Karcher K 5.93 M

I received this Karcher pressure washer in February 2009 and have been using it on average once to twice per month. In my estimation it is not the most powerful pressure washer in the world so if you are… interested in cleaning large areas or for any production type work think of looking elsewhere. On the plus side I have experienced the following: -good for an afternoon cleaning of a patio, deck, or roof. -easy to cart around, it isn't too heavy -very little set up time and no worries regarding a gas engine. Set up, use, and put away. -We have not experienced any issues with the pump or motor. On the negative side: -I let is bounce over a concrete step and one of the wheels cracked. I wouldn't necessarily blame Karcher, but do take care. -The water inlet is recessed making it somewhat difficult to attach the garden hose. I would suggest buying a no-kink hose adapter to attach to the water inlet so that the garden hose connection is external to the housing. -In some cases it draws more water than our garden hose can provide leading to what appears to be cavitation... Pausing for a second or two solves this issue and using a large diameter garden hose greatly cuts down on the frequency. Overall I would recommend this pressure washer. I give this pressure washer 5/5 stars for its good service history and ease of use... even though the somewhat short sighted design of the water inlet required purchase of a ~$5 hose adapter to prevent potential skinning of knuckles...

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As others have reported, the Karcher pressure washers are good products, I have to agree Karcher, as vendor is less than stellar. I have purchased two Karcher units within the last year. The first low end… model purchased from [...] the k3.47 is no longer sold/supported in the US and exploded after 8 months. I lost the [...] receipt so I could not claim warranty or replacement. So that's my fault. So this time, I purchased from Amazon Karcher's top line consumer model the K.93m. The unit arrived as promised, however the output spigot was sheer off inside the case - the unit was SHIPPED broken. There was virtually no damage to the shipping container. This unit obviously packed as broken. Why did I purchase another Karcher, because I owned a number of attachments from the K3.47 and wanted to reuse. Why did I purchase from Amazon - because Amazon customer service is FANTASTIC. With ONE email to Amazon, Amazon shipped an overnight a replacement. From DOA to replacement, mouse click to door bell was less than 16 hours. Moral of the story, great customer service can easily make up for a poor product/vendor. BTW the broken unit was shipped via FedEx - the WORKING replacement shipped via UPS. Long live Amazon customer service - just make sure you buy from Amazon and NOT Karcher.

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We bought a Karcher K3.98 electric pressure washer two years ago. It quit after 4 uses. We followed all the instructions. Karcher convinced us to use the Rapid Exchange program that would get us a rebuit… washer. We used that one 3 times before it quit. Each use was for about 30 minutes. We wrote an email to Karcher (could not find any 800 number to speak with someone), and got a reply after several days. That reply said that "the problem is either Karcher's, ours or bad luck". It continued: "Good luck if we go with a competitor's product". We consider the Karcher electric power washer very tempermental and like a crap shoot - you never know when or if it will start.

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