Before you buy a pressure washer for your needs, the primary consideration should be what you will use it for. The pressure washers intended for personal use will differ from those that are designed for commercial use. Pressure washers can be used for a multitude of cleaning tasks, from cleaning your outdoor items such as cars, furniture, walls of your home, driveways, to heavy-duty cleaning of items in commercial centers like shops, industries, construction sites etc. As pressure washers come in varying designs, bar rated pressure and safety features, it is important that you know your needs before you decide on the right pressure washer.

Do you want to use your pressure washer for personal use or business use? Different spec is required for different jobs. Domestic cleaning tasks may include both light duty cleaning of items like garden tools, furniture and heavy duty cleaning of items like farm equipment, walls, driveways etc. If you want a pressure washer for commercial use you will need one with greater water pressure, water flow and horse power.

When you need a pressure washer for home use, you should look for a pressure washer that can clean the items in less time but using less effort. It is important that your pressure washer should be capable of cleaning windows, walls, patios, fences, vehicles, lawn mowers, driveways etc. Remember that the proper combination of nozzles, attachments, LPM and cleaning detergent solutions ensure that you can do these cleaning tasks much more effectively.

Likewise, you can not overlook the portable feature of a pressure washer since some high-end machines are very heavy. Most pressure washers come with handles so that you can easily move them to anywhere you like without straining yourself. However, it is a good idea to look for a pressure washer that comes with wheels.

Check to see that you can do multiple cleaning tasks with your pressure washer. Remember that pressure washers with adjustable settings will help you to get the maximum benefit out of your pressure washer.

With your pressure washer, you will indeed need a few accessories depending on the specific model of your pressure washer. Check to see how much it will cost to replace any accessory in case a specific component does not work.

Pressure washers come with different water pressure which is generally measured in ‘bar’. Typically, powerful pressure washers have greater pressure of up to 130 bars as against the low-powered pressure washers which have bar pressure around 100 bars. Although most pressure washers allow you to adjust the water pressure so that you can do any job, from light-duty cleaning to heavy duty cleaning tasks, a few models are designed for particular jobs and come with specific bar pressure.

It is important that the pressure washer with right water pressure should be used for a particular cleaning task. If you use a pressure washer with higher pressure for cleaning items like bicycles or furniture (which do not require higher water pressure), it will actually cause damage to these items.

Light duty Pressure washers with water pressure of 100 bar are suitable for cleaning two wheeler vehicles, garden tools, furniture and rubber bins.

If you need to clean items like cars, boats, Lorries, lawn mowers and wooden fences, it is better to go for pressure washers (up to 110 bars) that are suitable for these medium duty cleaning tasks.

Heavy-duty pressure washers have 120 – 130 bar pressure and are ideal for cleaning patios, drive ways, brick walls and farm equipment.

Pressure washer with higher horse power motor does the cleaning task much faster. Check to see the PSI (Pounds per Square Inch) rating of the pressure washer as it refers to the amount of pressure that it can produce. Be sure that your pressure washer has high PSI rating so that it has more power to do multiple cleaning tasks. Like wise, LPM (Litres Per Minute) of pressure washer is also an important indicator on how fast it can clean the items. However, for both higher LPM and PSI, a pressure washer should have a powerful motor to pressurize the water.

The motor of the pressure washer is either powered by petrol or electricity. The petrol-powered pressure washers are suitable for outdoor work and industrial applications. They usually provide greater pressures so they clean the items much more effectively than electric powered pressure washers. However, they can not be used in indoors as they tend to produce carbon monoxide in the surroundings.

Electric-powered pressure washers lack power and pressure, however, they can be used both indoors or -and outdoors. They also run much quieter than petrol-powered pressure washers

Karcher HDS 745 M Eco Hot water Pressure washer

Hot water pressure washers are suitable for farm and industrial applications as they can clean the items more efficiently and faster than cold water pressure washers. With hot water pressure washers, you need less soap or detergent to clean heavy-duty tasks so they help you to save your money as well.

Karcher Cold water Pressure Washer

However, cold water washers have some notable advantages like their simple-to-use and portable features.