Pressure washer for patio cleaning?

[Mark M]

Ive had a decent sized patio put down last year and its starting to look a little dirty so was going to jetwash it. I dont currently own one so will be buying a new one but had a couple of questions:

1. Are Karcher as bad as everyone says? Ive seen on here that the main gripe is the Karcher has plastic insides compared to metal on the Nilfisk?
2. Ive been looking at KArcher and Nilfisk online but Karcher seems to have more accesories (a really long lance for doing the guttering being one of them)
3. Ive seen some patios where you can see the jet wash "lines" so I want to avoid that so though a proper patio head would be better and possibly quicker? Ive looked at this Nilfisk one at £15 which has 10 4 star reviews, this Nilfisk one at £37 with 9 4 star reviews compared to this Karcher at £45 that has 253 41/2 star reviews which suggests the Karcher offering may [my italics] be the better option?

The pressure washer may get used for washing the car and the front drive occasionally but very light use really. Could hiring be an option?

Any thoughts and comments welcomed thanks.

 

[Mark M]

Thanks for all the posts so far, the Nilfisk certainly seems like the more popular product! The patio is large sandstone slabs and the front is tarmac with patio slabs down the edges so no block paving to worry about.

The above Argos link looks good thanks.