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alih Chatty Chicken

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a very dull subject I know but I was looking at them today in Wyevale, as I see on this forum that so many of you use them to clean with. I saw a friend's cube recently which had been power washed and it looked new!

 

Any tips as to what you should fork out for and not? There were 2 I looked at - 1 at about £50, 1 at £150, but I couldn't really tell the difference except that one was bigger...

 

any helpful hints welcome, as always :D

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Milly Frequent Layer

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We got a Karcher earlier in the year and it's both effective and simple to use. There are lots of models and prices in the range, (several recommended by Which). Ours was £70-something from Argos. I think it was probably the K2.5MR.

 

I was a bit worried that they might use a lot of water, but read they actually use less than a normal hose because the high pressure gives the cleaning power with less water consumption.

 

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Do you wan't to buy a 'name'? '

 

Cos if you're not bothered about that, then go for a cheapie!

 

They all connect to the electric, they all pump water through at [generally] enough pressure to shift what you want to shift and if it does'nt do the job it says it will ...you can take it back!

Remember everything has a guarantee, and that if it is not 'fit for purpose' you will be entitled to a refund.

 

Mine was a supermarket 'special offer', along with my wet/dry cleaner, cordless drills, electric staple/nail gun, jigsaw,leaf sucker/blower thingy [that DS has stolen] and other things I can't remember! All superb and I can't find fault with.

 

Remember....it doesn't matter if you buy a Rolls Royce or a Robin Reliant........they'll both go from A to B and back again :lol:

 

Best of luck!

 

Jackiex

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alih Chatty Chicken

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thank you guys - I absolutely don't want to buy a name and am happy to buy cheap if it works - just not sure whether I should be looking for some technical jargon that tells me something special!! Garden centre prob not the best place then - will try the dreaded Tesco or similar.. :)

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£80 seems a lot - or is it me not understanding the price of these things? had a look at the argos website yesterday and they have all sorts but some for about £30 - or will they be totally rubbish?! :?

 

B & Q did have a cheap one in. Not sure what it's like but the pressure rate was the same as the dearer ones and I think the water flow was more or less the same.

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WitchHazel Effusive Egg Layer

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I went for a what was then a really good model, with lots of features for cleaning my driveway. I lthen learned that I can't use a pressure washero clean my block paved driveway, as the pressurized water dislodges all the stuff between the bricks.

 

This means I have a full featured, with wheels which I can't use in my garden, heavy pressure washer. It's brilliant at cleaning my Clube, but if I'd realised that was all I was going to use it for I would have gone for a LIGHTER cheaper model.

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alih Chatty Chicken

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went and bought a mini karcher today after all your helpful hints and I LOVE it!!! Did the eglu but noticed that my patio where I had been walking along with it was BRIGHT and clean where the washer had been...so have told DH that tomorrow is patio cleaning day - my goodness, this could be a new obsession! :wink:

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Omletina Kyckling Chicken Addict

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went and bought a mini karcher today after all your helpful hints and I LOVE it!!! Did the eglu but noticed that my patio where I had been walking along with it was BRIGHT and clean where the washer had been...so have told DH that tomorrow is patio cleaning day - my goodness, this could be a new obsession! :wink:

 

Once you start, you can't stop....I had my dad down earlier in the year and set him on - you can see the difference in colour between the slabs he's done and those he hasn't!!

 

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alih Chatty Chicken

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oh you are so right - I have spent most of the day in the sunshine doing the patio which was BLACK! It's so gratifying and the "once you start you can't stop" is so true - just have a bit to finish tomorrow then will have to find some more things to spray - it's so much fun!! :lol:

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