Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 34535 Location: Hereford
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 15 2:58 pm Post subject:
At the over end of the scale b and q were flogging the little Karcher at half price last week. Forty odd quid. Never used one but the reviews were good.
Unless you want to strip paint or something similar, then those little Karcher washers do the job just fine and its not the end of the world if they conk out on you. You just buy another one.
dog wee and blackberry stains(dye stuff magnates pay note,it fixes well) are my most serious issues so i recon a little domestic "on offer"one will do fine.
thanks
Argos, not very expensive with a two year guarantee, they usually don't last that long and you get a free replacement. It is a long task cleaning the sheds with it and we have had words since this seems to be my job. However it would be perfectly adequate for your needs.
gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 15 10:06 am Post subject:
I know the feeling about sheds and baby washers, Cathryn, no joke. They really are horses for courses, I could suggest you explain that it could affect how soon his dinner is produced, or his smalls may get blasted at the same time ref, Bodger, in order for you to find time to cook!
the teeny weeny karcher cleaned the yard,not bad cleaning,the squirter thing and hose seem to be cheap light carp but so far it squirts enthusiastically
Arriving late - we have a teeny weeny Karcher. Had it for several years, use occasionally, perfectly fine. Used it for blasting loose paint off a wall, for cleaning moss off concrete blocks before wall building, all that sort of thing.
Just one thing - don't store it anywhere that the water remaining inside it at the end of the job could freeze. We lost our previous pressure washer to ice.
the sealey is dead,i took it to bits to see if it was repairable which it would have been if the small bit of motor brush that chipped off the end had not shorted out part of the motor windings.
daft thing is that the failure of the brush ,which had at least as much left as used,killed it when with a better 20 pence worth of graphite it had a few more years in it.
Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 34535 Location: Hereford
the teeny weeny karcher cleaned the yard,not bad cleaning,the squirter thing and hose seem to be cheap light carp but so far it squirts enthusiastically
You should have bought it 18 months ago when it was �40
I've no issues with my Karcher. No idea what model - nothing fancy - was mid range when I bought it. No idea how many hours - easily in excess of 100.
I think the main thing is not running them dry (turning water and electric on in correct order helps) and protecting from freezing - although I've not really bothered with either.
Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 34535 Location: Hereford
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