Water hose or pressure washer

76mullan

in my in my opinion it’s best to use a pressure washer as it’s easy to miss small amounts of dirt with just the hose and more water is released with the pressure washer!

duggan1

76mullan said:

in my in my opinion it’s best to use a pressure washer as it’s easy to miss small amounts of dirt with just the hose and more water is released with the pressure washer!

How does that work?

CliveOfIndia

Were you trying to reply to this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6579812/washing-cars-garden-hose-v-pressure-washer#latest

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duggan1 said:

76mullan said:

in my in my opinion it’s best to use a pressure washer as it’s easy to miss small amounts of dirt with just the hose and more water is released with the pressure washer!

How does that work?

The nozzle on the hosepipe restricts the flow if it is fitted and set to give a spray.

The jetwasher has a pump which possibly forces more water through the jetwash nozzle and gives the equivalent of an unrestricted hose.

The limiting factor will be what can come along the hose from the tap.

I suppose the test would be to time how quickly the jetwash fills a bucket compared to the hose on its own. Not something I've ever given much thought to tbh.

76mullan

depending on what pressure washer you’re using!, my husband uses one for the car and van and the nossle just seems to be bigger and it takes less time to get the job done as he used to use the hose and a bucket before!!

76mullan

Spelt nozzle wrong there!,

ButterCheese

76mullan said:

in my in my opinion it’s best to use a pressure washer as it’s easy to miss small amounts of dirt with just the hose and more water is released with the pressure washer!

If you are comparing a hose with the tap turned all the way on, to a pressure washer also attached to same water outlet, then the difference is minimal.  All the pressure washer does is drive a motor which forces a lesser volume of water out but at a faster rate.  If you filled a swimming pool with the hose, and it took 8 hours, then it would take 8 hours with the pressure washer.  The pressure washer cannot "pull" more water out from the tap any more than a hose can.

I have also tested this in real world conditions by putting the water feed from the pressure washer into a bucket of water.  It cannot suck in any more water than it's rated inlet flowrate

Mr.Generous

ButterCheese said:

76mullan said:

in my in my opinion it’s best to use a pressure washer as it’s easy to miss small amounts of dirt with just the hose and more water is released with the pressure washer!

If you are comparing a hose with the tap turned all the way on, to a pressure washer also attached to same water outlet, then the difference is minimal.  All the pressure washer does is drive a motor which forces a lesser volume of water out but at a faster rate.  If you filled a swimming pool with the hose, and it took 8 hours, then it would take 8 hours with the pressure washer.  The pressure washer cannot "pull" more water out from the tap any more than a hose can.

I have also tested this in real world conditions by putting the water feed from the pressure washer into a bucket of water.  It cannot suck in any more water than it's rated inlet flowrate

If you look at the flow rate of any domestic pressure washer its far less ltrs per hour than a garden hose. Approx 3-400 ltrs per hr from a pressure washer. A low water pressure garden hose passes 10ltrs PER MINUTE, ie 600 ltrs per hour. When selling pressure washers they advertise it uses less water than running a hose. Less flow - at a higher pressure.