The foam sprayer was very efficient for surface cleaning jobs while the other nozzles deal with the trickier cleaning tasks with the pressure adjusted by simply twisting the nozzle heads. The hose is 8 m long, robust and sufficiently flexible – although it’s stiffer than the best hoses in our test. If you’ve already got a general household washer and you’ve got plenty of bikes to maintain then this portable device is really worth considering, because it has been made with two wheels in mind. It's long enough to go all around the car, and the hose is easy to reel back in when it's time to move the pressure washer. However, it does work well for rinsing grass from the lawnmower, mud from your bike or for rinsing off dirty boots.

The higher the water pressure, the higher the speed (and therefore the higher the kinetic energy) the water will have when it encounters the surface to be cleaned, and the greater the power the surface will be subjected to. This is all very helpful, except the machine is so versatile and user-friendly on its own that it won’t take you long to figure out exactly what you need, to complete your job with the minimum of effort and its controls are so intuitive you can do it all on the fly without having to waste time consulting the app. The good thing about testing pressure washers is that we get to tackle our rather intimidating list of outdoor cleaning jobs that sits waiting for us after winter hibernation. Integrated detergent tank – built in detergent tank allows you to easily apply detergent directly through the machine. You roll up the hose and push it in between the handle and the body of the machine, then simply lift the entire thing up.You can quickly undo slacken it by turning one of the pegs, and then the entire length of the cable can then be removed at once. The pistol has both a childproof catch and cruise control so you can lock it in the active position. Domestic pressure washers generally have electric motors that you connect to a normal earthed wall outlet.

kg Length: 345 mm Width: 395 mm Height: 900 mm Water quantity min-max-: 400-500 l/hr Water temperature (max): 60 degrees Remote control: No Electric cable length: 5 m Noise level: Medium (Measured mean value: 87. It’s fine for the average homeowner who wants to wash the outside of the house or the car from time to time. Bosch Fontus is the manufacturer's series of mobile pressure washers, and what sets them apart from the competition is that they are slightly larger and that they have a water tank.

At the same time the hose is quite stiff, especially in cold conditions, which makes it fiddly to handle. The C140 comes with two nozzle attachments (rough and gentle) which are fixed to the gun according to the difficulty of the job at hand, but what we really liked about the C140 was the ultraflex hose which allowed us to work easily in tight spots.