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By Sally Huttis

The latest and hottest appliance that people are snapping up for the home and garden this year is the pressure washer. It's turned out to be a very smart buy depending on what you will be using it for once you get it home.

Most people use pressure washers to clean off large surfaces. This isn't to say that the most powerful should be used at home, as they should be left to the professionals to tackle. No, the ones for use at home are a tad more sedate and not as powerful as say a fire hose, and they are specifically designed for ordinary household use.

The first handy tip that you will need to know is to keep your distance from the surface you want to wash down. Oh, this isn't to avoid you getting hosed, it's to prevent water damage to the surface you're intending to clean. So, basically only get closer if you need to.

The best pressure washers with the highest pressure are powered by gas and do best for outdoor applications. Electric powered models are good for smaller tasks that need some serious cleaning. Figure out what you need the pressure washer for in the first place before you go buy one, as the type of pressure washer you may need may vary depending on what you want to do with it.

Make a list of all the jobs you think you could use a pressure washer for and then head to the nearest store to do some price comparisons. Just keep this in mind. Not all pressure washers are created equal and you will need to know if you will use a gas powered one or an electric model. The difference is the amount of pressure each washer kicks out. So choose carefully, or you may overpower yourself.

Many people confuse a pressure washer and an ordinary hose, figuring that if your stick your thumb over the end of the hose as its running, then you have a pressure washer of sorts. While this is a simplified version of the idea of a pressure washer, it doesn't quite capture what they are really about.

If you're sick and tired of aiming the garden hose at the side of the house to clean it off and only getting a sick little shower of water that doesn't accomplish anything, then consider a pressure washer. The water pushed out by one of these handy gadgets will handle the side of your house in no time flat.

The pounds per square inch that each pressure washer puts out varies anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 pounds per square inch. Now that's a lot of waterpower. The gas powered pressure washers have higher ratings and will really give new meaning to the term clean when they're done. When compared to a garden hose that puts out 40 pounds per square inch, you have to know your first choice would be a pressure washer.

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