Spent $400 on a cheap pressure washer that died after 3 uses

I bought this no-name pressure washer off Amazon back in June, figured it would be fine for cleaning my driveway and siding. After maybe 3 hours total run time the pump just seized up and started leaking oil everywhere. Took it apart and the internals were basically plastic garbage. Anyone else get burned by one of those budget brands or did I just pick the worst one?

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oliver_torres416d ago

and honestly man you got off lucky only losing $400. i had a buddy who bought one of those off-brand ones for like $200, thought he got a steal, and it blew up on the first use. like literally shot a cloud of smoke and the thing just quit. he tried to get a refund from the seller but they ghosted him. the thing is those cheap pressure washers are all built the same way, plastic pumps with no way to fix them. you're basically paying for a disposable tool that's gonna break the second you give it any real work. i learned the hard way too, now i just stick with something from a real brand, even if it's a basic model. way less headache in the long run.

drew80516d ago

Honestly @oliver_torres4 that sucks man.