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Good brand of pressure washer??
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:19 am
by gsabc
Can anyone recommend a good, reliable pressure washer that costs $300 or less? I probably need it twice a year for the deck, same to wash off the vinyl siding, then low pressure stuff for the cars. So I don't need a really high pressure deal. I trust your opinions more than the ones I can find elsewhere online. You're also less confusing, most of the time anyway. Thanks!!
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:26 am
by christie1111
Could you rent one?
It sounds like you could rent one for this event and put off the cost to the future.
I think the money you would save at this point in time wuld be helpful.
And like renting a car, you could try out a model and see if you like it.
christie, just trying to be helpful
Re: Good brand of pressure washer??
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:27 am
by peacock2121
gsabc wrote:Can anyone recommend a good, reliable pressure washer that costs $300 or less? I probably need it twice a year for the deck, same to wash off the vinyl siding, then low pressure stuff for the cars. So I don't need a really high pressure deal. I trust your opinions more than the ones I can find elsewhere online. You're also less confusing, most of the time anyway. Thanks!!
Have you rented one to do it yourself before?
I would rent one and then decide if you would be better off paying a company to do it for you on a regular basis.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:31 am
by Chronic Diarrhea
Yeah, I could use one too! Preferrably one I could hook up to the bathtub faucet....
Ooooohhhhh!!!!
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:36 am
by gsabc
Addendum: Yes, I have rented before. It worked great, once they actually gave me the nozzles (they forgot when I picked it up, requiring a second trip to the hardware store). One purchase is about 3.5 rentals at current prices.
We have pine trees that drip sap all over the deck and deck furniture. We also have some interesting green stuff that forms on the vinyl siding on one side of the house. Both are at least annual cleanings, or would be if the pressure washer were readily available. The new car has a coating that resists pine sap, and requires hand- or automatic touchless-washing only. We have no garage or carport, and no way to build one.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:57 am
by mellytu74
gsabc --
We are looking at pressure washers right now.
We have rented/used our friend Denny's enough over the past two years that we realized it's worth it for us to buy one.
What size are you looking at? Our upper limit is 2200.
Boonie saw a Craftsman model he liked. Also a Troy-Bilt with a Briggs & Stratton engine.
He was going pressure washing shopping afte he shopped for groceries.
He likes retirement.
I'll let you know if he gets one today.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 9:01 am
by fantine33
I shouldn't bother.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:23 am
by ulysses5019
Chronic Diarrhea wrote:Yeah, I could use one too! Preferrably one I could hook up to the bathtub faucet....
Ooooohhhhh!!!!
Just don't hook it up to the bidet!!!!
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:34 am
by Catfish
fantine33 wrote:I've got a Karcher that I like really well. It also has the extra hose thing for soap that is very handy when it comes to washing the window that are just for fancy three stories up on my house. Can't beat German efficiency for pressure washers or vacuum cleaners (yes, I know James Dyson is English, but he's got that German ein, drei, ein, drei thing going on).
I found out the hard way that it doesn't pay to try and go on the cheap with pressure washers. I tried a couple cheap ones that the hoses split or the pressure was pretty much what I'd get out of the garden tap. I paid a little under $100 and a little over $100 for those and the Karcher was two-something.
Best part about having and not renting is you actually end up cleaning off stuff when it needs it because you just have to go grab it instead of hauling ass somewhere and hauling one home and back. And we all know that preventative maintenance is best. Right?
It wasn't that big a deal when I lived in a quaint little bungalow, but after I moved it on up to the east side, it's one of the most utile pieces of equipment I own.
My husband agrees. He researched and tested and bought a Karcher. As soon as you get it home, you will find that just about everything in your house and yard that can be powerwashed will be powerwashed. You may want to hide it from your neighbors, because they will soon find that everything in their houses and yards will need to be powerwashed as well. And don't try to powerwash GW; if she is anything like me, she will not like it.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:38 am
by gsabc
Catfish wrote:And don't try to powerwash GW; if she is anything like me, she will not like it.
Powerwashing GW isn't what I normally have in mind.
We don't want to scandalize BD. We wait till she's out of the house.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 11:11 am
by MarleysGh0st
fantine33 wrote: Can't beat German efficiency for pressure washers or vacuum cleaners (yes, I know James Dyson is English, but he's got that German ein, drei, ein, drei thing going on).
What is the German "one, three, one, three" thing?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 11:23 am
by gsabc
Catfish wrote:And don't try to powerwash GW; if she is anything like me, she will not like it.
Oh, and I'd like details of the attempt to powerwash you, while you're at it. (As Bill Cosby says, "Man is constant.")
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 7:38 am
by fantine33
MarleysGh0st wrote:fantine33 wrote: Can't beat German efficiency for pressure washers or vacuum cleaners (yes, I know James Dyson is English, but he's got that German ein, drei, ein, drei thing going on).
What is the German "one, three, one, three" thing?
I speak four languages, but German isn't one of them. Ha! Actually, I do know how to count to three in German (I can also say paper and shithead, which is pretty much all one needs to know, yes?), although now that I'm saying it out loud, I think I missed an S on the ein.
Anyway, I must have been subconsciously thinking of the one, three, one, three joke when I was writing it. So, it should have been eins, zwei, eins, zwei.
If you're not familiar with the "one, three, one, three" joke (depending on the version it can also be the "two, four, two, four" joke) then I can't help you on that. It's a little too racy to repeat here.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 7:41 am
by kayrharris
Too racy for here? I don't think so. I'm just sayin'......
