PSI is what every one advertises, but GPM is what get the work done ! Anything <2.0 GPM is a joke, even for the jobs you are talking about,
Best bang for the buck, find a used one with a dead pump (not winterized). Should be between $50 and $100 (Honda engine is a plus). Buy a new pump <$175.
True. A lot of manufacturers (label printers) stretch the truth in that regard; with one part capable of delivering their specification, but not when assembled with the others used.
Worse, as with many "Honda" engines, using specifications from genuine Honda engines or similar high quality assemblies to describe cut models and private labels that don't even come close to the real thing.
My Yamaha claims 2.8GPM, and delivers. It's not the best on the market, but then again, it's not priced to be. The difference between 2 and 2.8 is massive, and the factual specification is what makes this thing outperform much,
much larger pressure washers.
They might be shooting themselves in the foot with honesty, here, but at least they're being honest. That's one of the things I've grown to like about the company.
They set a price point that they believe will be beneficial to the average man, and then they set about building the best, most honest product possible at that price point.
To make the leap to anything better, it takes a hell of a lot more money.
Honda makes a great engine, but they make a humongous chunk of their money licensing their name and even designs. The market is flooded with perfectly legal Honda engines that Honda never saw.
It's a great practice for business, and I don't have a problem in the world with it, but it doesn't always deliver what the customer expects. Sony is just as bad; manufacturing some of the greatest displays in the world, but only rarely actually selling the things.
I'd wager nobody here actually owns one. Contrast that with Panasonic, which is a bit like Yamaha, in a way.
If it's got their name on it, they made it. Most of the time in Japan, but sometimes in
heavily regulated, Panasonic-owned factories overseas.
You buy a Yamaha, and production has happened either almost entirely in Japan or the United States, or it was watched over very carefully elsewhere. You'll actually see Matsushita (Panasonic) parts in their electronics, and some of the highest quality components available on PCBs.
They just don't get name-dropped enough. They stick to what they know, but I'd sure love to see a fully Yamaha-built and designed car, though they have either designed, consulted, and even entirely built some very memorable automotive engines for Toyota, Volvo, Ford, and even Lexus exclusive engines.
They never seem to slap their name on them, though...
