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Im going to be buying over the next month or so, so I'm wondering which ones you guys have and how you rate them?

Karcher
28 (62.2%)
Nilfisk
14 (31.1%)
Bosch
2 (4.4%)
Other
1 (2.2%)

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Offline Grawschbags

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Re: Re: Which pressure washers do you guys use??
« Reply #30 on: March 09, 2012, 12:01:54 am »
I have a Nilfisk E130.  Awesome bit of kit.  Also have the snow foam lance for it as well.

It comes with metal internals, so less likely to crack when it's left in the shed outside in the frost.  Mine comes inside during the winter months though as I don't want to take that chance.

First thing to do with a Nilfisk would be to replace the standard plastic hose (terribly rigid) with a nice rubber one.  The hose reel is naff too.

Not selling it very well, but it is great compared to others I've used.  Good pressure and high flow rate.

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Re: Re: Which pressure washers do you guys use??
« Reply #31 on: March 09, 2012, 12:06:22 am »
I have a Nilfisk E130.  Awesome bit of kit.  Also have the snow foam lance for it as well.

It comes with metal internals, so less likely to crack when it's left in the shed outside in the frost.  Mine comes inside during the winter months though as I don't want to take that chance.

First thing to do with a Nilfisk would be to replace the standard plastic hose (terribly rigid) with a nice rubber one.  The hose reel is naff too.

Not selling it very well, but it is great compared to others I've used.  Good pressure and high flow rate.

Are all Nilfisk hoses really hard? Do you have a link to the rubber hose for sale online?

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Re: Re: Which pressure washers do you guys use??
« Reply #32 on: March 09, 2012, 12:17:06 am »
Can't comment on the hoses for all types of Nilfisk, but the E130, 140 and the C110, 120 seem the be the same type.

You'll only drag it along your paintwork once before you replace it!

The guy is on eBay that sells the replacement hoses. His name is QWashers. He will make them to any length you want, with whatever attachment you want.

Plenty of comments on this type of thing on the detailing world forum.

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Re: Which pressure washers do you guys use??
« Reply #33 on: March 09, 2012, 07:48:22 am »
Your right those hoses are hard/brittle.

Just make sure you unravel but I will take a look now at that guy.

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Re: Which pressure washers do you guys use??
« Reply #34 on: March 09, 2012, 08:29:57 am »
I've used qwashers off ebay for some connectors so i could use my karcher extension hose with the standard hose.

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Re: Which pressure washers do you guys use??
« Reply #35 on: March 10, 2012, 02:57:49 pm »
Bought the entry level Karcher last year to just use for snow foam, doing the arches etc. Has been good so far but do know the cheaper ones can give up quite quick.

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Re: Which pressure washers do you guys use??
« Reply #36 on: March 10, 2012, 04:39:59 pm »
just seen this link on hotukdeals

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001TUYV14/ref=nosim/?tag=hotukdeals-21

Not bad for £49.99 delivered...

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Re: Which pressure washers do you guys use??
« Reply #37 on: March 10, 2012, 04:52:21 pm »
just seen this link on hotukdeals

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001TUYV14/ref=nosim/?tag=hotukdeals-21

Not bad for £49.99 delivered...

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This is the one I have  :happy2:

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Re: Which pressure washers do you guys use??
« Reply #38 on: March 10, 2012, 06:14:04 pm »
Got the karcher K2 something. One from Argos, about £120, had to get a replacement bottle though. Had my first karcher for about 15 years, can the same be said for some of the others? :happy2:
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