salsa-king

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nilfisk-C1...ht_1588wt_1397


or what about...
http://www.cleanstore.co.uk/products...Fc4LtAodZyKFZQ


don't want anything that's too powerful it blows my paint off the car!!

I has a £50 Halfords 1400HP one.. but its now broke.

My snow foam lance needs to fit a new jet wash.... Nilfisk/Kew/Alto all have the same fitting as the Halfords stuff.


Also don't want to spend over £100.

I only need it for washing cars/vans.. as the drive way is gravel.. so that won't need jet washing!! lol



any comments??

alcazar

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1400HP???

Nilfisk stuff is good.

DYK

What about this.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...SSURE+WASH.htm

salsa-king

^^^^

that looks good.

but does water flow rate have anything to do with how well the machine works... particularly when using a snow foam lance?

salsa-king

yep this one... HP1400
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_262357

lol

Dr.No

It's ALL about flow rate really...

Think about it this way - the BAR pressure is the speed with which the water is being driven out of the nozzle - but the flow rate is the volume of water that's coming out.

It's like the difference between a pea going at 50mph and a bowling ball going at 50mph. The bowling ball is going to have much more impact even though the speed is the same.

Ideally you want good pressure (130-150bar) and good flow rate (500lph+). Commercial stuff is often 700lph flow rate and upwards...

jonc

They're great just as long as you don't plan to do this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_sl_bj4z0A

marcevs72

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try bnq as they always have deals on karcher ones.paid £60 for mine up there with loads of extras

scoobynewbie72

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Tescos and screwfix do alot of PW offers, they were doing C120`s for £50 and C110`s for £32 at screwfix,
There is a Hoselock on offer in B&Q(£35iirc), they are doing the patio cleaners etc for £12

Allan

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Lol

ScoobySteve69

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My Karcher is ****. Wouldn`t blow the skin off a rice pudding!

salsa-king

http://www.screwfix.com/p/nilfisk-c1...e-washer/54990

still £99 and not as much stuff with it as the others listed earlier.

Dr.No

I'd go Nilfisk - and the best you can get for the money (P150 would be my choice at £299 on Cleanstore if I was looking, but appreciate that it's beyond your budget).

Cleanstore do very good deals on Nilfisk - so look on there and go for the best you can afford (taking flowrate and pressure into account).

DN

salsa-king

this on ebay looks the best VFM so far..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nilfisk-C1...ht_1616wt_1013

alcazar

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The one I have here is branded "Hozelock" and came from B7Q. It looks IDENTICAL to the Nilfisk ones except it's YELLOW and grey, not blue.

BUT: this morning the elsdest reports it's leaking and seems to be cracked right across the pressure tank

Going to ring them in the morning.....will keep you updated.

salsa-king

keep us posted.

I'm going to go for the one on Ebay.. £95 delivered.
Its the same as the one at MachineMart at £119

Saxo Boy

C120 is the way to go. I just bought my second C120 at the weekend. Cracking washer.

zip106

You won't be able to use it soon.....hosepipe ban on its way.

bonesetter

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Nilfisk C120 seems to get good Amazon reviews (for what that's worth)

What other things would you need for car cleaning? Alloy wheel cleaning brush, chemicals etc?

bonesetter

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That one's got a brush motor...? Do you need to go for an induction type for a medium pressure washer?

salsa-king

ordered it this warning. It has the aluminium pump and does uptown 120 bar and 520 litre water flow rate.

The drain pipe hose will come in handy too
£96 delivered with the accessories.

I've also ordered some snow foam Wax from Rachem on ebay too. This goes in my snow foam lance i bought last year.

Dr.No

For future reference, if you're looking for the BEST snowfoam - then Magifoam is it! Fantastic stuff. I did my Scoob and my Lexus with a single 1ltr mix of it yesterday (hot water:Magifoam at about 8:1) with quite a bit to spare. Leave it to dwell for 10+ minutes (more is better, and this will dwell for ages) and then pressure wash off. Nothing else required, it's THAT good.

http://www.autobritedirect.co.uk/ind.../magifoam.html

salsa-king

That's quite a thick mix.

Dr.No

It's about 100ml of magifoam to about 800ml of water in a 1l container - and I could go weaker, but I do like a good thick foam (that spays like marshmallow) and covers, sticks and dwells well.

circa 50ml of magifoam per car isn't bad going though!

alcazar

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It's going back to B&Q in a few minutes for replacement.
Hozelock didn't muck about, let's see if B&Q do.........

More later.

[-(o)-]

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Got that same kit last year - very pleased with it, washes brilliantly. Only complaint is you can't lock the trigger on when using the drain hose. Drain contents + 15m of high pressure hose one handed isn't fun.

alcazar

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B&Q offered replacement, but there was no stock.
They then offered an upgrade so I bought their clearance model of this: http://www.hozelock.com/high-pressur...sher-7902.html, for an extra £10. Reckon I got a good deal.Another year's guarantee too.

bonesetter

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That washer looks the dog's plus a good result

Here's a you tuber by someone who's usually worked out what is the dog's

Shaid

Pah,

this is how it should be done

http://youtu.be/LPP8NkjPGvk

SamUK

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ture, which would you rather hit your cars paintwork, a pea or a bowling ball..