Best $400 pressure washer

Bought mine at Sam's Club for $350 or $400. Honda powered, pump is by Simpson. It has a 5 different tips. Has worked without incident for 5+ years. Well worth the cost. It has even survived a few uses by neighbors/friends (against my better judgment) and still running strong.
 
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I've got a $400 Troybuilt XP w 2600 PSI and 5 tips. It was purchased about 6 years ago when my electric unit died. The good part is that the Honda motor ALWAYS starts easily. The bad part is that it's a PITA to store and move around. It's also a PITA to set up for use The plastic on the frame and soap bottles is cheezy and breaks easily. Lastly, they had pump problems with these. Run the motor with no water attached and you have a $400 piece of junk. The garden hose kinked on mine once so the pump slips now and then.
I bought it back in the day where I needed to reach up two stories to clean. It did that marginally. Now I own a ranch house and could get by with allot less. In fact, if this died tomorrow, I think i'd just opt for a smaller ( but quality) 1600 psi electric unit again. Like most people, I overestimated my needs and the capabilities of the machine. ( i.e 2600 PSI can destroy siding/decking FAST if you have the wrong tip installed. (I learned the hard way that for most jobs, less pressure is better than too much.)
 
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Zipdog said:
You won't get a good new one for $400. Accept it.
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Well... maybe you are right.

Yesterday I picked up the $399 Ryobi with the Honda engine. Assembly only took a couple minutes and didn't require any cursing or the dog running for cover... that was nice.

Then I went to fill it up with oil... the dipstick showed it was already full. Hmmmm... Then opened the gas cap and was greeted with the aroma of a half tank of stale gas.

Called Ryobi CS.

Q: Do y'all ship your pressure washers full of oil and stale gas?

A. (nice young English speaking gal). No sir.

Q. The reason I ask is that's the way mine came in the box from Home Depot.

A. You should return it to Home Depot.

OK.

So it's pouring down rain... I mean really pouring down rain. Perfect! Put it back in the cardboard box and loaded it back in the truck. Arrived back at Home Deport and asked the gal at the return desk if they had a couple young fellas to grab a soggy cardboard box with a pressure washer in it out of the back of my truck.... I'll let you guys fill in the rest of the story with your imagination. :D
 
ChattanoogaPhil said:
That's what I was thinking.... but.

I was seriously considering this Ryobi with a Honda engine from Home Depot. After reading a lot of unhappy camper reviews who had used it for a while I had some doubts.

Ryobi 3100-PSI 2.5-GPM Honda Gas Pressure Washer with Idle Down-RY80940B - The Home Depot
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Got one of the RYOBI washers..( SUBARU engine) from HD.. would not trade it.. works perfect every time easy one pull start:D:D:D

Also look into a ROTATING turbo nozzle... MOST EXCELLENT attachment:D
 
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Funny this thread popped up. I was just looking at the Troy-Bilt XP 3100-PSI 2.7 Gallons with the honda engine at lowes.

Juts need it to clean the pool furniture and concrete once a month.

Minus my 10% veterans discount and the 5% for using the lowes card it comes out to around 375 out the door. Not bad.

No need to winterize out here so I should just be able to drop some stabil in it and be good.
 
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Good thread, looking to replace my electric within the year.
I'll probably miss my little buzzer. Adequate enough for my needs I
can use it atop a ladder without much sphincter clench, I don't have
to chase the resin patio chairs very far and when I make an errant
pass over my bare foot there remains some flesh.
 
C Phil -Somebody at Home Depot would have to do some explaining on a deal like that. Every once in a while I get some car parts that have been swapped out with cheap house brand parts in the name brand box,does not make me happy! I give them back to the delivery driver and waste time waiting for the real part that I paid for.
 
eb07 said:
Funny this thread popped up. I was just looking at the Troy-Bilt XP 3100-PSI 2.7 Gallons with the honda engine at lowes.

Juts need it to clean the pool furniture and concrete once a month.

Minus my 10% veterans discount and the 5% for using the lowes card it comes out to around 375 out the door. Not bad.

No need to winterize out here so I should just be able to drop some stabil in it and be good.
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Well I bought it. Somehow it was priced wrong so I got it for 349 plus the 10% discount. It has the honda motor.

Took 5 minutes to put it together, and started right up. I did the whole pool deck and all the furniture.

Thanks for the heads up this was a timely thread.
 
Better weather today...

Went back to Home Depot. Gal at the CS desk remembered me (can't imagine why :D) and greeted me with a smile. She asks "Ya wanna try another?" I said sure, let's try the one that's about 20 feet up in the rafters. I Reckon they haven't fueled that one up and taken it for a spin yet." She chuckles and gives me a wink, then calls a guy over to fetch it. Of course he initially fusses, insisting they already have some on the floor. She tells him go the one he wants anyway... then gives me that cute smile that young gals know how to give old farts at the counter. ;)

Put it together and pressure washed the brick mail box for a test run. Works great and surprising not very loud. Driveway and walkways tomorrow.
 
vonn said:
C Phil -Somebody at Home Depot would have to do some explaining on a deal like that. Every once in a while I get some car parts that have been swapped out with cheap house brand parts in the name brand box,does not make me happy! I give them back to the delivery driver and waste time waiting for the real part that I paid for.
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The gal said they're not supposed to have anything with gas in the store section. Maybe someone returned it and said they hadn't used it.. I duknow.

My guess is that pressure washers get returned often. After ten years nagging wife convinces husband to clean the driveway and patio. Guy drops $400 on a pressure washer. A few hours later he's done then looks at the pressure washer and asks himself what am I going to do with it for the next ten years? Returns it. Buys a gun with the $400. :p

Really, I had no need to buy a pressure washer. Ace Hardware rents a 3100psi equivalent for $30/6hrs. But hey, my new pressure washer has a Honda engine. That makes a total of four Hondas for me. No need for all that advertised "Men's Low T" when ya got Honda engines in the shop! :D
 
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