I got way better results buying the cheapest pressure washer at Harbor Freight

Everyone online says you gotta spend at least $300 on a pressure washer or it's junk. I needed to clean a 40 foot long driveway and a fence in Portland before listing a house, so I grabbed the $60 electric one just to see. Used a simple turbo nozzle tip I found for $8 and it took off 15 years of grime in one pass. My boss thought I rented a commercial unit but nope, it was the cheap one with a mod. Has anyone else had luck using that turbo nozzle trick on a low end washer?

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rowanharris3d ago

Hold on, WAIT. You're telling me a $60 washer with an $8 tip did that? That literally sounds TOO good to be true. I don't believe it, I really don't. I just dropped $250 on a name brand unit and it barely touched the moss on my brick pathway. I'm honestly kind of angry right now because I could have bought ten of those cheap ones for what I spent. Maybe I need to hunt down that turbo nozzle immediately because this is making me feel like an idiot for overthinking everything.

sam_thomas2d ago

People get WAY too caught up in brand names sometimes. A cheap washer with the right nozzle can do serious work if the pump puts out decent pressure. Sounds like you just fell for the marketing like half the people on these forums do.