Pressure washer turbo nozzles

[knaffie]

My pressure washer is 2800 PSI and I think 3 GPM. I have a set of 4 nozzles in various spray patterns, but I hear these turbo nozzles work much better, so time to get one.

Are they all created fairly equal? I see there are $100 models and $30 models. I know to buy one that is relatively close to the rating of my (as in don't buy one for a 5000 PSI machine).

Anybody had any experience with these things? I see Sears, Home Depot, Lowes, Menards all have them too. I'm wondering if any of them are better than the rest.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200319685_200319685?cm_vc=C5503

[demonranger]

Once upon a time I had an electric pressure washer that used this as the only nozzle, it worked well it is basically a zero degree jet that spins in a circle, They work rather well for a throurough and deep cleaning much faster than a zero degree nozzle would. I have to say that with my current pressure washer I have never had the need to break out the zero degree nozzle as I have plenty of pressure with the wider nozzles to clean what I'm looking for.

[76scoutman]

I bought one similar at Lowes a while back and to me it wasn't worth the coin. It will do a nice wide circle pattern but for my washer I had to go slow to keep it from doing circular kaladescope patterns on the driveway. I have a 2300 psi at 2.8gpm. Maybe I don't have enough washer for the nozzle. Who knows.

[RustoleumWhite]

They kick ass. A demon said, they are a rotating 0º, but because its rotating its a little softer on thing then a strait 0º. I usually use it almost exclusively as it really gets down and dirty, unless I specifically need the softness of the fan nozzle.


Be careful however, it can still tear shit up pretty good if your not careful.


As for quality, I don't know. My little, cheapo electric came with one, and its never failed (at least the nozzle), we got one a few years back for the bigger 4K machine, but I can't remember how much it was. I think it was closer to the $100 mark, I know we put it off for a long time because they aren't cheap.

If you only want to do it once I suppose go with the $100 one, if you have time/effort to experiment, try the $30 and see how it holds. They aren't rocked science, but I can see room for corner cutting that would effect the over-all durability.

[jasonmt]

I have one on a 4gpm/3600psi machine and rarely use it except to knock dried up mud off of the quad/bobcat/trailer etc. as it will easily knock paint off anywhere there is a paint chip.

In light of 76scoutman's comments also keep in mind that you need to match up the orifice size of the nozzle to your pressure washers GPM and pressure, a over-sized orifice can reduce the pressure coming out of the machine by quite a bit.

[jmcbroom]

I have one on a 4gpm/3600psi machine and rarely use it except to knock dried up mud off of the quad/bobcat/trailer etc. as it will easily knock paint off anywhere there is a paint chip.

In light of 76scoutman's comments also keep in mind that you need to match up the orifice size of the nozzle to your pressure washers GPM and pressure, a over-sized orifice can reduce the pressure coming out of the machine by quite a bit.

I have one with similar specs. Don't get it too close to concrete and wear pants. That shit hurts if you're wearing shorts.

After we moved in and got the house painted I moved all the paint to the attic on a little shelf. Well, a few of the paint cans decided they didn't like it much up there and jumped for freedom. They came down hard enough to knock open the attic door and fall just short of where the Jeep was.

I decided screw it, it's just a garage, and that paint sat there for 3 years before I had had enough of it and took the pressure washer to it (actually, I bought the PW just for the paint spill). It took a few hours, but that 3600GPM washer with a 0 degree tip did remove it. I wish I would've had one of the turbo nozzles though, it would've sped things up quiet a bit.

I now have these cool little swirl marks in the concrete where the paint was.