Karcher car wash: how to choose a Karcher mini-sink?

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG is the world's largest manufacturer of harvesting and cleaning equipment. Service stations, as well as ordinary motorists, choosing equipment for car washing, prefer the products of this particular company. However, choosing a minisink is quite difficult if you do not know its main characteristics.

Let's try to figure out what you need to pay attention to when choosing a Karcher minisink. By the way, we already wrote on Vodi.su that fines are imposed for washing a car in the wrong places, and quite serious ones at that.

The initial class of mini-washes

Like any other product, washing machines come in primary, middle and upper classes.

The primary class is distinguished by the following indicators:

• power - 1,3-1,5 kW;
• productivity - 340-400 liters per hour;
• pressure - not higher than 140 bar.

You can wash your car with it, but the pressure will be quite low. Another big disadvantage is that they are connected to the water supply. If you insert the hose into the bucket, then the pressure will be very weak.

But the entry-level minisinks have several positive characteristics: they are compact and lightweight, low price. If such a device is not overloaded, you follow the instructions completely, then it will last for several years, although you are unlikely to wash a large D-class sedan with it, but for a compact hatchback A or B segment it is quite suitable. Please also note that you cannot use them for their intended purpose for a long time, you need to wash the car no more than 1 time per week.

If we talk about specific models, then the choice is quite wide:

• Karcher K 2 basic - price 4000 thousand, capacity 360 liters (or 20 sq.m per hour), pressure 110 bar;
• Karcher K 2 Car - the price is from 7 thousand, the characteristics are the same as the previous model, but the name shows that it was created for cars;
• Karcher K 3 - 7800-8000 rubles, capacity 380 liters, pressure 120 bar, washing area - 25 square meters / hour.

That is, if you have one car in your family, a maximum of the middle class, then a mini-wash of such a plan will be enough for you. Use for its intended purpose - a full car wash - preferably no more than once a week. Also, this device can be used for various household needs.

Middle class mini-sinks

Karcher sinks of this class will cost much more, but their characteristics are a cut above:

• power - 1,7-2,1 kW;
• productivity - 420-500 liters per hour;
• pressure - 120-145 bar.

If you buy such a machine, you can easily wash 2 cars a week. The pump is quite powerful and can suck water from a bucket or any other container. Only for this you will have to buy additional accessories: a hose nozzle with a check valve, and a special filter element will also not interfere, which will prevent small mechanical particles from entering the sink.

Such devices are equipped with special tanks and injectors for detergents. The sink can also be used for other purposes: cleaning the facades of the house, garden paths.

Of the models currently available in Russian stores, the following can be distinguished:

• Karcher K 5 Compact - from 14 thousand rubles, power 2,1 kW, capacity 500 liters (30 sq.m.), pressure 145 bar;
• Karcher K 5 Car - from 19 thousand rubles, similar characteristics, specially designed for car washing.

If you do not want to buy a mains-operated sink, then you may like the option with a gasoline engine:

• Karcher G 4.10 M. Its price is much higher - about 32 thousand rubles. Provides a capacity of 420 l / h, pressure - 120 bar, there is a pressure regulator, an 8-meter high-pressure hose and a lance with jet adjustment are also included.

In a word, for 15-30 thousand you can buy a washing machine that can be used twice a week. But remember that it is best to connect it to the water supply, because in this case the pump does not overheat, respectively, the resource does not decrease.

Top class

If you need to wash one or two cars a day, then you need to buy a top-class mini-wash.

Its characteristics are as follows:

• power 2,5-3 kW;
• productivity - 600 liters;
• pressure - 150-160 bar.

An apparatus of this kind can be used at large transport enterprises, because its power is quite enough to wash a large bus. How justified such a purchase for home use depends on the number of cars in the family and the size of the household.

From the models currently available, we can recommend:

• Karcher K 7 Compact - 25 thousand, 600 liters, 3 kW, 160 bar. The set includes various hoses and nozzles for the gun, which facilitate the work;
• Karcher K 7 Premium Car - 32 thousand rubles. Specially designed for cars, equipped with a detergent injector.

Water from the gun is supplied not only under high pressure, but also heated up to 60 degrees. As you can see, by buying a Karcher mini-wash for 15-30 thousand, you can save on visiting a car wash.

Useful video about choosing Karcher sinks.

How to choose a mini sink Karcher K2 - K7 / How to choose a pressure washer [Karcher Channel 2015]

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