If I recall correctly, Consumer Reports tested pressure washers a while ago and basically recommended people shop around for a decent gas unit.

In my case, I had just splashed out a load of cash for a new aluminum cc servo for the TD so $55 for a pressure washer sent me into Pavlov's-dog mode.

Also, as the local coin wash had just increased its prices for the third time in less than two years -- it's hard to wash a car properly for under $10 now -- I figured that even if the unit was short-lived the cost-benefit calc was in my favour.

That being said, I am usually the first one with the rant against disposable Chinese crap appliances. So when the thing died on me I sort of saw it as Karma biting me....

Interesting the comments on Home Depot. Things must be more sad in the big-box home store market here in Canada than I imagined. Home D is actually considered a premium store here. Lowes isn't big yet in Canada, they came into our market very late in the game.

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