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Lock and Load tested by Machinery Nation we've got a mini washer from Alco bucket type from
Greenworks a more traditional looking one from Karcher a wheelie suitcase from Makita
and a monster from demon International we are going to test them on wood test them on
concrete and check out their features and benefits from Alka we have the handheld PW
1850 which is powered by an 18 volt Bosch power Alliance battery and has a run time
of 20 minutes creates 22 bar of pressure and cost 109 pounds plus the battery and charger
from Greenworks we have the bucket type G40 gdc40 40 volt machine which has a run time
of 16 minutes creates 70 bar of pressure has a 20 liter tank and costs 179 pounds plus
the batteries and charger from Makita we have the dhw080z K 36 volt tool running on two
18 volt batteries with 34 minutes of run time 55 bar of pressure and cost 449 pounds plus
the battery and charger from Karcher we have the hd4 11 CBP which runs on the 72 volt platform
has a run time of 34 minutes creates 110 bar of pressure and costs 1699 pounds plus the
batteries and charger and from demon International we have the mini Bowser e running a 24 volt
system on 135 amp battery which has a run time of 160 minutes create 103 bar of pressure
and costs 8 585 pounds including the battery and 30 amp charger all right so first up the
little Alco handheld machine which as I mentioned it runs on the Bosch Alliance battery so you
can actually take that battery out which is the ALCO battery and take your drill battery
out of your Bosch drill and put it in to your Alco handheld pressure washer like so and
vice versa and there's loads of different products and Brands now getting on this platform
so it's definitely worth considering for that reason right let's set it up and do some pressure
washing so it comes with a little rubber to put over your battery to protect your battery
which I like Everyone likes a bit of protection there we go quite easy to put on compared
to some Just Clips in the bottom and then you can clip your hose pipe or this one which
we're going to be using on the vacuum so we can put it into a container but you can obviously
just plug your hose pipe in there as well and then you can change your nozzle on the
End by taking that one off and you can put on your soap dispenser or chemical dispenser
it goes in the same way and clips on pretty neat and then on the end here you can change
that round move that around to different angles and different fans if you just want a jet
coming out have a jet or 40 degree angle or for watering you just put it on the watering
mode it's like a watering can right pop it in the bucket all right so you can take your
pick on what you want to put it into but I've got a barrel of water and I've got a bucket
of water so they'll both work they can pop your filter into the barrel get it right to
the bottom and you can clip it on there so then that's not going to come out and now
well the truth is push the button in put the trigger down and see what happens allow it
to prime it through first here it comes here we are of watering mode all right can we turn
it up I should probably hold the trigger off when I turn it cool look at that 40 degrees
and then for your jet there we are look at that
quite easy right so the green works it works on their 40 volt battery platform where you've
got a multitude of different tools can run on the same battery it comes with like a proper
lamp like you sort of get from a normal pressure washer which all Clips together and you've
got your nozzle on the end this goes in like so and then again you've also got a shampoo
soap chemical dispenser and then your hose the nice thing about this is a bucket type
so you haven't actually got to have your Barrel or your bucket of water to put into it you
just got your bucket so you can unclip this here each side and then you can just lift
your bucket off so you can fill up your bucket without carrying your pressure washer around
or you can go and perhaps dip it out of a river clean River I'd recommend and then it's
got a little nipple on the bottom and then your hose in there so you can still plug your
hose into this as well so you have the hose and just plug it straight in if you don't
use the bucket have the bucket of water back on clip it down and clip it in right let's
plug the hoses in and do some washing so the hose just goes into the side give it a push
and then you can get that to grip onto there Nice metal fittings on this I'll give it that
wind that up nice and tight and then your Lance Clips in in front of the trigger so
you pull that one back push that in nice and tight and let go and then that's all nice
locked in there ready to rock and roll right fill it with water
all right so the battery got a little door on the side goes in sideways Clips in there
closes the door up so when you're ready got a little button on the side turn the button
on you hear a pump and then it will Prime itself and then hold the trigger in then off
you go ready to start washing so when you want to move you can just pick up your handle
and go on so the Makita it comes in a proper storage box so everything is all inside but
this storage box isn't just the storage box pop the handles off there nice tough design
open that up and you reveal your little pressure washer inside so if we take everything out
you can now fill it with water and it's got the little handle on the end with wheels on
the back so you can wheel it around so you can go to your TAP fill that up with water
and then wheel it back to where you need to go you haven't actually got to lift it so
that's really good it's a nice feature about this it's actually got a water seal all the
way around so once you've got your water in there you can close it up lock it up and it's
completely watertight so you can actually put on the back of a vehicle or a van and
not have to worry about the liquid leaking out or moving around because you can fill
out the water you don't need your Barrel or a bucket full of water but you'll need this
as your suction hose so you put that inside first you can undo the cap on the lid and
you send that out through there so now that is in the bottom and you fill that with water
so you fill up the water first so once you've got that full of water you can close your
lid down and clip it together and now you've got your hose pipe coming out the top so it's
now your water source have your washer and clip that onto the top like so and if you
have your lead on this end you've also got another filter here so you have that filter
and you screw that onto that side of the washer or you lead round and screw that in as well
make sure it's all nice and tight the tighter it is the better seal you're getting better
vacuuming suction same with all of them as with the others you can still plug a Mains
hose pipe in here it comes with the adapters to be able to do it and just Clips in on the
side rather than having to use the bucket as with the green Welsh you've got a proper
land but with this one you've actually got two so you've got two different nozzles on
the end one's a Powerball nozzle and then you've got a high and low pressure nozzle
on that one and they clip into the Lance as you'd expect in like so and twist and then
your hose goes onto the end and screws into your machine so battery case lift up pop two
18 volt batteries in and down it goes got dual power on this one so you've got tortoise
and hair then once it's all up and primed ready to go just pull the trigger
there we go we've washing we've got water so we've stepped up to a professional level
and this is karcher's answer to a battery pressure washer we've got the proper vacuum
hose and a steel braided high pressure hose as you'd expect from a professional machine
the Lance is a steel Lance with interchangeable nozzles you've got one here another one on
the machine and a proper full length Lance in your battery compartment you've got two
7.5 amp hour batteries
so on this one you're going to hold the trigger in for it to Prime and then it will let itself
catch up and it'll get going
and now we're off it feels like we've got some pressure on this one
so now we've got the monster that is the demon International look at it it's amazing and
it's red and black which I may be a fan of but also it is made in Devon yeah right here
in Devon in the UK UK made machine the pump's Italian other than that is pretty much all
made in the UK so with this one all you do is plug your lamps in to there clip clip nice
pull up that button wait for the motor to start spinning and then when you're ready
yeah and it's away quick as that whoa whoa right so I don't think this machine is designed
to clean wood or concrete but we're going to give it a go anyway see what it can do
right we're going to try it just with the jet to start with and then I might move it
across if we need to do it right let's give it a whirl
it is actually it has to get an offer okay I'm surprised let's just change it around
on the jet
no that's on 15 degrees it doesn't really want to touch it on that one on the jet that's
actually
right we'll test this on something that's meant to before but the Greenworks bucket
let's see if it'll do the wood
okay yeah no it's coming off
coming off I'll tell you about equal to the ALCO probably for pressure obviously there's
a wider fan on this one you can't adjust it that is what it is but it is cleaning it to
a level right we'll try it on something that's more designed for in a moment right as makita's
time to shine let's see if we'll do the wood
oh yeah look at that
that's doing a good job
good we seem to be getting more powerful as we go up through
nice Couch's time oh yeah right let's see what we can do
coming off it's cleaning it look at that lock here somewhere every now and again
an hour away consistency nice
I've got time for the demon International wow
Jesus Christ feel the power nozzle on as well oh my God look at that [Music] Jesus Christ
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[Music] I could use that all day wow please can I keep it right so can they clean concrete
I've got five sections up through here let's see if we can clean it up I'll cut first let's
go let's look at this one on the 15 degree fan let's go
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I think we found a good job for it Makita
and that's with the power nozzle now for the Karcher
that changes everything with the power nozzle now for the demon
what a weapon so I don't know if you can see this on the camera but you can see the difference
as we go up through and it's in price order so from down low all the way up through you
can see five different shades of how how well that's cleaned off it's really really obvious
from here I can see I hope you can see it as well right it's a pretty obvious job hopefully
for the ALCO and the Green Works is cleaning your bike after you've been out riding and
you want to put it back on top of your car on the back of your car or in your car and
it's covered in mud let's see if they're up to the task of cleaning a bike and then we'll
do another one in a minute
I think it was a perfect thing for it absolutely amazing love it so the ALCO work wonders for
that job let's see if the green watch can do the same the advantage you've got the Green
Works is if you've been cycling near a river you take the bucket off and just go and dip
out some water so I think that's a great advantage on that or if you just got a bucket with the
Alcove but it says six and one half dozen the other but right let's see if we can do
the same job
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right so the ALCO was great on the light mud on the push bike but was it like a motocross
bike it's a bit heavier mud on it and my kids aren't great at cleaning it all off so it's
been stuck on there for like a week so let's see if we can get it off
no done low 25 degrees let's try 15 degrees
right it seems to be struggling a little bit on the real dried on mud underneath the mud
guard but on the smoother stuff is really good right let's try the Greenworks [Music]
[Music]
thank you [Music]
all right so you've done really well on the two bikes and I think Makita would be fine
on it as well let's try the Makia on a van it's not as dirt as I'd like it to be but
let's go I'm getting wet in this one
foreign
engine I've got here has been an absolute weapon on everything we've chucked at it I
might just give it a ride on lawnmower you know right colors isn't it yeah red and black
something going on here right I think we know what's going to be the outcome of this but
to be fair because it's so powerful I'll be careful I'm not going to go near any stickers
or decals or paint work you know if you're pressured about your paintwork be careful
it's more designed for concrete large areas and all that but here we are right let's do
it let it rev up a little bit wow now she's going oh we're away [Music]
I don't need to go very close at all because
am I going to fight some Fires for my little fire engine I like it that is just so cool
and Demon International what a cool name that is it's like Austin Powers if they had a Machinery
Company isn't it you know international Man of Mystery demon International I love it what
a tool but it has to be the easiest machine to move around so simple so at the beginning
of the video I said our battery powered pressure washers any good I think the answer is yes
it is there I am super impressed I was very excited to do this video anyway because I
wanted to see how far the technology had come and from the smallest one to the biggest one
they've all got a purpose so the ALCO I'm super impressed with is perfect for washing
your bike other loose debris maybe mats and stuff like that absolutely perfect I've seen
others on the market little ones like this and I haven't been that impressed but I've
been very very impressed with this one and I'm not gonna lie I really want one myself
the green worked probably the easiest out of all of them just to move around just to
pick up and go pressure washing the buckets on the top the handle's there everything fits
inside really really easy to use and ideal like the motocross bike in other little hard
areas or concrete a patio maybe your Greenhouse really really good washer highly recommend
it so the Makita definitely a little bit more powerful than the two smaller ones so capable
of a lot more it's a little bit awkward to move around when it's really full of water
but that's something I could have pre-planned myself but yeah it takes the 18 volt Makita
Batteries which a load of you had already have so you've already got the batteries you've
already got the Chargers by the machine and you've got a battery powered pressure washer
highly recommended Karcher the probably best known one here for making pressure washers
the heritage is pressure washers so it makes perfect sense to get a Karcher it's definitely
more powerful especially with the whirly ball nozzle on the end that was super very very
impressed and their batteries a load of other products really like it and it looks like
a pressure washer what more can you want did I think a battery powered pressure washer
can do what this thing can no I did not I did not expect it to be anything near as powerful
as it is so you're looking for a mobile machine which has got the power then this is going
to make you smile all day long absolute Beast it looks like a mini fire engine and it's
red and black so lots of ticks and lots of boxes yes it's got a price tag but for what
you get for the money it's worth every single penny so hopefully this video has shown you
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