free finish, plus isn't going to be too heavy for her (it has a water tank inside plus a battery pack see).
TIA.
Does anyone have one and if so, is it any good?
Reason is my Mum (bless her etc.) is anal about keeping her windows at home shiny, but as she's getting on a bit, can't rub the glass hard enough now to polish out the streaks etc. It annoys her beyond reason (!) so I thought this might be good?
Just want to know if it's easy to use and produces a streak-free finish, plus isn't going to be too heavy for her (it has a water tank inside plus a battery pack see).
TIA.
I bought one for the mrs from Costco a few weeks ago.It came with a separate applicator for washing the window so your mum should be able to manage the weight of the water in the unit.
It was used around the house and gave a good finish on the windows and even on the glass dinning table.It certainly beats a rag and a blade and if it means your mum isn't paying a window cleaner every fortnight it'll soon pay for itself.
It was used around the house and gave a good finish on the windows and even on the glass dinning table.It certainly beats a rag and a blade and if it means your mum isn't paying a window cleaner every fortnight it'll soon pay for itself.
I bought one the other week. Works fine. I wouldn't say it's revolutionary, but given the old way I used to do windows, it's 3-4 times better, and a tad faster. Less water used. You get one concentrated cleaning solution bottle in the package, which did all the downstairs windows in and out and the upstairs inside and had about 1/4 left over. Refills can be had for about £6 for 4.
Update...
Everyone should have one of these in their lives - it's awesome!
Whizzed round the inside and outside of my windows with it today. Just gave the glass a quick wipe with a cloth dipped in some warm water with a bit of Fairy liquid in it first.
Then applied the Karcher. Takes seconds to 'squeegee' and dry the windows.
Results = immaculately clean, smear-free glass all round my house, in 10 minutes flat. Amazing. All those years spent with windowlene, polishes, dusters, newspapers and lots of elbow grease - gone overnight! My 78 year-old Mum had a go too, no problems - unit is very light and easy to use.
In a fit of joy, tried it on the mirrors in the house, and tiles in the bathroom. Great!
Went outside and did the glass on the car too with the same results.
Particularly good for the inside of the windscreen - trying to clean the inside of the screen properly is always hard, as it's at an angle. With the Karcher - easy life.
Highly recommended - my girlfriend's now bought one too to do all the mirrors and glass in her hairdressing salon - a job which normally takes her ages.
Nice to buy a product for a reasonable price that just - works
Everyone should have one of these in their lives - it's awesome!
Whizzed round the inside and outside of my windows with it today. Just gave the glass a quick wipe with a cloth dipped in some warm water with a bit of Fairy liquid in it first.
Then applied the Karcher. Takes seconds to 'squeegee' and dry the windows.
Results = immaculately clean, smear-free glass all round my house, in 10 minutes flat. Amazing. All those years spent with windowlene, polishes, dusters, newspapers and lots of elbow grease - gone overnight! My 78 year-old Mum had a go too, no problems - unit is very light and easy to use.
In a fit of joy, tried it on the mirrors in the house, and tiles in the bathroom. Great!
Went outside and did the glass on the car too with the same results.
Particularly good for the inside of the windscreen - trying to clean the inside of the screen properly is always hard, as it's at an angle. With the Karcher - easy life.
Highly recommended - my girlfriend's now bought one too to do all the mirrors and glass in her hairdressing salon - a job which normally takes her ages.
Nice to buy a product for a reasonable price that just - works
jmorgan said:
Bet its at the back of the cupboard this time next year.....
Possibly for a lot of people - but I'm an 'OCD'-er with a cleanliness fetish for everything...so it's more likely to break / stop working from use and wear before it ends up unused, lol!To me, this invention is like heaven - I'm so happy
W00DY said:
A lex said:
W00DY said:
Just learn to use a squeegee.
What a ridiculous invention.
Its not, its great What a ridiculous invention.
It was only 40 quid - now much is a good squeegee, a tenner?
And no batteries - it has a built-in rechargeable battery pack and a charger
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Well - INSIDE the house, it stops the dirty water that you'd squeegee off, from running down onto the bottom of the window frame, and probably running off that, onto the windowsill, and then possibly off that down the paintwork of the wall inside the house?
It was only 40 quid - now much is a good squeegee, a tenner?
And no batteries - it has a built-in rechargeable battery pack and a charger
A good squeegee? £1It was only 40 quid - now much is a good squeegee, a tenner?
And no batteries - it has a built-in rechargeable battery pack and a charger
I just keep a towel handy since I'll be using that to clean stuff anyway.
So now you fish it out from the cupboard and find you have to put it on charge? f
k me, I always wondered who bought the stuff from those JML adverts*.*Excluding toastie bags, they're awesome and only a quid
matthias73 said:
TorqueVR said:
But you can buy an awful lot of dusters for £50 and they won't break or get flat batteries
~mum getting on a bit, not got the required elbow grease.I think its a nice idea for your mawhms.
Ex-zackery...As per my initial post Woody, it's for my Mum who's 78 and can't squeegee or rub very hard these days - so for her, it's a good addition
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Went outside and did the glass on the car too with the same results.
Particularly good for the inside of the windscreen - trying to clean the inside of the screen properly is always hard, as it's at an angle. With the Karcher - easy life.
It looks like it has a fixed blade, so how did you manage to do a windscreen given that they're all curved to some degree side to side and top to bottom?Particularly good for the inside of the windscreen - trying to clean the inside of the screen properly is always hard, as it's at an angle. With the Karcher - easy life.
All that jazz said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Went outside and did the glass on the car too with the same results.
Particularly good for the inside of the windscreen - trying to clean the inside of the screen properly is always hard, as it's at an angle. With the Karcher - easy life.
It looks like it has a fixed blade, so how did you manage to do a windscreen given that they're all curved to some degree side to side and top to bottom?Particularly good for the inside of the windscreen - trying to clean the inside of the screen properly is always hard, as it's at an angle. With the Karcher - easy life.
But yeah, might not work on some screens with a big radius - on my Skoda Octavia though, was great
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