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Funny you bring this subject up Tobias cause I've just been through the whole exercise myself.

Let me know how much you wanna spend, what it'll be used for and I'll try and steer you in the right direction.

You'd want to consider going petrol rather electric for starters (my personal preference).

The Honda motors are very good but then there's the pump to consider as well. Beware of cheap Chinese pumps on Ebay and some local tool suppliers. Italian pumps are the way to go which are 'parts servicable units' unlike the cheaper Chinese pumps that fail under regular use and are a throw away item (not servicable).

Budget is quite small, i was reading a lot of reviews on electric vs petrol power. Karcher brands rate pretty high as well as bosch from what i have read. I would use it for engine bay and general car cleaning purposes. I hear that steam cleaners can clean up engine bays really well but i dont know enough information about them to do this.....

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Budget is quite small, i was reading a lot of reviews on electric vs petrol power. Karcher brands rate pretty high as well as bosch from what i have read. I would use it for engine bay and general car cleaning purposes. I hear that steam cleaners can clean up engine bays really well but i dont know enough information about them to do this.....

My parents bought the Steam Dream from Danoz Direct...and it fails at cleaning my engine bay, and everything else we have tried doing with it.

Definatly don't buy Chinese petrol versions.

Rebuilt one at work a couple months back, one piston cost more than the whole engine..yet the guy still bought the new piston.

strange.

Definatly don't buy Chinese petrol versions.

Rebuilt one at work a couple months back, one piston cost more than the whole engine..yet the guy still bought the new piston.

strange.

lol, some people love their washers too much it seems.i see supercheap have a couple here

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i have a kartcher thats about 15 yrs old it makes a few growly type noise's now and than and one wheel falls off when ya wheel it about

. but fark has it done some work it must have blasted tons of clay off my speedway cars over the yrs . ive done engine bays driveways even a house roof and large timber decks .

i imagine mine's about too the end of it's life by the sounds it makes but i would buy another one without blinking a eye dont waste ya money on cheap crap not worth it in the long run ..

if you're only doing engine bays etc then pretty much anything will do.

However, when you're doing stained concrete, pavers or stripping paint off walls etc, you need real power with a turbo head (pulsating) feature

...Sounds like a toothbrush :down:

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