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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: scooba on December 03, 2013, 05:47:45 am
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I am looking to buy a decent pressure washer , I have had experience with two Karchers both have died one was a 110v and one 240v ,I don't know the model numbers but it has left me thinking do I buy mega cheap and use them as a consumable or buy one from there Pro Range around £500 and hope it lasts .
Any advice on the type or price would be great as I have become a little confused as to what is the best
TIA
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I need another one soon too . Karcher ones i have had appear to be ok initially, but after a while you find out that they are quite cheaply put together . I am quite happy to pay alot more for one too if they are worth the £300+ that i have seen them for . So those that know about these things give us some advice . Thanks :smiley:
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Get yourselves onto here.....
http://www.karcheroutlet.co.uk/
I've had a K5 range for 3 years and never let me down. You get the high end machines for good money!
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I bought one from the karcher outlet, a while back recommended to me by Monte on here. Cheap as chips and perfect working (if not new) condition for a 1/3 of the RRP.
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Nilfisk pressure washers might be worth a look too, Had my C120 for 2 years and it's never missed a beat.
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Nilfisk pressure washers might be worth a look too, Had my C120 for 2 years and it ever missed a beat.
Yeah my Nilfisk is still going strong too :happy2:
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Nilfisk pressure washers might be worth a look too, Had my C120 for 2 years and it ever missed a beat.
Yeah my Nilfisk is still going strong too :happy2:
Another vote for Nilfisk here :happy2:
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And another vote for Nilfisk :happy2:
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And another vote for Nilfisk :happy2:
^^^
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Vote for Karcher from me hasn't let me down.
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Nilfisk here too, quality at a great price.
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Had my Karcher almost 18 years and still going strong. I keep thinking I will replace it one day but all the time it continues I'll leave it. :happy2:
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IIRC most Karchers have plastic pumps. Nilfisk and higher end Karchers have metal ones.
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Think I have decided it is going to be the Karcher HD5 11C it says it is the professional range and at £315 delivered looks good value , they do a snow foam attachment for a extra £20.
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Had my Karcher for at least 5 years and hasn't missed a beat, other than a perished seal after about 3 years... gets a hard time too.
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Think I have decided it is going to be the Karcher HD5 11C it says it is the professional range and at £315 delivered looks good value , they do a snow foam attachment for a extra £20.
Have you seen the Kranzle portable Group Buy on Detailing World ?
What made you mind up on the 11C ?
I'm after a similar quality washer thats going to last many years , i hate stuff that breaks and falls to bits !
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Think I have decided it is going to be the Karcher HD5 11C it says it is the professional range and at £315 delivered looks good value , they do a snow foam attachment for a extra £20.
Have you seen the Kranzle portable Group Buy on Detailing World ?
What made you mind up on the 11C ?
I'm after a similar quality washer thats going to last many years , i hate stuff that breaks and falls to bits !
I haven't been on DW for a long time . I am going to buy something over and above what I need ,I don't want to buy cheap but a quality model
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Another vote for Nilfisk :happy2:
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Think I have decided it is going to be the Karcher HD5 11C it says it is the professional range and at £315 delivered looks good value , they do a snow foam attachment for a extra £20.
Have you seen the Kranzle portable Group Buy on Detailing World ?
What made you mind up on the 11C ?
I'm after a similar quality washer thats going to last many years , i hate stuff that breaks and falls to bits !
I haven't been on DW for a long time . I am going to buy something over and above what I need ,I don't want to buy cheap but a quality model
Same here - the Kranzle is £399 reduced from a normal £530ish , better than Karcher by far :innocent:
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Nilfisk over Karcher by a mile.
Jus search the net for the reasons why!
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if buying a karcher make sure you get a 3 series model and up, as they are the models that are fitted with the metal pumps as opposed to plastic pumps on the lesser models.
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My old gripe with the nilfisk is the sh*tty hose. It's sooooo hard and inflexible.
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yeah its a right fight with the nilfisk hose, it usually wins. As I wind it in it spills its inards over me feet :signLOL:
still I would buy another.
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Nilfisk P150.2-10 x-tra
This model is getting good reviews slightly cheaper than the equivalent Karcher also found one with 2 yr guarantee £299 vs £325 and the nilfisk has a 3kw motor as opposed to a 2.1kw karcher
Seams the boys on DW like the Nilfisk
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My vote goes to Karcher...but then I've only had two in the last 22-23years!
I bought the first one,a K4 series, circa 1996 or 7 and it worked flawlessly and the pump unit still does..it was only let down by the high pressure hose bursting and the expense of a new(and getting ripped of on Ebay for some cheap counterfiet one :ashamed:) one made the cheap and cheerful one in Tescos for £99.99 a bargain.
3 years down the line and it still works perfectly and I still have the old one as a back up!
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Has anyone noticed how large the variation is on ebay for prices of the Nilfisk and the Karcher that SCOOBA has highlighted
How can they ever sell any at the higher prices ?
Like the look of the Nilfisk P150.2-10 x-tra :smiley:
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Totally confused now , Seams higher end Karchers are ok ,nilfisk don't seam to have anyone having a bad word about them or this Kranzle thing. I just want a quality machine seams for around 300 thats what you need to spend .
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Sorry :innocent:
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Hi Gerrard
Decided to attempt to fix my broken Karcher as I was bored it now rests in the bin Piece of sh*t , I have narrowed it down to a Nilfisk just need to confirm a model but looks like a P150.2-10 X-tra with two year warranty around £295 delivered .
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Thats my choice too :smiley:
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I bought my karcher 2.5years ago and still going strong it was half price from tesco paid £90 i think, i cant remember the full series but its a 3.something.
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Ive had two karchers in the past 25 years.
The first one died due to me not draining it and it froze cracking the motor.
The second one ive had for at least 15 years.
Iirc its a K6.50 both have had the metal pumps. Had to replace the seal on the lance but thats it. Mine gets used weekly as I always have a car that needs cleaning..
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Will my Snow Foam bottle from my Karcher fit a Nilfisk ? or will i need another ? is there an adaptor ?
Well the snow foam bottle is not mine , its my sons anyway
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Hi Gerrard
What model nilfisk have you decided on ?
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I have a Karcher K6.85 ( now discontinued). I got it for half price in Homebase some yeas ago in the January sales for £175, but I definitely would not have paid £350 for it, as the build quality is questionable.
There is a Karcher service centre just down the road from me and the guy in there is very uncomplimentary about the domestic washers and only fixes the pro stuff. He said he'd be snowed under otherwise!
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Hi Gerrard
What model nilfisk have you decided on ?
Same one as you Nilfisk p150.2-10 x-tra ..................... Its Garrard :happy2:
Although i may visit a nearby "A1PressureWasher" Retailer and ask some questions , i hate buying new stuff it takes me ages !
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Hi,
Yes I have gone into project mode on this , I hate buying junk . Where have you been getting prices from ? . I have found one brand new delivered £295
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I think cleanstore have the best prices , but just ebay and google . The price is not that important , being up to the job and being a quality item is more important . I want to start a small part time business and pressure washing drives and patios is a fairly simple task , whether its a business i don't know , its not as if i will need to pay my way in the world with the income , so might splash out more cash .
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I purchased mine from www.cleanstore.co.uk as recommended by one of my friends who actually works for Nilfisk as he said with his discount it still wouldn't be as cheap as them.
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I've had a Nilifisk E130.2 (approx £180) for nearly 5yrs now and other than a seal on the lance it's never needed a thing and has had a huge amount of use.
It'll break next week now.
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After phoning the technical team at cleanstore.co.uk he said a nilfisk 150 was to powerful to clean cars and highly recommended the Karcher k5 car complete with 3 year warranty at £224.99
Now I'm really stressed and confused as to what to do
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After phoning the technical team at cleanstore.co.uk he said a nilfisk 150 was to powerful to clean cars and highly recommended the Karcher k5 car complete with 3 year warranty at £224.99
Now I'm really stressed and confused as to what to do
After xmas i will be looking for a variable pressue one (I don't just want to clean a car with it either) , but same as you , i'll just go and get one one day and that will be that . I had the same problem buying a new Bike , eventually i drove about a hundred miles to a big bike shop , rode three of the bikes i had my eye on and bought one , also not the bike i thought i would buy !
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The Karcher k5 Car also comes with snow foam gun, But looking at it ,it looks cheap but I'm no car detailing specialist, I just like my car clean and thought this would make life easier.
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After phoning the technical team at cleanstore.co.uk he said a nilfisk 150 was to powerful to clean cars and highly recommended the Karcher k5 car complete with 3 year warranty at £224.99
Now I'm really stressed and confused as to what to do
After xmas i will be looking for a variable pressue one (I don't just want to clean a car with it either) , but same as you , i'll just go and get one one day and that will be that . I had the same problem buying a new Bike , eventually i drove about a hundred miles to a big bike shop , rode three of the bikes i had my eye on and bought one , also not the bike i thought i would buy !
Hi Garrard,
After working all over Christmas it is time to get the pressure washer sorted , What have you decided on ? . After speaking with Clean stores Tech sales guy who said the Nilfisk 150 was defo the wrong washer for cleaning cars I'm thinking a 140 model or the Karcher K4 car pack/version he highly recommended with 3 yr warranty ,
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I think i am going down the variable pressure washer like a Karcher HD 6/13 , quite a bit more than i was thinking about at £610 but it will be used for other jobs more than car cleaning . I need to do some sort of work as i'm getting bored of not working for 6 months ! I can use it for this too , cleaning peoples drives patios walls etc
I have had a bit of expensive time recently with repairs ! (You have seen my Omega post)
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Hi Gerrard,
Yes to the Omega post .
I will have a look at the HD 6/13