Jetwashers and strimmers
Discussion
I hate these things. They seem designed to wreck peaceful weekends as the weekday commuters recover from their commuting, and set about their unkempt gardens with shiny plastic toys.
Strimmers. Unless you run a golfcourse, then simple shears or edge cutters do the job much more tidily, in about the same time, are completely silent and use no electricty or petrol. But what do we get? 'Wzzzzzzzzzzz Wzzzz Wzzzzzzzz Wzz Wzzzzz Wzzzzzzzz' for bloody hours on a nice quiet spring day.
Jetwashers. I can wash my car perfectly well in 10 minutes with a bucket of soapy water and a sponge. Unless you own a fleet of lorries or a farm, you really don't need a jetwasher. But what do we get? 'Bzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzzzz Bzzzzz Bzzzzzzzz Bzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz' for bloody hours on a nice quiet spring day. Not to mention the water and electricty.
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Strimmers. Unless you run a golfcourse, then simple shears or edge cutters do the job much more tidily, in about the same time, are completely silent and use no electricty or petrol. But what do we get? 'Wzzzzzzzzzzz Wzzzz Wzzzzzzzz Wzz Wzzzzz Wzzzzzzzz' for bloody hours on a nice quiet spring day.
Jetwashers. I can wash my car perfectly well in 10 minutes with a bucket of soapy water and a sponge. Unless you own a fleet of lorries or a farm, you really don't need a jetwasher. But what do we get? 'Bzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzzzz Bzzzzz Bzzzzzzzz Bzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz' for bloody hours on a nice quiet spring day. Not to mention the water and electricty.
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Simpo Two said:
I hate these things. They seem designed to wreck peaceful weekends as the weekday commuters recover from their commuting, and set about their unkempt gardens with shiny plastic toys.
Strimmers. Unless you run a golfcourse, then simple shears or edge cutters do the job much more tidily, in about the same time, are completely silent and use no electricty or petrol. But what do we get? 'Wzzzzzzzzzzz Wzzzz Wzzzzzzzz Wzz Wzzzzz Wzzzzzzzz' for bloody hours on a nice quiet spring day.
Jetwashers. I can wash my car perfectly well in 10 minutes with a bucket of soapy water and a sponge. Unless you own a fleet of lorries or a farm, you really don't need a jetwasher. But what do we get? 'Bzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzzzz Bzzzzz Bzzzzzzzz Bzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz' for bloody hours on a nice quiet spring day. Not to mention the water and electricty.
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I'm disappointed in you Simpo. That is a very poor rant. No swearing, no name calling, only one number and no random accusations.Strimmers. Unless you run a golfcourse, then simple shears or edge cutters do the job much more tidily, in about the same time, are completely silent and use no electricty or petrol. But what do we get? 'Wzzzzzzzzzzz Wzzzz Wzzzzzzzz Wzz Wzzzzz Wzzzzzzzz' for bloody hours on a nice quiet spring day.
Jetwashers. I can wash my car perfectly well in 10 minutes with a bucket of soapy water and a sponge. Unless you own a fleet of lorries or a farm, you really don't need a jetwasher. But what do we get? 'Bzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzzzz Bzzzzz Bzzzzzzzz Bzzzzzz Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz' for bloody hours on a nice quiet spring day. Not to mention the water and electricty.
Feel better now
2/10 with a bonus score for using so many "Z"'s.
Anyway, petrol strimmers have engines, at least our Stihl does, and it does our bank in half the time the Flymo used to take. And I get to wear the hat with ear muffs and gauze screen!
And jetwashers are great fun! spraying a whole weeks worth of water all over everywhere, bloody marvellous!
Simpo Two said:
Strimmers. Unless you run a golfcourse, then simple shears or edge cutters do the job much more tidily, in about the same time, are completely silent and use no electricty or petrol. But what do we get? 'Wzzzzzzzzzzz Wzzzz Wzzzzzzzz Wzz Wzzzzz Wzzzzzzzz' for bloody hours on a nice quiet spring day.
I bought an expensive strimmer a few years back, the trim 'n' edge type, really noisy and cumbersome, you need a very steady hand to get straight edges so I've recently found the joys of using my old manual long handled shears (if thats what you call them) - result, really neat scissor cut edges, no noise, takes a few minutes longer Strimmers are infinitely better than manual shears provided you learn how to use one properly and select the right cutting tool. They can be every bit as neat as manual shears but many times faster.
As for pressure washers - they actually use significatly LESS water than a regular hosepipe (fill a bucket with a pressure washer and then again just using the hose and see which one fills faster - I bet the pressure washer bucket isn't half full by the time the hose one is overflowing). Good luck cleaning inner arches, arch liners, engine bay etc without pressure and a decent detergent...! Steam works pretty good too.
As for pressure washers - they actually use significatly LESS water than a regular hosepipe (fill a bucket with a pressure washer and then again just using the hose and see which one fills faster - I bet the pressure washer bucket isn't half full by the time the hose one is overflowing). Good luck cleaning inner arches, arch liners, engine bay etc without pressure and a decent detergent...! Steam works pretty good too.
Edited by Roop on Wednesday 8th April 12:30
mrmaggit said:
I'm disappointed in you Simpo. That is a very poor rant. No swearing, no name calling, only one number and no random accusations.
Ah, well I didn't engage true 'Rant Mode' you see - I save that for when all else fails!I had to shorten the number of 'z's (to accurately reflect an afternoon of such din would fill a whole forum...)
Still, it's quiet today as they're all in London sitting at desks talking b
ks Simpo Two said:
mrmaggit said:
I'm disappointed in you Simpo. That is a very poor rant. No swearing, no name calling, only one number and no random accusations.
Ah, well I didn't engage true 'Rant Mode' you see - I save that for when all else fails!I had to shorten the number of 'z's (to accurately reflect an afternoon of such din would fill a whole forum...)
Still, it's quiet today as they're all in London sitting at desks talking b
ks 
I can think of endless neighbourhood noises that annoy me more than those two. Infact I find it quite theraputic to hear lawnmowers going on a sunny day and the smell of fresh cut grass. Unless it is my next door neighbour at 9am on a Sunday morning, but I don't think he'll do that again...
sleep envy said:
bazking69 said:
Infact I find it quite theraputic to hear lawnmowers going on a sunny day and the smell of fresh cut grass
it's the sound of good weather!!
A cold beer on a warm late summer afternoon, with the smell of grass clippings and a gentle sweat from having pushed the mower around the lawn is a great feeling. Emphaised by the continuing sound of your neighbour, still toiling over his ...
Oli.
mrmaggit said:
And jetwashers are great fun! spraying a whole weeks worth of water all over everywhere, bloody marvellous!
But not actually true, indeed a few summers ago when we had hose pipe bans ad nausea because Thames Water had lost all the stuff through their leaky pipes I did a test. I usually spray the Griff once with the jet wash to remove the dust which takes about 1 min, then I wash it with a bucket of soapy water then finally I rinse it with the jet wash which again takes about a minute of spraying. The alternative is a couple of buckets of water... I ran my jet wash into a bucket for a couple of mins and it hardly filled one bucket, so my simple experiment proved to me they are far more water efficient than the bucket and sponge method 
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