Pressure washer suggestions please

ATC111

Can anyone suggest a good pressure washer for domestic use? It's for a detached house with a driveway around it and pebble dashed walls. 
I'm a member of Which? but the Best Buys start at £160 without a hose reel. 
Currently have a tiny Karcher but it keeps overheating and it's not powerful enough.
TIA

neilmcl

What's your budget then?

greatcrested

which? best buys take price into consideration, so that suggests cheaper ones will not be as good...

WaywardDriver

Recently bought Karcher K2 Car & Home from Argos for £160 - includes Patio Cleaner (the Home bit) which makes cleaning flagstones much less messy. Without the Car attachment the price reduces to £110, without both Car & Home then £80 although seems these cheaper versions are limited stock only. For a hose, I'd recommend one of those on a reel to attach to a wall - well worth the extra investment.

rob7475

I've got a Karcher K2. Don't bother with the car attachment as the brush will scratch your car. Whilst it's the cheapest of the range it's fine for most things. I use mine mainly for the car with a Halfords snow foam bottle and it's great. I've used it for cleaning my decking prior to oiling and it was fine for that too.

The one drawback it does have is it only comes with a 5 metre hose so I can't get all way around the car without moving the unit about. Not a major problem though and at some point I'll replace the hose with a longer one.

I'm not sure if I'd try cleaning pebbledash with it though - I'd be worried about what damage I'd do to the pebbledash.

neilmcl

Yeah, agree with the above. Do not pressure wash pebble dash because it'll end being blown off the wall. Pound for pound I've found Nilfisk machines are better than Karcher but they don;t have the best patio cleaner attachments so if that's what you'd want then go for a Karcher, o9r if you really want to spend some cash then get a Kranzle machine.

bris

The £80 Aldi ferrex pressure washer has great reviews and comes with a 3 year warranty. Very well rated and very powerful.
I am hoping to find it soon instore to replace my now very old karcher 200 which has now just packed in.

avoidtheupsidedownbottles

neilmcl said:

 if you really want to spend some cash then get a Kranzle machine.

Yes they appear expensive, but should outlast many a cheapie in the long run