My recommendation for the perfect pressure washer to detail cars at home. Details about the kit: www.mckillans.com/products/active-2-0-pressure-washer-with-upgrades
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Yep, no kidding. First of all, *all* pressure washers, even this one need a nozzle on it (which restricts flow) to give any appreciable pressure. Secondly, it's over $500. So how is its performance "completely unmatched at this price point" then? 🙄 Can easily get a gas washer way cheaper than this that will perform as well. It won't be as compact and be electric, but still there are very few electric pressure washers that cost this kind of money. Whole thing is a sham, this guy definitely got this for free from the manufacturer. Otherwise is just talking foolishness.
@@bobmarley2140plus $150, not $200. Also despite this video being an ad for their products, hes actually correct. For the quality and power of this pressure washer, the price is insanely low and tocmake it better, its not even cheaply made. Mine has lasted me 7 years and still feels like how it did when i got it.
Yes, pressure goes down. But that's only if water is let to speed up more freely. Here water ( fluid + ambient fluids+ surface barrier) jet is restricted . Like the ground-effect manifest.
How often do you use it? If you only use it once a month for 30 minutes yes harbor freight washer will last you but run it for 6-8 hours a day and see if it lasts a week 😅
@@jjstopka89 The one in the video isn't commercial grade either and who's running any pressure washer for more then 30 minutes continuously or 6/8 hours a day to wash a car I use mine during the spring summer and fall and also use it to wash two cars two motorcycles and a travel trailer I have at a campground so all in all it gets used 2 to 3 times a month during those months it's doing everything I want it to I'm just washing my cars not running a commercial car wash it is what it is all 99 bucks of it lol
@@ZEBEE0110 jetter? Lmao 15gpm would tear up anything I wash. Unless you're splitting to two outputs. Try touching a semi with that, you'll peel off the paint 🤣 wouldn't be surprised if that damaged concrete
Laughs in trailer mounted commercial bunch of gallons super strong pushes me over I’m 6’2 with burner and soap that could melt the shit crusted in Joe Bidens diaper.
@austint1151 yep no idea where people are pulling these numbers from. No one, ever, washes a car with those numbers. This is an electric pressure washer, not petrol or diesel. That stuffs for house cleaning not cars
@@RICARD01 And guess what, even on shitty cheapest pressure washers I've never had any issues with having a good foam as long as I used a good soap. So gallons per minute is irrelevant when it's not a limiting factor even on the lowest of the lowest quality and performing pressure washers.
@IMNOTA it's all subjective, bud. What you call GOOD foam vs someone else is the key. You're paying less for the total setup, so you're willing to be okay with shitty results. Lol.
@@teamidris Was it on a car you painted on your driveway? HIgh pressure washers have been used for a LONG time without this happening so no, it does not happen unless that should be removed anyway and redone.
@@michaelmay5453I’ve had paint chip off a 2 year old car from several feet away. They aren’t going to damage paint- but it can certainly ripped off trash paint
@@michaelmay5453 No, I did the van in sections and as soon and the colour coat was dry I blasted on the two-pack clear coat. It was an 80’s Mercedes diesel car that my mate Darren blew the clear coat off the rear wing :o)
Yeah for the cost of $350+ I will stay with my ryobi keeps going strong after 3 years and the turbo nozzle tip is amazing! If it does go bad I can just get another one for $100
Ryobi makes a 2.3gpm washer for $200-$250 idk where he figures it's performance is unmatched but I'll admit the reviews on that machine are all saying it's amazing but it is t cheap like he says here it's expensive
Quit comparing a home depot pressure washer to this..most here see the cheapest shit and they think its the same as a product that costs 3x that much for good reason..
Lol I'm also a pressure washer mechanic. I don't work on these small ones though, with my labor rate it'd be cheaper to replace. I do commercial washers and custom trailer builds.
How is there enough work in your guys areas to make a living? Are you only fixing pressure washers? Is there thousands of pressure wash companies in your area or something?
Dude, those quick connects are next level. I have a beastly pressure washer and rarely use it since it requires so much setup time. Thanks bro, keep it 💯
I would recommend getting the quick connections off of the feed hose. It's worth the extra setup time to make sure there are no leaks. A leak on the pump supply means air in the line. When the pump is running, that means cavitation in the chambers, and the seal cups will wear prematurely, tear, or get hot and extrude, causing low pressure and eventually failure. Cool little unit.
I paid 119 for small pressure waster unit with the foam addon. works great 3 years. you don't need high psi. just good soap and proper technique to do the wash.
Here is the link to the kit: www.mckillans.com/products/active-2-0-pressure-washer-with-upgrades It's currently sold out, but restocking very soon. Click "notify me when available" to join the waitlist!
@@bbman1994 $550 is for a kit that comes with a swivel gun, foam cannon, extension wand and stainless quick connects and the 2.0. The Active 2.0 is $350 everywhere including our site. MSRP exist for a reason.
@@mckillanshey man, your misleading people a little bit here. Read up on the differences between pressure, flow rate and velocity. They are not interchangeable but you conflate all three in your video here.
There is so much sophistication going on on the internet for washing cars. Back then people used to throw some soap water and be done with it. Its not like its not going to be dirty again.
The GPM output can’t be higher than your GPM input from your garden hose. Pressure washer work by forcing the water through that tiny nozzle, it doesn’t matter what fancy design the pump is, as long as it pushes the water through. The stronger the pump and the smaller the nozzle the more pressure you get. Want more GPM? Get a bigger pump and a water tanks buffer system. Or just use a nozzle with a bigger opening. - a pressure washing enthusiast.
@@dailyDIYdude A pressure washer can be used without an external tap, provided that the water source is sufficiently high to supply enough water to the pressure washer pump. If you have a pressure washer with its own water supply or can pump the water from an outside source, it is possible to do this.
As someone who sells water blasters for living. The deciding factor of these machines is the power you can draw from the power outlet. It’s a sea saw. More power = less flow. If you have not flow, you will have less pressure. That’s a pretty standard pump. Three piston wobble plate design. Common in hydraulics.
You guys are confused, once the water is out of the hose the pressure is 0, and the energy is converted into speed, therefore, the water hitting the target is a force, which is F=Mass x Acceleration. It states that the rate of change of velocity of an object is directly proportional to the force applied and takes place in the direction of the force. It is summarized by the equation: Force (N) = mass (kg) × acceleration (m/s²). Thus, an object of constant mass accelerates in proportion to the force applied. Newton's 2nd law
The pressure of the fluid at the instant it exits the nozzle is exactly atmospheric pressure. The pressure number is measured within the pump- it 'trades' that high pressure for high velocity as it exits.
No when you restrict the nozzle, pressure between pump and nozzle goes up, flow volume goes down. just like a garden hose, imagine the valve at your house is the pump, now turn valve full on, with nothing on the end of the hose the hose will see little to no pressure because the supply from valve can not keep up with free flow demand hence no hose pressure. now put a sprayer on the hose, allow .5 g/m from said sprayer, the valve can supply 2 g/m you are letting .5g/m out of the sprayer. That is an oversupply of 1.5g/m and the hose will see as much pressure as the pump can make.
the pressure of a sprayer like this is measured before the nozzle. the pressure drop and velocity increase occur at the nozzle only. a pump with lower flow, would thus require a smaller nozzle to compensate for the flow difference for the same pressure at the nozzle.
As a pressure washing business owner….this thing pretty cool. 2gpm on that lil thang? Shocker. But promise if that thing ever breaks your it’s going to be quite the headache.
Im going to be honest, ladies and gentlemen. Invest in the STIHL brand. As a technician I can say we hardly see warranty repairs, but when we do its 1-3 day turn over rate, you, the customer gets their product in their hands with the problem fixed and no money spend, and most repairs we see that are damaged are by the user. My typical customer has had there equipment for 15 years and just coming for regular maintenance. So check it, we have 3 electrical pressure washers with 3 year warranty’s on each. 1600 psi, 1800 psi, 2000 psi. So not only are you getting better, you have options of equal workmanship but of different value based on output and not quality. Quality stays the same across the bored. 159.99, 219.99 and lastly 369.99. Still way under that 525 range but with literally triple the value. Do yourself the favor!
I used to detail with a $80 sun joe electric pressure washer gravity fed by a 20 gallon water tank, a $120 2000watt generator. Had a whole mobile rig for under $400 lol
Actually when you restrict the flow pressure goes down. Bernoullis principle says that in a convergent (putting your thumb over the hole) velocity increases and pressure decreases…science!
