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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #30 on: December 15, 2013, 07:00:35 pm »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #31 on: December 15, 2013, 07:14:46 pm »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #32 on: December 15, 2013, 07:21:23 pm »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #33 on: December 17, 2013, 06:02:22 am »
Hi Gerrard

What model nilfisk have you decided on ?
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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #34 on: December 17, 2013, 08:15:05 am »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #35 on: December 17, 2013, 08:36:45 am »
Quote from: scooba on December 17, 2013, 06:02:22 am
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 !
« Last Edit: December 17, 2013, 08:51:13 am by garrardrj »
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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #36 on: December 17, 2013, 06:24:59 pm »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #37 on: December 17, 2013, 06:32:28 pm »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #38 on: December 18, 2013, 09:15:10 am »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #39 on: December 18, 2013, 03:37:06 pm »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #40 on: December 19, 2013, 12:00:38 pm »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #41 on: December 19, 2013, 01:44:25 pm »
Quote from: scooba on December 19, 2013, 12:00:38 pm
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #42 on: December 19, 2013, 03:26:16 pm »
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #43 on: January 01, 2014, 09:35:34 am »
Quote from: garrardrj on December 19, 2013, 01:44:25 pm
Quote from: scooba on December 19, 2013, 12:00:38 pm
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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Re: Pressure washers.
« Reply #44 on: January 01, 2014, 09:56:18 am »
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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