I have never had a pressure washer before and my husband doesn't like them so would have nothing to do with this purchase.

I went for this one because of all the reviews and the price seemed worth the risk. It came with a CD which wouldn't play on my PC and a multilingual instruction manual that took a bit of fathoming. However once I got it assembled it seemed to work pretty well. Our flithy driveway looks much better now.

It comes with 2 nozzles and no indication of which is which, so I tried the smallest first. Happy with that but I was then unable to remove it to try the other one. Hubby eventually took pity and did it for me - it was very stiff.

I also failed to store the handle as the clips for that are very stiff and I don't want to risk breaking them.

I was slightly unnerved to read that "This washer is only allowed to be connected with the drinking water mains, when an appropriate backflow preventer has been installed" I see that someone else has asked if anyone has got one of these and no-one has replied. So like everyone else (I expect) I just connected it to a hose pipe on the garden tap.

As a small (5ft tall) middle-aged woman I found the machine was not too heavy or difficult to use. No doubt I will improve with practice. It makes a fair amount of noise but I expected that. It was certainly good value for money and I would have given it 5 stars if the instructions had been clearer.