Water flow is the rate water is pushed out of the lance; the higher the water flow, the greater the amount of water forced out and used. Water flow is measured in litres per hour and can range from 300 l/h on entry models up to 600 on the higher-end models. Waterflow is important for removing and washing away dirt on patios and driveways, for example. What is Bar Pressure? Comes with both a garden tap adaptor as well as a suction hose, meaning that you can use it just about anywhere! There are also several accessories included – certainly more than come with most machines – which helps it achieve the accolade of best value pressure washer. The accessories include: brush-head attachments, various nozzles, and an additional extra-long 26 m hose. The extra hose is easy to attach to the pressure washer when the standard 8 m hose isn’t long enough, meaning tasks can be completed without even having to move the pressure washer unit. The P 180 doesn’t come with a detergent attachment, but then it doesn’t need one. A pull-out tank at the rear of the unit takes detergents, surface cleaners and snow foams, and will distribute them until it runs dry. Meanwhile, a huge range of accessories covers you for everything from specialist nozzles to brush heads, making it a very adaptable tool. For a compact pressure washer that is budget friendly, yet still capable of lifting dirt from the patio, the VonHaus Home Pressure Washer is a great option to consider. It has a flow rate of 330 L/h and 90 bar pressure.

Proper maintenance and storage of your pressure washer are crucial for ensuring its longevity and performance. Regular maintenance tasks include:

Washing the car, cleaning your patio or blasting mud from your bike? The best pressure washers make the job quick and easy

Supplied with a range of pressure washer nozzles, two fixed and rotary brushes, rotary patio cleaner and premium foam cleaner detergent bottle for deep cleaning By using the different nozzles, jets and lances, this pressure washer can clean gutters and cars, and even strip moss, algae and grime from paving slabs. In fact, the finest jet is so powerful that it can visibly ‘write’ on grubby driveways.

Offering 155 bars of continuous pressure, it isn’t quite as strong as the Kärcher K7 pressure washer (which works at 160 bars), but it comes pretty close. For this reason it’s well suited to domestic use. It took us around 10 minutes to assemble once we’d manhandled it out of its box, but once you have everything connected and the reel crank and lance holster in place, actually using the P 180 is straightforward. You adjust the power level on the machine rather than on the lance, but the big rotary dials make it easy to turn the P 180 on or off, or turn the power up or down. You can then adjust the water pattern, and so the pressure, by rotating the metallic portion of the nozzle left or right. Beyond that, it’s just point and shoot. With all of that extra power behind it, it’s hardly surprising that this pressure washer did a fantastic job ! Pressure output, measured in PSI, and water flow rate, measured in L/hr, are critical factors in determining the cleaning power of a pressure washer.

Pressure is measured in bars or in psi (Pressure: Pounds per Square Inch). Typically, electric pressure washers will range from 75 up to 180 bars (1100 up to 2600 psi). Hose Length With 100 bars of pressure, the Makita HW101 will remove algae from a small patio in around an hour. The included accessories are basic but functional; it has a spray nozzle that can be twisted to achieve a range of different powers from a concentrated spray to a wide fan.