The Karcher Pressure Washer K 7 Premium Home is a cleaning device that comes complete with a number of additives and is suitable also for everyday cleaning work in house, as for complex cleaning projects. We tested the device once.  

Karcher K 7 Premium Home Pressure Washer in Test

The pressure washer K7 from the Premium Home series of well-known manufacturer Kärcher has dimensions of 40.4 x 46.1 x 96.8. The device alone without accessories is quite heavy at 19.8 kg. However, it has two stable designed wheels in the rear area that make it easy to move the machine when cleaning the same way as it is necessary. The device can be basically connected to a standard electrical outlet and is on AC 230 V and operated 50 Hz , The power consumption of the device is very high. There are consumed in 16 amp 3,000 watts. Therefore, the high-pressure cleaner Kärcher should only be connected to well-secured Stromauslässen and it is not advisable also from the connection to a cable drum. The pressure with which is cleaned can be adjusted bar depending on the requirement of the cleaning task in a range of 20 to 160th So both sensitive surfaces such as wood can also be purified as hard stone floors. The device can support per hour up to 600 liters of water. An additional advantage is that you with this device also warm water can use for high-pressure cleaning. In this way the purification even more effective. The temperature of the feed water can be up to 60 degrees Celsius. The pressure washer from Kärcher is powered by a water-cooled engine, which is characterized by a relatively smooth running and even with a prolonged use excellent performance provides, without being hot here.  

Extensive facilities for efficient cleaning

Especially positive in the test and the excellent equipment with accessories aus.Das Kit, with the high-pressure cleaner is supplied, allowing to perform most cleaning work without the purchase of other attachments. The kit of surface cleaner T450 is included, with which even large surfaces can be cleaned splash-free. The surface cleaner is equipped with a twin-jet rotary arm, the dirt easily removes even on large surfaces. It can be activated via foot operation and a supplemental, like for example on the walls of houses is effective in the cleaning of corners and edges. A particularly convenient and the guard was evaluated with the surface cleaner is equipped. It allows you to clean oh with gravel covered surface. Another plus point of the surface cleaner is the hovercraft effect which allows easy maneuvering. Included is also a bottle Kärcher Stone and facade cleaners contain, with even heavy dirt easily solve. The cleaner is excellently suitable especially for surfaces made of stone, and for building facades and turns out to garden paths with moss to be very effective.  

Features of the pressure washer from Kärcher

It was also the Vario Power spray lance with rotary nozzle tested, which is a member of the equipment K7 high pressure cleaner from Kärcher. The VarioPower steel tube makes the pressure setting of the device possible. The desired pressure level can be adjusted by simply turning, so that you can change easily during the cleaning process the pressure and thus adjusts the pressure washer to every need. The change from hard to delicate surfaces can perform seamlessly when cleaning. The rotary nozzle works with a rotating spot beam, which was designed specifically for deeply eaten dirt and has proved in the test well in the cleaning of swimming pools to be very effective. Even boats or vehicles can be thoroughly cleaned with this cleaning device, without having to a great effort is necessary. The equipment of Karcher K 7 Premium Home pressure washer is also a 10-meter-long high-pressure hose, rubber and a Quick Connect gun which can be connected to the device with a few simple steps.  

Easy to use and versatile

In the test and the Plug 'n' Clean System the pressure washer from Kärcher has been praised. It Allowed to seamlessly connect the individual components to the device without the need for tools is necessary. It was noted that it is slightly heavier anlässt with a new device to connect the individual parts, as all parts are still stiff. After repeated assembly the assembly designed but increasingly easier. The system is completely filled and it is in this way, neither water nor pressure lost. The cleaning performance convinced the test in every respect. Both the surface cleaner and the dirt miller work precisely and powerfully. The device is recommended for home use, comes with its high performance and excellent equipment but a professional device close. In the test, walkways, garages, house facades and cars could be cleaned just as perfect as walls and floors of Swimmingpoools and commercial establishments where stake pollution from oil and dust is present.  

Disadvantages of pressure washer

The only defect that has been detected in the device and its use, is the fact that it requires a hedge 15 amps. In older homes, this protection is not necessarily standard and the user should make sure before you use the appliance that you only use an outlet that has a corresponding hedging. This fact is not mentioned in the manual, however.  

Price-performance ratio

The device of Kärcher is commercially available at a significantly higher price than many other high-pressure cleaners. After a test, however, it must be noted that the service provided is higher in each case than the other devices. Surfaces, but also edges and hard to reach places can be cleaned easily without leaving any residue with a high pressure cleaner and its accessories. Given in this model of Kärcher also everything you need is included and it is even the cleaning fluid included. Looking at the price from this point, it must be noted that this unit has an excellent price-performance ratio.