hello I am wanderer001 and this is my review of the Sun Joe SPX 3001 pressure washer so this is a
20 30 psi 1.7 6 gallon per minute pressure washer this is an electric pressure washer this is not a
gas based pressure washer which is primarily why I got it cuz I wanted something quiet that would
not run on gasoline because well I just didn't want have to worry about that and those are noisy
as all get-out I do apologize for my filming situation this is not the ideal place for this
I wasn't elected to do this in my backyard but because the deer decided to hang out under my deck
I didn't want to disturb a baby fawn so here I am try to do this in my garage but the neighbors all
over the place being a little noisier than usual and not the best acoustics but what we're looking
at here is a pressure washer that comes fully assembled - a few things which I'll show you in
a moment that is 33 and a half inches tall with a width of 16 and a half so it's not terribly large
and it has a depth of fourteen point four this is an electric pressure washer so it comes back an
electric cord this cord is 35 feet in length and everything to the front you have a high-pressure
hose that is 20 feet in length the most part that's gonna get you what you need coming in a
little closer now we'll take a closer look at the Sun Joe here as I said you have a high-pressure
retractable hose here now the hose itself does not do like a vacuum cleaner where you pull it
that kind of rewinds itself you've got a handle here which tucks away and then you can reel it
back up I will say that this is very stiff in trying to do this and in fact I end up kind of
trying to power my way through this to wind this back up so don't fool yourself you're gonna pull
this completely out and not leave any on here if you're gonna be using this for most people
it's going to be long enough but I have heard some people say that it is not enough length for
them my tasks are slightly different than yours probably so as I mentioned before you're gonna
want to make sure that this is completely out only because if you're trying to pull this out you're
actually going to tip your machine you've been winding it back up like I said it's not an easy
process to do and that the machine brought us back and forth and you can see it moves because
it's not weighted very well so you might as well just pull the entire hose out and then when you're
winding it up the easiest thing to do is actually deep pressure the entire system and then detach
it from the nozzle and then wind it back up that way up here you have a place to keep all of your
pressure washer heads and then you've got we come up here you've got your soap your direct
and they'll tell you right that is zero you've got 15 degree angle you've got 25 and you've got
40 each of the heads is a quick-release head so you can just and place it in place and it locks
in place it does squirt a little bit if you've been using it so the head you can shift left
or right to make it flat this way ever flat this way however if you're actively using it it locks
it in and you have to actually disengage before you can twist it other than that you would have
to rotate the entire nozzle in order to adjust your string the handle itself thing not terrible
you do keep these Sun Joe in this upright position you do not lie on its side while working with it
or storing it quite frankly because I haven't found a need to store it lying down it takes a
very little space here coming down to the bottom you have your receptacle which this is an extra
attachment that comes with the Sun Joe and I just a little water there but this will attach
itself and this is where you put the hose input now coming along to the side here you've got two
different buttons you have one that turns the system on and off and then this one is actually
for these soap dispensing so how much actual soap you want to dispense so what you do is you put
your water hose in you turn it on you obviously have this plugged in and then you power it on
and it sounds like this so after turning on water and putting up the connector here you turn it on
which now means it is pressurized all right coming across to our other side we have our
pressure washing wand right here and this did not come fully assembled you do have to attach
your hose extender there the other things that do not come fully assembled are the catch basin
and beholder so those are just held on by one scoop apiece now the Wang here does not flex in
any way shape or form this is always going to be the way it is I have it detached but right there
you have the link for the high pressure section it does also come with a locking mechanism built
into the handle which I greatly appreciate because if I'm swapping heads I want to be
able to make sure that I don't accidentally do you know activate the trigger and accidentally
pressure wash my face so that just slides right there and becomes quite a handle I will say that
the hosing wonk will call it is kind of heavy after you use it for a while it's just it's the
way it's built we're gonna spin this around so that we can come back to the unit you see
the handle right here and then you have our large electrical cord right there and then hidden away
underneath which is kind of aggravating because it does have these which are supposed to hold
your electrical cord in place but they don't really hold the pipe out of the court in place
that well but you have a forty point six fluid ounce a detergent tank so if you were going to
actually add something to your pressure washer and not just use it with water as a standalone
you can actually add detergent right in there and here we have the here we have the massive
electrical plug we've got away from you there now the one problem I found with this is that
when you plug this into something depending on where you plug this in it's gonna take up a lot
of wall space and part of that issue that I find is that because well if you're using us outside
chances are you are using this with outside rated plugs which have to be covered and that can kind
of eat up the space that this can actually utilize power consumption wise it's not too bad it's you
know you are using an actual pressure washer so it's going to chew up a little more electricity
than you might think but it's not terrible the wheels themselves here are horrible I'm sorry
they're just plastic there they just they don't really roll so I found myself kind of picking
it up and moving it around and when let's say picking it up and moving it around well I utilize
this twice to kind of clean off some concrete that I've been looking at and it needed to be
clean because it just looked disgusting since I bought the house so let's see what that looks like
all right to the left my neighbor to the right me that was an hour-and-a-half of scrubbing with a
brush and bleach and this was 15 minutes of using the pressure washer with no detergent in it so
granted I can't go back and do a little better but for the most part I didn't have to scrub for an
hour and a half 15 minutes if I couldn't urgent in and spend a little better time probably get
that uniquely alright so it does a fairly nice job as you can see there noise level again it's
not terrible it is recommended that you wear headphones when you operating this machine but
again it's it's electric over gas so it's not as noisy as a gas powered pressure washer so here is
the big question for the the Sun Joe SPX 3001 how much does it cost well depending on where you get
this I've seen it anywhere from hi 172 dollars to 154 or if you manage to snag it on a Amazon
lightning deal I picked up for about 120 which is the ballpark of what I'm willing to pay for
something like this now even if you pick this up and use it only once a season I still think
you're doing pretty good because if you pay somebody to pressure wash something they're
bringing their own machine they're using your water they're using your electricity probably
because they're not gonna use gas and in the long run buy it yourself you can save some
money or you can loan out to your neighbors at like 20 bucks alone and you can pay yourself
back reasonably quickly construction wise it's not terrible mostly classic so so the water goes into
the front of the machine while the electrical cord is in the back so when you actually have
the system fully engage you can see you've got to navigate around to different aspects so the wheels
become pretty much useless and you just grab the handle and pick it up and move it where you need
it to go I didn't see why it was done to keep the electric and the water portions as far apart as
possible but it just makes it a little trickier to actually use you're getting what you pay for
and when I say mostly classic even the thing here this is plastic I wish that was metal but
it is what it is all in all in my usage of it I've been perfectly happy so right now I
feel like can't really go wrong with this if you're looking for a pressure washer to get
yourself so I highly recommend checking it out again you can get it for $120 it makes
it even better with that being said I have been wanderer001 if you have any questions
or comments please feel free to leave them in the area below and as always thanks for watching