Recommend me a Pressure Washer....

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s0me0nesmind1

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So I feel like I have a lot more maintenance on my new home - and one of the things I've been wanting to get is a pressure washer.


Anyone have any recommendations? I've tried looking around and finding the "ace" product of best bang for your buck but was coming up a bit empty.

Only thing I want is to make sure it works well, not overly expensive, and I also prefer if it comes with one of these surface cleaners... Hollllly crap if you're doing your entire concrete this thing is a gamechanger.

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herm0016

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i would probably go for the harbor freight. the predator engines are good Honda clones. use non-ethonl gas and make sure you drain it after use, dont let it freeze.
 
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herm0016 said:
i would probably go for the harbor freight. the predator engines are good Honda clones. use non-ethonl gas and make sure you drain it after use, dont let it freeze.
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How the hell do you get non-ethanol gas easily?

And yeah - I learned from an edger I had that you gotta drain after each use heh. From what I understand the issue is that these small engines can't handle the separation that occurs in the gas?
 
Hans Gruber

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I have the harbor freight electric pressure washer. No complaints, does the job. If you want power go with either a Honda engine or a Yamaha if you can find one.
 
herm0016

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s0me0nesmind1 said:
How the hell do you get non-ethanol gas easily?

And yeah - I learned from an edger I had that you gotta drain after each use heh. From what I understand the issue is that these small engines can't handle the separation that occurs in the gas?
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ethonol absorbs water over time. murphy stations usually have it. the issue really is that small engines sit a lot and you are not refreshing the gas often, getting it hot to evaporate any water in the fuel system. i use pre mix in all my 2 stroke stuff, and non-ethonol in all my lawn tractor. no issues so far after they sit for a long period of time.
 
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bigi said:
I despise anything gasoline so I went electric
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-2...e-Electric-Pressure-Washer-RY142300/300405751

Things have changed with electric a lot, so it is great and has worked perfectly around my house.
That cleaning attachment, me thinks, is separate. 30 or 70 clams, depending on model.
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Yeah.... I'm definitely not shutting out electric by any means. I just want it to cover the basics - clean the side of my house (2 story), the concrete, the ceiling of our deck (Wasp nests / mud daubers), etc.

I also don't want to have to drive to the pump anytime I want to use it, make sure I empty it, etc...

So the question is - can the electrics do those basic tasks on their own? Or do you need something more powerful to use the likes of one of those surface attachments as well?
 
bbhaag

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I went with a cheap SunJoe electric a couple of years ago and so far I've been happy with it. It does 99% of the jobs I need it to do and I don't have to mess around with gasoline, oil, noise, weight, ect of a gas powered model. The one thing I don't like about it is the weird size they use for connections other than that it works great.

Anyway, something to think about when you make you final decision.
 
BoomerD

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I have last year's Yamaha version of this:


works very well. Now that they have a Honda-powered version....hmm...I LOVE my Honda lawnmower...maybe I could return mine and get one of those........


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although...mine came with the driveway/surface cleaner attachment.
 
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s0me0nesmind1 said:
Yeah.... I'm definitely not shutting out electric by any means. I just want it to cover the basics - clean the side of my house (2 story), the concrete, the ceiling of our deck (Wasp nests / mud daubers), etc.

I also don't want to have to drive to the pump anytime I want to use it, make sure I empty it, etc...

So the question is - can the electrics do those basic tasks on their own? Or do you need something more powerful to use the likes of one of those surface attachments as well?
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The one I linked - yes, IMHO.
 
zinfamous

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Greenman said:
It's hard to believe 3000 psi at 2.2 GPM. That's better pressure than my 5 horse honda puts out.
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They have gotten much more powerful recently. But I think a lot of those lest several-hundred PSI depend on the nozzle attachments, which are used to boost the rating with expensive "high performance options" or somesuch.
 
purbeast0

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My brother and I went halfsies on this one like 5 years ago:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004MXKUCY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I think it's fantastic. After the first year he bought one of those discs and it IS game changing. I can do my patio a lot quicker than I used to, but it still takes quite a while to do.

I can post some before/after pics later on.

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one pass on top of retaining wall:
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after:
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