Most any other tip is appropriate for wood applications.
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Even the yellow tip will begin to skin these boards if you hold it in place for longer than a second or two.
Once I backed down to the yellow tip, it was interesting to see how the water could bring back a fresh-cut appearance. The jet spray rips though it like a tiny tornado. One thing I can tell you: Never use a red tip on wood. The second was a section of 1x12 construction-grade lumber (mostly pine around these parts, I believe). Then I had a couple of wood options to try out. Their lower psi means they will struggle with some of the tougher weeds. But no weed was a match for any pressure washer with a red tip until you get to the electric units. Steve Conaway/CNETĪfter the driveway test, I ran each washer through a gauntlet: where the large concrete slabs meet each other to form my driveway, I've let the happy little weeds grow in anticipation of this day. Here you can see the width of the fan made by the yellow 15-degree tip versus the 0-degree red tip. Every washer was an appropriate surface cleaner for the concrete, but it was most difficult for the ones that left out a 15-degree tip (so you then had to rely on the red tip). With so little room for variance, the red tip felt the most consistent between units overall. The most consistent tip is the 0-degree red tip. My best guess is there's a difference in the manufacturing of the tips themselves. Even though there's only a difference of a few hundred psi between most of these washers, there were occasionally noticeable differences between them when I used the same tip. Enter the yellow tip, which provides a great balance of focused pressure and spray width. The red tips, although effective, only clean a small area at a time. The green tips were often too light to get the surface as clean as it could be. I started out with a section of concrete driveway. With each washer, I used multiple nozzle tip varieties for each activity. After so many hours of dealing with pressure washers, I was happy not to have to bend over quite as far to start this one. The Craftsman did have one unique feature that I liked: a rope guide for the engine pull cord that moved the resting spot for the pull handle up above the engine on the frame closer to you, if you were standing behind it. They all have wheels, varying engine sizes, extra parts, oil and so on. As previously mentioned, only the DeWalt stood out in those categories. All the models have power washer hoses and spray wands. The rest is really just an inventory game. Otherwise, with a single reservoir, you'd be forced to deplete the first detergent entirely before loading the second. This is handy if you have varied hard surfaces you're trying to clean, and need to switch back and forth.
Having two separate reservoirs allows you to load two different types of detergent simultaneously. The Teande was on my bad side after the assembly process, but I did like that it tried including two detergent reservoirs, each separately controlled. With an onboard reservoir, you can just move the gas pressure washer while still holding the wand, letting the pressure washer hose drag behind you.
When I do, and when I need to move, it's annoying to deal with the hose (even when the washer has a hose reel), the spray nozzle wand, the bucket of detergent and the high pressure washer itself. I don't often use detergents with my pressure washer. Speaking of surface cleaner soap and detergents, they've gotta go somewhere, and the best place is an onboard reservoir. The Craftsman CMCPW250D1 comes with a five-in-one tip that includes the 0, 15, 25, 40 and soap tips. It lost 10 points for getting my hopes up. It lost one point for no 15-degree option. My excitement faded when I realized that Ryobi, like so many others, had neglected the 15-degree tip and in its place had a second soap and detergent surface cleaner nozzle. I was excited when I reached this point with the Ryobi gas-powered pressure washer and its five-in-one nozzle design.
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