looking at spending a couple of hundred quid on a jet wash but not sure whether to buy a well known elecy branded one or one of these petrol powered ones 5.5hp 1800 psi ish ones ive seen on ebay which would you get petrol or electric
i got a Karcher diesel powered one, it is a great piece of kit, got it on a three year deal from the distributer, as part of the deal, they come and service it twice a year too 
I have use of a steam cleaner at cost but i need my own jet wash something thats portable
lee mat:
looking at spending a couple of hundred quid on a jet wash but not sure whether to buy a well known elecy branded one or one of these petrol powered ones 5.5hp 1800 psi ish ones ive seen on ebay which would you get petrol or electric
From my experience there is no such thing as a cheap jet washer, they might have the pressure but not deliver the volume of water you need and you’ll spend more on replacing them than if you’d bought a good one to start with.
Karcher are a good make, the company I work for now have a diesel powered one which is resonably old, but still works okay.
The place I worked previously, after they were forever buying cheap ones, we finally bought a Nilkisk Alto one, not cheap but well built and powerful, also you can buy every bit as an induvidual part, so you don’t have to junk the thing because some stupid little component has been broken or has failed.
I have one of these and for the money its more than ample.
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You get what you pay for. Get hot water or steam, the cold water ones are a waste of time. The petrol/diesel engined ones are better than the electric ones i’d say.
That one looks like a bargain TC, you can pay a lot more more for a hot water or steam one anyway.
tc trans:
I have one of these and for the money its more than ample.
ebay.co.uk/itm/4HP-1800psi-P … 443wt_1110
Im also looking for a good pressure washer I bought a similar one off Ebay a couple of years ago. It didnt last long and I only used it for cleaning the car and patio.
It wouldnt start one day, took the oil cap off and creamy white oil poured out. A seal had gone somewhere and the pressurised water made its way into the oil. Wouldnt risk buying another
I have a little Honda 7hp one that I brought for drive cleaning , I paid £700 but that was with the drive cleaning tools, that was off eBay, apart from a service it has cost me nothing and produces incredible pressure and water flow… Well worth the expenditure compared to electric
at the moment we use one of these
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it’s not as good as the hot one we had before though
I’ve got a couple of heavy duty diesel hot water ones for sale, PM for details.