A pressure washer isn’t quite as powerful as those industrial water cutters but it still packs enough force to eat through a leather boot within seconds if you equip the Red tip. If you want to use detergent, you will have to employ the external bottle which doubles up as a foam generator. Internal soap tanks are nice for convenience but on some pressure washer models like the ePX3000 you have to calculate exactly how much soap you need.
It’s the only one we’ve been able to just push in to attach with an auto click and lock system. Perhaps the others have more solid designs because of the higher power they provide. Ironically, this machine didn’t generate enough force to chip any paint off the board in our test. We thought we were shipped the wrong item when The Force – 1800 arrived in the mail.
The Simpson Cleaning gas pressure washer also has pneumatic wheels for easy movement and a 3,200-PSI pressure. The entire pressure washer has been designed to be as ergonomic as possible. For instance, Stanley put the detachable spray tips right on the wand instead of mounting them to holders within the main unit like most other pressure washers.
If you are carrying the pressure washer with you on camping trips in your trailer or RV, you can simply detach the wheels. This will further reduce the size of the already compact ePX3000, and it can easily fit into a cargo slide on your RV. It also turns out that 5 gallons doesn’t get you too far with a pressure washer. In fact, it got us only about five minutes sun joe spx 3000 of cleaning time, so we had to refill the bag twice while we were cleaning the side of a shed. If you want to use the bag for anything but the smallest cleaning jobs, a nearby hose is a necessity because the bag will need constant refilling. So technically this washer can untether you from a hose—but long enough only for the quickest and most basic cleaning.
All the units we tested can get the job done, but our top picks made setting up, cleaning, and storage much more enjoyable. The Sun Joe – SPX3000 ranked very close to the Ivation we tested for electric pressure washers. This unit, priced very similarly to the Ivation, had lots of pleasant surprises. For example, the best battery-powered washers max out around 500 PSI, compared with Champion Power Equipment the 2,000 to 3,000 PSIs of the best gas or corded electric models. That’s why our experts say battery-powered models, like the WORX 40V Power Share Hydroshot or the Ryobi 8V Brushless EZClean, are still best for lightweight cleaning tasks, like washing the car. Though that will probably change in the next few years as lithium-ion battery technology continues its rapid improvement.