How do I know that Karcher is a good brand?
Karcher has been building pressure washers since 1935 and are currently the LARGEST manufacturer of pressure washers in the world, by a wide margin. In fact, in 2004 they bought out 2 of their largest U.S. competitors (Hotsy and Landa), which greatly increased their presence and manufacturing capabilities here in the U.S. They were started in Germany by Alfred Karcher and now have manufacturing facilities in Brazil, the U.S., Italy and several in Germany. They have over 100 engineers that do nothing but try to make their products better. There is NO OTHER COMPANY that even comes close to the money Karcher spends on R & D each year. In fact, many of the so called “manufacturers” are nothing more than assemblers. They buy their pumps from one source, their motors from another, their burners from another (in the case of hot water machines), etc. Karcher is one of the only TRUE MANUFACTURERS of pressure washers in the United States. They have dozens of patents on their products which no ot
