Pressure washer and snow foam advice

[jostheboss]

I'm looking at getting a pressure washer and snow foam lance next week, wonder if you can help!

I've seen the snow foam lances on cleanyourcar.com at around £40/£50, but i've also seen a few pressure washers with 'foam sprayers' included.

Are these included accessories any good, or will I end up getting the one from cleanyourcar.com anyway because its rubbish?

I dont want to buy a pressure washer just because it comes with the accessories if they're no good!

This is what I was looking at:
Nilfisk 115Bar with accessories

Also what power washer would you recommend, and I know Karcher is a top brand, but are they worth spending the extra money?

Cheers!

 

[Robo_#1]

TBH, from what I've read Nilfisk are the the one to go for over Karscher. Especially at the price bracket your looking at (the more expensive Karscher ones are supposedly built properly). I have a Karscher now and there's no chance I'll be buying another any time soon, its ****.

Lucky for me it's kept at the In-Laws as I live in a flat so isn't used that often otherwise it'd have been in the skip a long time ago.

With regards to the foam lance thing, I can't really give you an educated opinion on it as I've not used the ones that come with the units. All I can say is I have a swissvax one (~£50) and its a pretty weighty piece of kit and supposedly contains a fair few components inside the little brass head on it. I'd be very surprised if the plastic ones your getting for free do an equally good job. But if its thrown in with the washer, then you could always try that first, if its pants buy a dedicated lance

 

[Mentalpen]

I've had a K3.80 i think it is for years, has been a dream after going through 3 in one year of lesser quality brands. I wash 2 cars twice a week so its had some hammer.

There is a karcher outlet on the web that will save you a few pennies.

also ultimate finish have a good rage of lances.

 

[Magic]

I use a Karcher, but tbh, they are much of a muchness when spending over £200 on one. I don't use the supplied foam/shampoo kit though, prefer to stick with the traditional bayonet style lances like you've mentioned. Take a look at www.shinearama.co.uk and use discount code a2d8 which will bring the price down for you. Free next day shipping too