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Thread: Bosch water blaster is a blast!
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23rd October 2006, 11:54 AM #1
Bosch water blaster is a blast!
Hi all,
Been wanting to buy a high pressure water blaster for a while. I have used heaps of them always hireing petrol driven 2-3000 psi jobs that will take the surface of concrete if you hold the wand too close.
Because money is too tight to mention I was looking at the cheapy electric ones but was very nervous about if they would be too gutless to do the job - in this case clean the paths around the house, walls, awnings, car and a bit of commercial work if ..needed final site clean.
Yesterday bit the bullet and bought a Bosch Aqautak 10 from Bunnies for $109.00.
100 Bar - 1450psi (I think) 1300watt . What a little ripper its powerful enought to do anything the larger $2000 machines do, perhaps slower because you have to hold the wand closer to your work surface so you have a smaller cleaning band.
The Karcher (sp?) same size is $99 so 10 bucks cheaper but the Bosch has a metal pump not plastic.
I was so impressed by this 6kg baby that I thought I might share...Now you can all post your horror stories that you have had with this model...
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BT, this sounds like an ideal gift for SWMBO that I can make good use of as well, eg cleaning the BBQ, patio etc.
I looked at the Bosch range and just want to ask why you chose the model you did?
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23rd October 2006, 03:38 PM #3
I hate to admit it but it was the cheapest!
I rang Kennards and the going rate to hire a water blaster was around $100 so I thought if this doesnt do the job I have only wasted 1 days hire, if it lasts more than 1 day I'm ahead.
The model I got was the smallest, they had variants- 100 and 100 plus but from memory they just had a few more attachments that I didnt want.
The only down side I should mention is you have a machine spitting water everywhere that plugs into an extention lead!!!!!!!! I never thought about it until I plugged it in and as I said only ever used petrol machinees before,
I plugged it into my very good earth leakage trip box, doned my rubber wellies and fed the power cord from behind and the hose comming in the direction I was working towards and kept the kids away.
Just needs a bit of safe thinking really.
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23rd October 2006, 03:54 PM #4
Guess you guys don't have the water ban that we have in Melbourne - washing paths, patios etc in Victoria is an absolute no no.
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23rd October 2006, 07:57 PM #5
Sounds good!
I bought a cheapie Karcher a couple of years ago, and the yellow peril is still going strong, plastic pump or not.
Great for car wash duties (allowed under current water restrictions), and for repelling possums :eek:
The Bosch range wasn't around then (at least in my local Bunnies).
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23rd October 2006, 08:22 PM #6
Just remember to buy and use one of those earth leakage thingies that plug into the power point and you plug the extension lead into.
Water + electricity can become a hair raising experiance......
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23rd October 2006, 09:07 PM #7
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23rd October 2006, 09:54 PM #8
Yeah, Thumb, I've got the Karcher (2 years now) and it works a treat. The ones here have the earth leakage device built right into the power lead. Never saw a Bosch over here, probably would have bought it.
Really takes the crud off the patio furniture, too.Cheers,
Bob
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23rd October 2006, 10:32 PM #9
Gentlemen
Whilst washing down hard surfaces should be a no-no, in the current Sydney drought, I understand that, legally, it is not PROVIDED the infeed for the pump comes from a bucket and you have yr hose filling the bucket!
Seems to me that this method will actually use MORE water than if the blaster was connected directly.
They say a society gets the Public Servants it deserves.Bodgy
"Is it not enough simply to be able to appreciate the beauty of the garden without it being necessary to believe that there are faeries at the bottom of it? " Douglas Adams
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5th November 2006, 11:18 AM #10
I purchased the Bosch unit yesterday. The 100Plus model which has all the frills in the form of different fittings and nozzles 350l/h. I was blasted away by the power of the water spurting out. What force. It does cut down on water consumption when wanting to clean something.
Les
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5th November 2006, 01:38 PM #11
The Bosch units are a good, Bleedin. I borrowed one from my brother to clean my roof. In my normal style I allowed it to fall. It ran all right but I didn't think it was the right thing to do to return it, so I bought my brother a new one. That was a few years ago now and it's still going strong.