Makro and Karcher washer

bigfoot125

Seen a Karcher washer 294 for the price of £69.99.

RRP is £199.99,anyone now if this is a good un,looks a decent deal.

Havent been to Makro b4,appreciate comments
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salthegal

is i one of these offered in makro by any chance?:

http://www.karcher.co.uk/product.php?pr=266

http://www.karcher.co.uk/product.php?pr=113

salthegal

we're looking for a decent pressure washer to clean up our patio, so would also like some tips and advice. Seem to remember from reading a thread a while back that theres something we should look for, i.e. the type motor user should be of a certain type (or something along those lines)?

HankMcSpank

Had one..then sold it (too feeble...it seemed fine until i used my brother-in-law's - what a difference) - not worth seventy quid in my opinion. Don't be fooled by the RRP...anyone that paid that, got toasted!

Also the T-Racer (patio cleaner) that comes with it, is not hinged where the rod fits in...this makes it a real pain to use.

In the end, bought one from Lidl for £79.99 ...twice the power (ie when I use it, I gotta get someone to prop me up from behind just like firemen when they're hosing out a warehouse blaze)

Whirly

With the hosepipe bans and drought orders coming what's the betting we'll see some pressure washers going very cheap as the summer goes on?

LongDongDave

Whirly wrote:

With the hosepipe bans and drought orders coming what's the betting we'll see some pressure washers going very cheap as the summer goes on?

Can "they" (the thieving water co.'s) initiate civil or criminal court action against someone using a pressure washer if a measuring device (meter) is fitted at a domicile covered by a drought order?

Miser_maz

About the Karcher washer at Makro. Although they claim the RRP is £199.99, the box of the washer actually has a price flashed on it of RRP £99!
I was interested in it but that kind of put me off, not much of a real saving.

dc

The Lidl one is back next Monday (12th) still £79.99.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20060612.p.High_Pressure_Cleaner

salthegal

has anyone experience of the lidl one, is it any good? wanted to revamp our patio with it? Not sure if this would do the job as dont know how powerful it needs to be? Any help would be much appreciated.

redfox

salthegal wrote:

has anyone experience of the lidl one

no experience of it myself but you might find this previous thread on the Lidl one has some useful info in it.

redfox

actually I've just looked at the thread and there's not much info on it there, sorry. Just a fair bit of discussion on the rights and wrongs :rolleyes: