Ryobi One+ power washer £68 delivered

Ryobi One+ power washer £68 delivered

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Timothy Bucktu

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15,684 posts

207 months

Friday 30th September 2022
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For those with the One+ ecosystem. The Power Washer is reduced to £68 including delivery.
Handy in these hosepipe ban times. Obviously not as good as a decent pressure washer (please don't compare the two)...but it's better than a watering can.

https://uk.ryobitools.eu/garden-tools/garden-clean...

jm8403

2,515 posts

32 months

Friday 30th September 2022
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Timothy Bucktu said:
For those with the One+ ecosystem. The Power Washer is reduced to £68 including delivery.
Handy in these hosepipe ban times. Obviously not as good as a decent pressure washer (please don't compare the two)...but it's better than a watering can.

https://uk.ryobitools.eu/garden-tools/garden-clean...
Great, no battery

Timothy Bucktu

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15,684 posts

207 months

Friday 30th September 2022
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jm8403 said:
Timothy Bucktu said:
For those with the One+ ecosystem. The Power Washer is reduced to £68 including delivery.
Handy in these hosepipe ban times. Obviously not as good as a decent pressure washer (please don't compare the two)...but it's better than a watering can.

https://uk.ryobitools.eu/garden-tools/garden-clean...
Great, no battery
Hence...'for those with the One+ ecosystem'

jm8403

2,515 posts

32 months

Friday 30th September 2022
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Timothy Bucktu said:
Hence...'for those with the One+ ecosystem'

Ok 'hence', wasn't obvious to me what 'the ecosystem' was.

Polly Grigora

11,209 posts

116 months

Saturday 1st October 2022
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jm8403 said:
Timothy Bucktu said:
Hence...'for those with the One+ ecosystem'

Ok 'hence', wasn't obvious to me what 'the ecosystem' was.
What is it?

Belle427

9,738 posts

240 months

Saturday 1st October 2022
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A battery.

Timothy Bucktu

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15,684 posts

207 months

Saturday 1st October 2022
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Most of the common tool brands, even Lidl and Aldi have a one battery fits all [tools] system. So you buy the tool and use your existing battery(s) to power them.
Of course, once you've settled on a preferred brand you're unwillingly or willingly perhaps tied to them. But I like Ryobi stuff so don't mind. It's much easier than managing loads of different batteries and chargers.

Polly Grigora

11,209 posts

116 months

Saturday 1st October 2022
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Got it now, appreciated

jm8403

2,515 posts

32 months

Saturday 1st October 2022
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Belle427 said:
A battery.
This

battery = ecosystem rofl

mike9009

7,583 posts

250 months

Sunday 2nd October 2022
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Thanks Tim - is everyone else being deliberately obtuse or do people not genuinely understand?

QJumper

2,709 posts

33 months

Monday 3rd October 2022
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If you're not wedded to the Ryobi ecosystem and/or don't have a battery, I just got one of these in the post today:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09YRLG17T/ref...

It comes with a 4Ah battery and, on paper anyway, it's twice as powerful as the Ryobi, at 45 bar.

Can't give it a full review, as I haven't washed the car with it yet. However, preliminary observations, following a quick test drive in the bathroom, are as follows:

1. The jet nozzle, at it's highest setting, seemed quite powerful. At the very least I wouldn't want to be standing in the way of it, and the fan nozzle was reasonably powerful too. Both, along with the 6 in 1 nozzle seem more than adequate to clean a car. I didn't get to try the foam bottle though.

2. As well as a long hose to draw water from a bucket/barrel/reservoir, it comes with a pop bottle adapter. I assume it's designed for 2 litre bottles, but attached happily to a 3 litre lemonade bottle, courtesy of Iceland.

So, initial impression from the now soaked bathroom, is that I'm reasonably impressed. It fits together quite solidly and so, if it doesn't fall apart after a few uses, I'll be happy I bought it.

Safety tip: Don't be tempted to use it as a high power water pistol, as at close range it'll have your eye out.

Timothy Bucktu

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15,684 posts

207 months

Monday 3rd October 2022
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That does look a better deal.
I tried my usual mains powered Kranzle washer with a bucket yesterday, and it works perfectly. A 3 gallon bucket lasted exactly 1 minute. Doesn't sound much, but if you keep another full bucket ready to decant into the main bucket you can do a decent wash.
Not sure how much I'll actually use the Ryobi now!

QJumper

2,709 posts

33 months

Tuesday 4th October 2022
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I guess time will tell if it's a good deal. Hopefully it's a robust as it appears. I think I've got a couple of 5 gallon buckets in the garage, so will probably use them when I get round to trying it properly.

If you don't end up using the Ryobi you'll probably be able to get your money back selling it once the sale/offer ends.

_Hoppers

1,377 posts

72 months

Tuesday 4th October 2022
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Timothy Bucktu said:
That does look a better deal.
I tried my usual mains powered Kranzle washer with a bucket yesterday
Same here, but with a Karcher K4.

vikingaero

11,198 posts

176 months

Wednesday 5th October 2022
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Timothy Bucktu said:
That does look a better deal.
I tried my usual mains powered Kranzle washer with a bucket yesterday, and it works perfectly. A 3 gallon bucket lasted exactly 1 minute. Doesn't sound much, but if you keep another full bucket ready to decant into the main bucket you can do a decent wash.
Not sure how much I'll actually use the Ryobi now!
I have a Worx Hydroshot Brushless with 2 batteries that I'm using with the current hosepipe ban in our area. It works I would say as well as a cheap £40 mains pressure washer.

I've now realised that I could buy/knock up a water pick up hose with filter and run it in a similar manner to the Worx with the mains pressure washer (I use a 25litre water container). But I've come to like using the Worx as there's no mains cable - simply pick up the Worx and water container and clean the cars wherever they are parked, instead of the faff of jiggling cars around.

trueblue4455

41 posts

258 months

Friday 7th October 2022
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Timothy Bucktu said:
For those with the One+ ecosystem. The Power Washer is reduced to £68 including delivery.
Handy in these hosepipe ban times. Obviously not as good as a decent pressure washer (please don't compare the two)...but it's better than a watering can.

https://uk.ryobitools.eu/garden-tools/garden-clean...
Gutted, that was a good deal at £68. Price is now back up to £144. Even on Amazon it is still £116 which is pretty high. Wonder why it reduced so low?

QJumper

2,709 posts

33 months

Monday 10th October 2022
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trueblue4455 said:
Gutted, that was a good deal at £68. Price is now back up to £144. Even on Amazon it is still £116 which is pretty high. Wonder why it reduced so low?
They seem to do a lot of limited time half price offers. They're doing one on a cordless impact wrench at the moment for £63.99 (without battery). The offers usually last about a week.

Tested the Amazon one I posted about earlier and it worked great to snow foam and rinse the car. It was good drawing water from both a 20 litre bucket, as well as attaching a 3 litre drinks bottle, so am pleased with it so far.