Car Washing - Pressure Washer Recommendations?

[jonnyboy77]

Hi

I'm looking at getting a pressure washer, solely for keeping the car clean and I'm hoping to keep the cost down <£100. So far I have looked at the smallest:

Karcher K219 at £50 (Tesco)

and also:

Karcher K291 Pressure Washer at £70 (Halfords on sale)

But not sure is either of these are really suitable?

Any advice appreciated, once I have this aspect sorted the extensive details on the PB site seem to fill in any remaining blanks (and some!).

Thanks

Jon

 

[neild92]

This is the one i would be buying had great reviews and at a superb price
http://www.worldofpower.co.uk/brands/Nilfisk/Pressure-Washers/b1707/sc1580/p193.aspx
If you had a good bit more to spend then it would be a Kranzle all day long

 

[jonnyboy77]

thanks, I'm looking at the Nilfisk washers now ...

 

[johnnythepie]

That looks quite good, but what is it you have to look at?Is it the motor power, the water flow, the bar...etc.I had a cheapo champion that i had from my father in law....apart from leaking it was great<It would take your skin off if you wernet careful.But the frost got it, so i replaced it with a karcher 4.130 that i got from buy and queue in the sale reduced from 199 to 85!.I can **** with more force than this bag of crap.the vario lance is less than useless, and the dirtblaster is more like a dust buster.Only works well with my PA foam lance.So if this karcher is crap, god knows what the less 'powerful' ones are like.Id go by recommendation if you can, and i dont recommend karcher.

 

[jonnyboy77]

I found the Nilfisk C120 on sale with a lot of accessories at Amazon. So I might go for that if the wife will approve it

Thanks

Jon

 

[jonnyboy77]

Went for the Nilfisk C.120 from Amazon. Not had chance to use it yet, hopefully this weekend.

 

[head]

m8 i just bought a halfords pw for £32.99 it was half price.it got a great reveiw on the clean your car website (www.cleanyourcar.co.uk) i avent ad a chance to use it yet as im going to get a foam lance first.