Pressure washer for £100 and under recommendations please.
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Hi All,
Bit shocked there is no detailing section on here, if there is then apologies please move the thread as I couldn't see it!
Anyway, my mum has decided in her wisdom that she would like to clean up the patio which is meant to be pink/cream hexagonal slabs but is more a shade of greeny brown, obviously a pressure washer is the best way to achieve this.
This got my brain working and I thought to myself, i've been saying for a while i'll get a pressure washer so I actually wash my car more than once a year. Therefore I'm after a pressure washer that will be good enough for my car but also suitable for patio cleaning and preferably don't want to spend over £100.
My girlfriend is a manage at Lidl and apparantly they've got some Parkside 150 B2 pressure washers coming in on Thursday - unfortunately the only reviews for these I can find are in German. I am also not a fan of Karcher as we had one once and it didn't last very long.
This is the Lidl one, sounds a bargain on the face of it and the video man sounds a pleasant chap:
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/SID-36CFDF0B-8F13ED5...
From my own browsing on the internet I have thus far established that whatever I get needs to have an aluminium pump rather than a plastic pump if I want it to last a while.
Any help is much appreciated!
Regards,
Matt
Bit shocked there is no detailing section on here, if there is then apologies please move the thread as I couldn't see it!
Anyway, my mum has decided in her wisdom that she would like to clean up the patio which is meant to be pink/cream hexagonal slabs but is more a shade of greeny brown, obviously a pressure washer is the best way to achieve this.
This got my brain working and I thought to myself, i've been saying for a while i'll get a pressure washer so I actually wash my car more than once a year. Therefore I'm after a pressure washer that will be good enough for my car but also suitable for patio cleaning and preferably don't want to spend over £100.
My girlfriend is a manage at Lidl and apparantly they've got some Parkside 150 B2 pressure washers coming in on Thursday - unfortunately the only reviews for these I can find are in German. I am also not a fan of Karcher as we had one once and it didn't last very long.
This is the Lidl one, sounds a bargain on the face of it and the video man sounds a pleasant chap:
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/SID-36CFDF0B-8F13ED5...
From my own browsing on the internet I have thus far established that whatever I get needs to have an aluminium pump rather than a plastic pump if I want it to last a while.
Any help is much appreciated!
Regards,
Matt
Edited by tyranical on Monday 6th May 11:10
Karcher have an online UK outlet store.
Direct from the manufacturer and a massive discount. Go there IMO.
www.karcheroutlet.co.uk
I got mine from there. Rapid delivery. Very happy.
Direct from the manufacturer and a massive discount. Go there IMO.
www.karcheroutlet.co.uk
I got mine from there. Rapid delivery. Very happy.
Stick with the advice above and get a Karcher.
I had a little Karcher for about 10 years, didn't use it much but it always worked until I spent 2 solid days doing my decking recently when it seemed to suddenly loose about 25% pressure.
So I went and bought a little cheapie from Screwfix for about £80. Works OK, but the nozzle is not as good as the Karcher was so the actual area it could blast gunk from at pressure was worse. Ended up finishing the decking and patio with the nozzle about 1 inch from the surface. That takes a long time!!!
Those online deals look very good, I'd have gone for that myself if I hadn't been needing something immediately.
I had a little Karcher for about 10 years, didn't use it much but it always worked until I spent 2 solid days doing my decking recently when it seemed to suddenly loose about 25% pressure.
So I went and bought a little cheapie from Screwfix for about £80. Works OK, but the nozzle is not as good as the Karcher was so the actual area it could blast gunk from at pressure was worse. Ended up finishing the decking and patio with the nozzle about 1 inch from the surface. That takes a long time!!!
Those online deals look very good, I'd have gone for that myself if I hadn't been needing something immediately.
Never had much look with karchers
I saw the the other day at clas Olson
Gret spec for the price. Might give it a go.
http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Pr183116000/Pr1831160...
I saw the the other day at clas Olson
Gret spec for the price. Might give it a go.
http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Pr183116000/Pr1831160...
ShaunTheSheep said:
Argos, Nilfisk Centennial edition is the C120 but for £100. I reckon it's significantly better quality than my old karcher and cost almost 1/4. Bargain!
That is spectacular value, considering all the kit it's shipped with.Trouble is, unlike most, my Karcher won't die!
Do any of these jet washers have a decent fan spray? about 20 years ago we used jet washers to clean building cooling towers, and the spray head uses to wave the jet from side to side to create the fan. This meant no matter how wide the fan was it was at full pressure. I've had a few cheapo jet washers myself, and they spread the jet (a bit like holding your thub over the end of a hose) which reduces the pressure the wider you go.
The one I used to clean cooling towers was not that expensive, but I can't remember what make it was.
The one I used to clean cooling towers was not that expensive, but I can't remember what make it was.
Op thanks to you vie just bought the lidle one. Going to try it in a bit. Couldn't resist it at that price for the power.
My last karchers was killed by my mrs doing her mothers decking the one before that was killed by my mrs doing her mothers patio.
I won't let her use this.
To get a karchers that pumps that much l per h it's at least double. 3 year warranty as well. What's the worst that can happen.
My last karchers was killed by my mrs doing her mothers decking the one before that was killed by my mrs doing her mothers patio.
I won't let her use this.
To get a karchers that pumps that much l per h it's at least double. 3 year warranty as well. What's the worst that can happen.
Pesty said:
Op thanks to you vie just bought the lidle one. Going to try it in a bit. Couldn't resist it at that price for the power.
My last karchers was killed by my mrs doing her mothers decking the one before that was killed by my mrs doing her mothers patio.
I won't let her use this.
To get a karchers that pumps that much l per h it's at least double. 3 year warranty as well. What's the worst that can happen.
No problem chap however could you please post up an honest review after you've given it a go? I have got the mrs. to put one to the side for us but still not 100% sure if we want it or not yet so a user review would be useful!My last karchers was killed by my mrs doing her mothers decking the one before that was killed by my mrs doing her mothers patio.
I won't let her use this.
To get a karchers that pumps that much l per h it's at least double. 3 year warranty as well. What's the worst that can happen.
Cheers.
Pesty said:
Never had much look with karchers
I saw the the other day at clas Olson
Gret spec for the price. Might give it a go.
http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Pr183116000/Pr1831160...
Not knocking it but what I'd be concerned about is getting spare parts. After looking for parts for my "Hotshot by Presutek" steam cleaner it became abundantly clear that parts for Karchers are readily available pretty much everywhere. I saw the the other day at clas Olson
Gret spec for the price. Might give it a go.
http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Pr183116000/Pr1831160...
smartphone hater said:
Not knocking it but what I'd be concerned about is getting spare parts. After looking for parts for my "Hotshot by Presutek" steam cleaner it became abundantly clear that parts for Karchers are readily available pretty much everywhere.
Yes I'm sure that will be an issue. I've never bothered getting spre parts if for any karcher just bought another. This one seems to have an aluminium pump I say seems because info is hard to come by. If it lasts a few years I will be happy.One thing it says 6 meter hose. It seems they do the same as karcher ( which passes me off no end) and add the length of the lance to that. Laid it next to the karcher 5 m hose which I know is 4 meters and it seems to be 1 meter longer. But that aside looks ok. Seems to be about twice as heavy as the karcher but that won't be an issue.
Hose is a lot thicker and looks better quality. The reel looks good but will have to see how much use it is in practice. Just gave it a quick blast and its a lot, lot better than the karcher but that does not mean much as the karcher was down by about 50%.
Have to go out in a bit if I have time when I get back will use it in anger on the car for a full wash it just blasted the rear wheels clean with ease and I did a spot test on a paving slab and took a pick. Fronts needed some wheel spray in but I had left them for ages and had backed on dust.
My Karcher broke, I now avoid them.
I have a Stihl. Great, but slightly out of OP budget - unless you can find a used one.
It is VERY well built - almost too heavy to carry, luckily it has wheels!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_kw=Stihl+Pressur...
I have a Stihl. Great, but slightly out of OP budget - unless you can find a used one.
It is VERY well built - almost too heavy to carry, luckily it has wheels!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_kw=Stihl+Pressur...
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