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Worked fine with my Karcher pressure washer.

Power washed everything from my driveway and deck to my decorative rock around my house. The optional spray wands work great and I used a rotary head from my previous Karcher machine on the driveway. Only thing I’m not crazy about is the pressure hose connection on the machine, it’s slightly difficult to detach and somewhat flimsy, it feels as if it could snap off if you’re not careful.

Pressure not as much as advertised but still moderately effective. Attached easily to Karcher pressure washer. Would buy again.

I bought this to replace a Kärcher Special I bought at a local big-box store 30 years ago. I loved that old pressure washer, but it was getting hard to keep going -- corrosion and erosion at the pump outlet, which I fixed by machining down the casting at the pressure hose connection (most people won't have that capability) but finally, the very unique overload-protection power switch failed, and they're no longer available.This new unit, 30 years later, actually cost less than I paid for that old Kärcher Special. It is lighter, more portable, has better ergonomics, and develops higher pressure. It even takes the special attachments I accumulated for the old one (wet sandblasting wand, for example). At first I missed the old unit, out of nostalgia, but this is a vast improvement. Very happy I got it.Note that there are several K3 models. If it matters to you, check carefully where they are made. This upright model is made in Germany. The follow-me-around, skateboard version is made in China. Kärcher has a table on one of their web sites stating where the units are made -- Germany, Italy, or China.Buy this and you will go nuts, spending hours blasting everything in sight -- your own property and the neighbors'. The sidewalk, the house, the deck, the gutters, glass, the car, the neighbor's dog... we think the hair will grow back.

Met my expectations. Worked great.

After having owned two previous Karcher pressure washer units, with the latter still in active service since 2006, I decided to take a chance on purchasing this small electric powered unit. All I can say is “WOW what a mistake!”This one arrived quickly from Amazon, but after opening the box and seeing no metal components at all, I began having doubts. But I decided to go ahead and try it out anyway. Once everything was “snapped together” (completely tool-less assembly), I hooked it up to AC power and connected the water supply hose. The water hose connects to the unit via a two-piece plastic quick-disconnect adapter. The male part screws onto the unit and the female part (with sliding release ring) screws onto your garden hose. When the two pieces are connected, the release ring snaps into “locked” position. To disconnect, you simply slide the release ring away from the junction and the lock releases, allowing the hose to disconnect from the unit.My plastic disconnect adapter had additional feature functionality as a value-add. All I had to do to disconnect the water hose from the unit was to turn on the water faucet. Every time I did so, the hose would automatically disconnect from the unit and spray water all over anyone standing close-by.After lowering the rate of flow to only a trickle from the garden hose, I finally managed to get to the power switch before the connection blew apart again. The spray output from the pressure washer was decent for almost 20 seconds before halting for 2 seconds and then building back up again for another 20 seconds before the water supply connector failed again, blowing apart and soaking everyone nearby.Why would an experienced German maker of pressure washing equipment EVER even consider shipping inferior plastic water supply connectors with a product? And why would they even consider putting their good name on such a complete pile of cheap plastic garbage like this? Cutting costs? Subbing out manufacturing to the Chinese, who regularly supply substandard crap like this?Two words to wrap this review: TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENTThree more: DO NOT BUY

This little pressure washer is a champion, weighing in at only 12 pounds, it sure gets the job done. We used it to clean a 36 foot fiberglass sailboat ⛵️ and it performed just fine.For those interested in purchasing a new Karcher K3, the instructions mention using a water filter between the water supply and the water pump intake. Apparently, dirt and heavy mineralized water is a certain early death for the pressure washer's water pump. So, we used a flexible hose connector, a water pressure regulator, a RV water filter, and a hard (not a flexible-expanding) garden hose to connect to the pressure washer and it did just great.After finishing the sailboat ⛵️ we purchased several K3 compatible accessories for getting work done at home, like a 15 meter hose, hose connector, foam cannon, extension wands, and spray fittings and some different nozzles for cleaning automobiles, sheet metal gutters, and concrete.My wife really enjoyed using the pressure washer, for PPE, we both wore eye protection and gloves.If you take of your stuff, this little champ should last many years. The K3 is manufactured in Germany.

We had an older version of this pressure washer (it still works) but we passed it on when we purchased a gas pressure washer a few years ago but found the gas pressure washer was not as versatile as thought it would be so we purchased this. It is perfect for medium duty jobs like washing the vehicles' undercarriage and cleaning heavy rugs without tearing things up. It is easy to operate and everything stores onboard.