Recommendations for cordless pressure washer

Recommendations for cordless pressure washer

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g3org3y

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21,553 posts

206 months

Tuesday
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Friend looking to buy a cordless pressure washer.

Any recommendations?

She also mentioned concerns regarding 'soft' paint on her car, something to be worried about/pay particular attention to?

TIA smile

Belle427

10,569 posts

248 months

Wednesday
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I would look at Ryobi tools, you can always add to the range if you need anything extra. I have not used one so cant comment on how good they are.
Should be no issues with paint if your careful and taught how to use it properly.

Frankthered

1,653 posts

195 months

Wednesday
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I have a Worx Hydroshot and would say it is ok.

Mine is about 5 years old and was the more powerful brushless version that they claim does 36 bar. They don't make this version any more as they have upgraded the output to 56 bar, which I would guess is worthwhile.

To the best of my knowledge there are no others with such a high pressure unless you go up to the professional style stuff. (At least in the UK.)

The question is why does she want it? The only real reason to buy one of these (for washing cars, anyway) is if you genuinely don't have access to power where you want to use it. I guess you could add outside water to that statement too.

We live in a townhouse that, while it does have a garage, it is two doors down in a courtyard, so we have neither.

Like I said, it's ok, it's fine for rinsing , but you won't get much foam out of the soap dispenser because there isn't really enough pressure for that. I find that the biggest faff is traipsing back and forth to get water refills for the tub that I use. It's ok for a quick wash, but if I'm trying to do a deep clean with lots of stages that need rinsing, it gets to be a right pain.

If I had that (somewhat unlikely) circumstance of having access to an outside tap, but no outside power, I think I would be happier with the experience.

Build quality falls into the category of just ok too. Feels a bit flimsy, but hasn't fallen apart or stopped workng yet! Worx also do a bunch of other tools for their batteries but it's not as extensive as Ryobi's range and I am a little disappointed I bought into the Worx range. I also have a grass trimmer, hedge trimmer, and one of those brush patio cleaner things, which are also "fine" - all still work but are used only lightly.

HTH

vikingaero

11,918 posts

184 months

Yesterday (12:43)
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I have a Worx Hydroshot and agree that it is only OK/just about acceptable. I've also used other ones from Ryobi/DeWalt/Parkside and they are equally cack. You could buy the cheapest corded pressure washer for say £39.99 and it would be 5 times better than the any cordless model.

I bought it to wash the car during drought and also picked up 2 x 25 litre plastic water drums from Facebook Marketplace for £5 each from a fish breeder. I've commandeered Vikingette1's festival trolley to wheel the water around. Sometimes if the car is especially dirty/muddy I will pop into the local forecourt jetwash for a quick £1 pre-jetwash.

I find the best way is to clean the car in sections:
rinse the roof, use wash mitt, rinse clean
rinse the side of the car, use wash mitt, rinse clean
rinse bonnet etc etc

I find it takes 35 litres to effectively was a car and the supplied 2.0Ah battery just about does one car. The PITA is that the feeder hose is always easy to pull out of the water drum.

Dermot O'Logical

3,113 posts

144 months

Yesterday (13:33)
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Another Worx Hydroshot owner here, and similarly underwhelmed with the experience and results.

It's ok for mid-winter cleaning of mud and parts of the New Forest that seem to be attracted to my car by some bizarre form of magnetism if time is short and the weather is cold/wet/both of those things. I sometimes use it for cleaning my mother's gravestone (in a cemetery, not at home) using the bottle attachment, although the Vicar isn't too happy about the use of power tools on consecrated ground, but as long as you accept the limitations, it sort of does a job.

I have an outside tap and a power supply in my parking spaces, and an AVA Easy P60 power washer, so the Hydroshot hardly sees any action. It's ok, it's quicker to use and more convenient than the AVA, but it's nowhere near as good. It will produce snow foam, but so does a pump-up sprayer, and it will remove mud and ordure from bodywork and wheel arches.

Hope that helps.

Iceblue

141 posts

46 months

Yesterday (16:29)
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Wouldn't waste your money friend of mine bought a Bosch one, pressure was worse than my hosepipe straight off the tap