Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Hmmm Mine went "Pop" today, was a nasty cheap draper that I bougfht a while back...hopeless So Who recomends what, price say less than £200 ? Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Freak Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 There is a Clarke Tiger 250 on offer at AJD for £200 at the moment... http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-petrol-pressure-washer-tiger-2500 Let me know if you want me to get it put aside for you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UdderlyOffroad Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Got a Nilfisk on special from, off all places, Argos. So far happy, and got some poke to it. Better than the black & decker crud that I swapped it for. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggylad Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I've had a Halfraud's one for 8 years now. Still working fine & have only had to replace a couple of perished o-rings. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Nilfisk seem to have a good reputation at the moment. I see karcher are advertising that theirs will feed off a waterbutt, not having to have a pressure feed is one of the reasons I got a petrol one a few years ago. I'm on a meter and I've used 200 liters before just washing a car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 The karcher one we have doesnt work off a water butt and yes its meant to and yes there is water in the water butt Jad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Hmmm Nilfisk do seem to get good reviews : http://www.nilfisk.co.uk/Group/NewsList/UK/2013/Car,_,Mechanic,_,Best,_,Buy.aspx Thats some grunt flow and pressure for the £s Hmmm Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I have a Karcher which cost me about £100 from Homebase about six or seven years ago, and still works well. I see lots of reports saying they are carp, but I've been happy with mine. At work they used to have a SIP which cost £250 odd here so would probably come in under £200 in UK. It was very good and came with a decent long high pressure hose, all the hobby washers are stupidly short hoses and I always buy or make up an extension. Some of them you can do with hydraulic hose and fittings - the Karcher of mine has proprietary fittings on each end so I had to buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 That Nilfisk looks good, less than £200 on Amazon. Hmmm, can I hide another new purchase in the garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I thought there was only one brand of washer - Karcher Always served us well Loads of different models. The same way a vacuum cleaner is always called a "hoover". G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Karcher WERE the best, bit like Sony TVs were the best now porrer made, mate had 2 1 after the other died, they were both the £170+ mark, ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Nilfisk are well respected in industry for extraction, vacuum cleaners, air filtering etc. I've not seen a pressure washer from them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yalan Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I bought that nilfisk 140.2 last week. Pretty sound little machine. Bought mine from cleanstore.... 230 with home & car kit.... But the box had been opened before & although they are an authorised seller of returns, that isn't what I paid for. Buy from a good local return place in case it develops issues.....argos would be my choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Well I was all set to buy the one above. .. argos was cheapest when I arrived I did a double check and a small spanner entered the works. ... Nilfisk still bought. ..but next model down 120bar and a massive 500 lpm flow £89 Inc vat on special decided that it had to be as 1/3 price and still a 2 yrs warranty got if home and tried it - its unbelievably good ! I think if I had bought the bigger one there wouldnt be any paint left on the 90 comparing specs even this outstrips machines at a higher price bracket. ... had to be but it's the best one I can ever recall having and for little money comes with turbo lance standard adjustable spray lance detergent connection bottle patio cleaner thingy and a decently nice and long 8 metre hose Bargain Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 does it actually get muddy now then Nige? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Where is the like button....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Nah, its the powerwash the cobwebs and spider **** off it PS on yer bike Tonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Where is the like button....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonost24 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I bought a Nilfisk, which I'm sure I read that it had a metal impeller pump rather than the plastic type (as found in Karchers?) It's been a reliable pump so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 You can have the one you sold me back, it's surplus to requirements now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Maybe this is for some type of extreeeeeeme MS waterproofing test? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Report back on whether it's any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Maybe this is for some type of extreeeeeeme MS waterproofing test? I do that at the end of every playday(ok most... ok it only sees a pressure washer about twice a year) and it's still running as well as it ever did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I bought that nilfisk 140.2 last week. Pretty sound little machine. Bought mine from cleanstore.... 230 with home & car kit.... But the box had been opened before & although they are an authorised seller of returns, that isn't what I paid for. Buy from a good local return place in case it develops issues.....argos would be my choice. I ordered one from cleanstore too as they did have the best deal, they are also not far from me so if there is a problem I can go and see them. Anyway it arrived today and the box was all sealed up and showed no signs of having been opened before. I chose to have it delivered as delivery was free, I should have collected it though as Interlink for some reason have 'held' one of the 3 packages, luckily it's just the car brush and chassis nozzles .... hopefully they will turn up soon It amazes me they sent the packages from Redhill, then took them to the Birmingham hub for sorting, sent them back to Redhill for delivery ..... so an 8 mile delivery results in the parcels travelling 275 miles, no surprise then that one has been left in Birmingham I suppose. The machine itself is impressively weighty and has much more pressure than my old Karcher, the turbo nozzle did an impressive job of removing the end grain of a chunk of oak laying in the garden and also has removed the stuborn green stuff on the patio that the old Karcher had failed on. I'm happy with it, think I'll be using the variable pressure nozzle on the Landy though so I still have some of it left afterwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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