When you need to move to a new location, the oversized wheels make it easy. They move effortlessly over grass, pavement, and similarly smooth surfaces. The wheels are made of plastic, so they are not as rugged as the wheels on competitor models from companies like SIMPSON. If you hit bumps or dips, you may have to lift the Sun Joe over the obstacles.
The SunJoe has several features that helped it score well for this metric. We independently research, test, review, and recommend the best products—learn more about our process. If you buy something through our links, we may earn a commission. You no longer have digital access to ratings and reviews. Longer lengths allow further reach without the need to move the main unit. The Sun Joe SPX3000-MAX is part of the Pressure Washers test program at Consumer Reports.
Extended warranty service would not locate a repair service or replace unit. Ned to be hooked up to water to get the pressure required to make the unit function. Can Champion Power Equipment I use the soap option without being hooked up to a water hose? Customers reported that the fittings aren’t universal, which made finding replacement parts harder.
Believe me, that’s critical for us as we have a long driveway, but we can also reach the other side of our RV to blow dirt off. So we settled on the Sun Joe SPX3000 about six months ago now. It has 2030psi at 1.76 gpm and a stack of good built-in features that I’ll go into later. The only one I found quite impressive was a new model the PowRyte which came with 2100psi and 1.8gpm and only $160.
My boys both have a motocross bike each, and man they get dirty. So, I went out onto the market for a small lightweight unit that we can easily take with us and that I can use to clean around the house too. The wheels are already Champion Power Equipment assembled so that will save you a few minutes compared to other electric pressure washers. Remove tar and grease from concrete, heavy mildew stains, oil stains, caked on mud, peeling paint, and other stubborn gunk and grime.
Read about the 7 steps you’ll need to follow if you want your patio cleaning to be a smash success. The leaves are starting to fall, and you may be thinking about power washing your gutters. It’s the perfect time of year to maintain those dirty drainage systems. The cool weather brings out dirt build-up, which can cause more problems. How do you remove the detergent bottles to change cleaning agents?
Best to use a light cleaning soapy chemical on it like you were washing your car and then use a 40° nozzle to wash the chemical off. I should explain here the benefit of a high-pressure water cleaner over your garden hose. Your garden hose will likely shoot water out at 60psi. These days, the lowest pressure a lightweight electric unit will shoot out is, like the above Greenworks, 1500psi. So straight away you’d be saying, wow, that’s 25 times the pressure of my garden hose, I’ll hardly be able to hold onto that. Portable electric pressure washers down this end of the range sell from $79 to about $180.
Another stellar design choice was the dual cleaning tanks. You can choose to mix the two soaps or dial only one soap in at a time. We appreciated this flexibility when moving between different jobs.