K 2 Power Control

I have a small 25+ year old Karcher electric power washer. My primary use was the annual power washing of the knock down texture pool deck. Two years ago, the original wand started acting up. In email exchanges with Karcher Customer Support, I learned that a simple adapter would allow newer wands to work with my old pump. I could have just purchased a new package, but I hate to scrap mechanical things that are still working. Noting that I needed the adapter for the new wand, I asked whether my old pump had enough pressure and GMP for this Surface Cleaner attachment. Although it was at the low end of the spec, I decided to give it a try. Glad that I did because it works well on the pool deck. In the past when I used just the wand, I would wash in one direction and then come back an wash in the opposite direction to remove the dirt that accumulated on the other side of the texture. The whirling action of the surface cleaner takes care of that in one pass with less water and less splashing. After the surface cleaner loosens the year's imbedded dirt, I still come back with a quicker pass of the wand to wash all that residue to the side.

QUALITY GERMAN Engineering, design and assembly. I love the KARCHER brand. Light years better than the Cheap Chinese brands. Extremely good value for the quality. Cleans quickly. Good Pressure, Fairly quiet, Interchangeable attachments. Super powerful for a small unit. This was bought to replace a 20 year old KARCHER that finally bit the bullet. Cleans Quickly. Easy to assemble and use. Pay just a few dollars more than the Cheaper ones, these things will last and last.

This works perfectly with my Kärcher power washer spray gun. Shaved hours off of power washing my driveways and walkways! I took one point off because the extension pieces could be just a tad bit longer.

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.

This review is for the Karcher K3 Power Control. Short: Find something else to buy. Absolute junk. Long: I purchased this to replace a K3 pull behind that lasted about 10 uses over 2 years. The inside of that unit cracked on a plastic part and was no longer usable. Since I also had attachments in the Karcher line, I decided to give them another chance and picked up this unit. Amazon shipped it quickly and it arrived in good shape - no issues with Amazon. The K3 comes with a quick connect hose adapter and it must be used to connect. It constantly detaches from the unit because it cannot hold up to the pressure from the hose. It did not last 10 minutes and detaches consistently while in use. If you have to move the unit, forget about it. The rest of the unit is cheap plastic and will surely give out in an unreasonably short period of time. Buy something else or light your money on fire. Both are better options than the K3.

First opening the box, I was unsure about the lack of "heftyness" of this attachment. But it works just fine and did a wonderful job on our deck which was deeply stained from the trees overhead. Turned out great.

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.

K-3. This is my first pressure washer purchase. I wanted something more than my hose and a brush to wash my patio furniture. The K3 does the job. I put a squirt of Dawn dishwashing soap with water into the foam cannon. The K3 did a nice job covering the surface with soap foam. The K3’was powerful enough to clean my patio furniture. It does very well at these lighter duty tasks. And made the chore more fun to do.