Karcher Pressure Washers @ Homebase

bcwc

Saw some discounted Karcher Pressure Washers in my local Homebase.
Cheapest was for £19.99 - I think this was for the K090 model.
There were 3 or 4 different models at various prices.

The prices £59.99 and £79.99 seem to ring bells, but can't remember which models these were for ???


Bri.

Neiliboy

bcwc wrote:

Saw some discounted Karcher Pressure Washers in my local Homebase.
Cheapest was for £19.99 - I think this was for the K090 model.
There were 3 or 4 different models at various prices.

The prices £59.99 and £79.99 seem to ring bells, but can't remember which models these were for ???


Bri.

yeah these are gonna sell great with a hose pipe ban...... lol.... :)

golddustmedia

Having recently bought my first pressure washer I don't think they're all that great.

Even if you blast the car clean the washer seems to get all the solid bits but the car still looks dirty afterwards. Had to use a sponge and bucket to soap it clean then pressure wash again. kind of defeats the object really!

rlc22

Interestingly enough, you can still use pressure washers when there is a hosepipe ban. (well according to my local water board anyway)

tipsychick

Where I live it's Three Valleys Water. There's a hosepipe ban on which means you can't wash the car or water the garden but you're allowed to use a pressure washer to clean paths, patio areas and windows. (Can't imagine washing the windows with one!)

Apparently local stores are expecting an influx of people buying pressure washers. After all, if you're washing the patio and accidentally spray the flowerbeds, what can you do!

Also said in the local paper that Three Valleys can't fine you on the spot because you might not have known there was a hosepipe ban in place. They first have to write and inform you that there's a ban on and then if you're caught again, they'll take legal action - maximum fine is then a £1,000.00.

Four hundred people have already been dobbed in by their neighbours!

gogsboy

golddustmedia wrote:

Having recently bought my first pressure washer I don't think they're all that great.

Even if you blast the car clean the washer seems to get all the solid bits but the car still looks dirty afterwards. Had to use a sponge and bucket to soap it clean then pressure wash again. kind of defeats the object really!

Maybe you need to go on a car valeting course, the idea is after you have washed the car, you dry it with a chamois.

Sounds like you have been cleaning a tractor

golddustmedia

gogsboy wrote:

Maybe you need to go on a car valeting course, the idea is after you have washed the car, you dry it with a chamois.

Sounds like you have been cleaning a tractor

Just my regular car and dirt from the motorway. As I said, the pressure washer makes the car nice and clean when it's wet but 10 mins later it's filthy as it seems not to remove the fine "traffic film" type of dirt.

Might give the chammy dry idea a go.... Anyone know if those synthetic chammy's are any good? (a fraction of the price of a real one too!).

Having said that, it does a good job on the patio.

20vt-rs

rlc22 wrote:

Interestingly enough, you can still use pressure washers when there is a hosepipe ban. (well according to my local water board anyway)

That is one weird rule, cos the hosepipe plugs into the pressure washer, where esle do the water boards think it's going to come from !!?? :rotfl:

royalsteve

golddustmedia wrote:

Just my regular car and dirt from the motorway. As I said, the pressure washer makes the car nice and clean when it's wet but 10 mins later it's filthy as it seems not to remove the fine "traffic film" type of dirt.

Might give the chammy dry idea a go.... Anyone know if those synthetic chammy's are any good? (a fraction of the price of a real one too!).

Having said that, it does a good job on the patio.

I used to use one....but use a bucket sponge as I can clean a car quicker and better that way.....the jetwash is only good for washing alloys wheels after scrubbing them with a sponge/wonder wheels & clean block pathing

problem is theyre a pain to setup and the cabling/hose is a pain.....unless you invest in one with a trolley

Nightowl

I've just found (and ordered) an excellant deal on a Karcher pressure washer model K497MD at https://www.cleanstore.co.uk . Was £231.95 (£199.99 on several other sites) and is now £119.95 + £5 p + p. May not sound cheap but is for this kind of model!
Nightowl.

peter_the_piper

Clean cars? Just wait till it rains and send the kids out with a bucket and sponge.
damn No kids.