Electric pressure washer help

You're basically losing half of your cleaning power by dropping a full GPM. Also, the GPM ratings are not always 100% accurate. If you have a two story you absolutely need that extra GPM.

When you say "comes with a foam cannon" do you mean it comes with a foam feature that has soap mixer in the machine? Those are annoying to deal with as they build up gunk and crap in them all the time. My MIL let me borrow her Karcher electric pressure washer that has a soap/foam feature and it's awful. It has to drop to the lowest setting and lowest amount of pressure to use it. Not sure if that's particular to the pressure washer I have, but the better foam cannons are the ones that you attach to the end of your pressure washer, specifically the ones used for auto detailing.


This is what most foam cannons look like and can be swapped for different pressure washer quick connects. Again, this is something you'll only use if you're trying to detail a car with high suds soaps. If you're trying to spray any type of concrete/home cleaning chemicals on your home, I'm only familiar with using the products that you attach to a garden hose.

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My primary use is cleaning driveway, underside of carport and other overhangs, and occasional mildew spots around the house

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Driveways you'll want the stronger pressure washer. It will take you a VERY long time otherwise.

I had a electric pressure washer and it worked. But took 5X longer to clean the same area as a quality gas powered pressure washer

Correct.

OP only listed two pressure washers, both with the same PSI but different GPM. No price difference either. Probably would've helped in the decision making process unless both were listed as the same price.

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No price difference either.

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Read it again. $100 difference.

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I have reservations about water and electricity in such close proximity.

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They've all got integrated GFCI so your odds of an electric shock are practically nil.

The dirty secret with any Chinese wobble pump is that you'll get about 100 hours service life before the pump seizes and you throw the unit away.

Most homeowners never notice because they use the machines only a few hours per year.

This means that paying more for a Chinese-made electric machine with a longer-lasting induction motor or fancier case is probably a waste of money.

To get an American-built pressure washer with a serviceable triplex pump you're talking upwards of $1,200.

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I’m thinking about making my life easier with maintenance/upkeep by switching to electric.

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A quality gas unit is not hard to maintain. If I had to go electric, I'd only look at commercial-grade units and be prepared to spend some money. Mi-T-M has portable electric units with 1500psi/2GPM and professional pumps that will last years with only minimal maintenance.

I used a Karcher 1700 for a few years, I thought it was good. It was stolen I considered replacing it with the same but I got sucked in to getting an active pressure washer. It cost more but holy crap does it move so much more water. I have only used it to wash the wife's car so I am not sure how well it does with other tasks.

That greenworks 2.0gpm model sure does look like the active 2.0 strapped to a frame, and if that is the case it is worth it over the cheaper models.

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That greenworks 2.0gpm model sure does look like the active 2.0 strapped to a frame, and if that is the case it is worth it over the cheaper models.

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Definitely not true.

The Greenworks and Active 2.0 both have exposed pump fluid ends (so they look sort of similar) but the pumps are very different.

The Greenworks uses a low-pressure mixing tube in its "high flow" mode to give you 2.0 GPM at only 100 PSI.

That 100 PSI is useless for anything except sweeping leaves.

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The big question with the Active 2.0 is whether the manufacturer's claimed 250-hour pump service life is true.

If that's true, the Active 2.0 should last twice as long as anything costing less than $1,200.

I have that greenworks 3000 electric unit. I bought it last year to just clean around the pool and possibly use it on the boat every once in a while. I do not have any gas powered tools anymore so I just didnt want to to do a gas pressure washer to be the only one

I have used it about 10 times in a year and it has pretty much worked fine. No problems at all. The pressure is fine for what I need it to do but I would like a little more water flow. It is simple to use and does fine cleaning my pool cage, pavers, driveway and even on the boat.

The stand is a little cheesy as it does not hold the wand or coiled up hose very well. I need to do some engineering on that because it sucks when its all over the garage

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Sun Joe

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Sun Joe was founded by this 17-year-old New Jersey kid who got rich by importing private-label Chinese machines and lying about their ratings.




People eventually figured out that the SPX3000, with its amazing 1.76 GPM at 2030 PSI advertised performance, really delivers closer to 1 GPM at 1,400 PSI.

Now if you look at the Amazon fine print they've added a disclaimer that its advertised GPM, which is what mostly determines nozzle force, is with no nozzle attached - effectively 0 PSI.