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Title: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: matty72 on March 04, 2013, 04:05:44 pm

Hi, im about to buy a wet and dry vac, Karcher 1600watt is £200, seems a good price and the make is good, anyone think this is a bad buy and if so what you recommend, cheers.

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: richard jagger on March 04, 2013, 04:19:22 pm

I use a nilfisk at half that price for a 1800watt.Got it off Machine Mart.

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: matty72 on March 04, 2013, 04:24:31 pm

cheers smithie will check it out

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: robert mitchell on March 04, 2013, 04:45:52 pm

Quote from: Smithie on March 04, 2013, 04:19:22 pm

I use a nilfisk at half that price for a 1800watt.Got it off Machine Mart.

I use the same nilfisk vac , has high suction rating for its power.

Ideal for domestics .

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on March 04, 2013, 05:22:10 pm

Quote from: Smithie on March 04, 2013, 04:19:22 pm

I use a nilfisk at half that price for a 1800watt.Got it off Machine Mart.

Ditto- DO NOT BUY KARCHER DOMESTIC PRODUCTS!!!!!!!

I bought that Karcher vac, ended up taking it back as being not fit for purpose. It was pathetic! couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding! Very poor design & quality. Bought a Nilfisk for less money which blew the pants off it in EVERY respect! Nilfisk pressure washers are also far superior to Karcher.

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: Avo on March 04, 2013, 06:57:37 pm

+1 nilfisk 1800watt  ;D

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: Neil Jones on March 04, 2013, 08:58:00 pm

Dont buy a karcher, get a numatic, they are the most reliable vacuums i've found by a mile and I have been through many in the last ten years. When the motors do decide to pack in they are a lot easier to source and fit.

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: ben M on March 04, 2013, 09:10:42 pm

Quote from: Neil Jones on March 04, 2013, 08:58:00 pm

Dont buy a karcher, get a numatic, they are the most reliable vacuums i've found by a mile and I have been through many in the last ten years. When the motors do decide to pack in they are a lot easier to source and fit.

+1

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: lee andrew on March 04, 2013, 10:07:22 pm

i have a george for my own house, 2 young boys cream front room carpet, George is a great wet and dry cleaner cant go wrong with numatic

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: jk999 on March 04, 2013, 10:19:30 pm

yep karcher vacs dont have a very good suction

Title: Re: Karcher vaccum, any good people
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on March 04, 2013, 10:23:18 pm

I was shocked by the poor quality & performance of Karcher. Someone was telling me that it all went tits up when they moved to cheap Chinese production, basically, now you're just getting the equivalent of an Argos own make but paying for the name.