AR Blue Clean AR390S Electric Pressure Washer

The gas powered pressure washers generally supply higher pressures than the electric ones, but they are more expensive, require more maintenance, and are very heavy. I wanted a unit that I could carry around by hand and transport it easily to other locations. This unit had good reviews and was rated at 1900 psi, a high pressure for an electric pressure washer. I have had this product for over a year now, and it is still working well. I have used the unit to power wash my deck, the entire siding on my house, my daughter's deck and lattice work, my concrete driveway (before staining/sealing it), my concrete sidewalk (before repairing it), my truck (on a regular basis), my travel trailer, garbage cans, bird baths, and probably a few more things that I may have forgotten about.One of the biggest problems with this product is that it leaks. I almost gave it a 4-star rating because of this problem, but I have used this pressure washer successfully for so many things and have overcome the leak problem, so I gave it 5 stars. The unit itself has a male fitting for water inlet, so you can not connect a garden hose directly to it. Instead, they provide a plastic fitting with female joints on each end and a filter in between. I was unable to stop it from leaking badly with this connection, so I purchased a Gilmour 7FHS7FH Double Female Swivel Brass Connector, 3/4-Inch by 3/4-Inch, sold by Amazon, and used this to connect the unit to a garden hose. I then leave the double female brass connector on the pressure washer all the time, and connect the garden hose to it when I need to use it. This connection solved the leak problem for the most part, although there is still a constant slow drip most of the time -- not much of a problem since you are using it outside.Another thing you may want to consider is how much pressure do you need for the job you want to do. If you want to strip all the paint from a deck, this unit may not be suitable. When I used it on my daughter's deck, it removed all of the loose paint and then some, but did not remove all of the paint (okay for our purpose). When I used it on my deck, I just wanted to clean it up before re-staining, and it worked fine for that. While it cleans my truck well, it does not remove all of the brake dust from the hub caps.My unit, purchased 1 1/2 years ago, came with two lances, a turbo lance and an adjustable lance. The turbo lance spins the spray jet, while the adjustable lance can focus the jet from a point to a broad fan-shaped spray. I used the adjustable lance most often because it provided more pressure, and most of the time I would use it in a fan spray.I purchased an older house about 1 1/2 years ago and it had green algae particularly on the north side of the white house. When the siding was power washed (using the fan spray of the adjustable lance) the green cast on the house turned white, so you could easily see what was cleaned and what was not cleaned. It was necessary to hold the end of the nozzle a few inches (3-6 inches the best to my recollection) away from the siding in order to wash off the algae. This means that the width of the spray band hitting the house was narrow, so it took quite a bit of time to clean the whole house. A more powerful gas powered pressure washer would likely to be quicker. On the other hand, this electric unit was very light weight, and I could easily carry it around the house with one hand (it has a handle at the top). In order to reach the peak of the house, I placed the unit on the support near the top of a step ladder, held it on with a bungee cord, then climbed an extension ladder with the gun in hand to reach the peak. I point this out only to demonstrate the portability of this unit. You could not do this with a heavy gas powered pressure washer.The unit also comes with a soap dispenser. Just place a little liquid detergent in the container, fill it with water, connect it directly to the gun (in place of the lance) and spray it on your car or truck. It lasts maybe 10-15 minutes until the soap runs out, enough time to soap up your vehicle. Then switch over to a lance and power wash it.While the unit comes with a hose reel, I find it just as easy to wind up the hose by hand, tie it with a shoe string and set on top over the handle. I do the same with the electric power cord. Make the loops small enough so they don't slide down over the unit and you have one neat package that you can pick up by the handle and carry around.This is a good, fairly powerful, relatively inexpensive, lightweight, reliable power washer that has served me well.

Well, Having owned a older Husky 1700psi unit (HomeDepot), and then the new Ryobi 2000psi unit(HomeDepot).....I love this thing!!PROS:-Easy to get going. Literally, 2 screws, and that's it for assembly.-Easy on the curcuit. The Ryobi caused a UPS unit to go bad...I don't know how, but it was on that curcuit. Perhaps it would have gone bad anyway?-QUIET! Wow...I can use this anytime of the day or night with no worries of the neighbor blinking an eye! Its got a low wind up sound to the motor, not a piston loud sputtering sound.Excellent lance/wand with ZERO wabble. The Ryobi was of poor quality as it didn't attach to the gun in a confident nor straight manner and wiggled. Though the hose on this sucks, its stiff and needs a complete roll out before using.(Same with the Husky that had the twist connect lance.)-OK storage rack. This is a bit bare, but it does the job, and better than not having one.-Long hose for the gun. This I can't stress enough. Once you have a longer car or SUV, you won't know until you need the reach. Most others are 20-25ft. this is 30ft, and its great to reach the back of a longer car without moving the unit.-Hose was not so bad to unravel as I read in some reviews. No its not straight and does take some care....But I guess you never used the Ryobi which IS a pain. My other unit didn't even have a hose reel or holder. SO that was bad..BUT not as bad as Ryobi, as it had a reel ONLY for storage which made it very hard to use, and you have to disconnect the hose from unit and gun. But still this hose is stiff, and kinks.-Quick connect is a TRUE quick connect, where once you release the tip it stays open to accept another, so its a one hand operation. You don't have to use one hand to pull back the ring, you JUST snap in. To disconnet, you need to hold the tip or else you can manage with one hand.I spray it with lithium grease every so often.-Simple dummy proof design. You have an On-Off and the soap setting.-Amount of water to actually clean! This was good compared to past units. The Ryobi was a 1.2 and this was noticably faster cleaning. I guess the PSI may not make a big difference from say 1900 to 2000, but the gpm do make a difference in the small numbers.-Light weight. Can carry when needed up some steps and such.-Decent gun holder.-Nice touch with a foot support for reeling in the hose, or pulling it out.-Has a couple extra spots on the rear for a longer wand and thin accessories. Not enough for a foam gun, but, its nice to have.-No leaks with the aluminum hose connect. I might add a quick connect to this, but its just a few threads, and my hose tip is a bit abused, so thats the only part that dribbled some water out. May need a new gasket.CONS:-A kick stand of some sort to safe guard from tipping it over when pulling on it. I recommend you pull out all the hose and then work. Not pull out as needed. Just take it all out from the get go. This way you wont want to pull on it.-Is it 2000psi? Using the 0degree tip is the max I think. This is what felt a bit iffy. I tried to get old paint off the brick and it did. I tried on concrete and had mixed results. Some came off, some didn't. I used it on a metal door with a UV coating on it. Some came off most didn't. Areas that were flaking did.-Some of the upper plastic feels a bit less durable. As well as the reel winding handle. They do feel sturdy enough now, but I do wonder how it will be 3 yrs down the line. They may hold up just fine. BUT the Ryobi was setup on a steel frame and things were super solid.*(Updated)-The water hose is very stiff even after many usesOut of a 126 reviews as of this review, there were about 15 or so people who had bad units. Most that AR quickly corrected and noted in the review. Others don't know as there is no feedback.LONG TERM POSSIBLE ISSUES as REPORTED:There was a couple, at least, reports that the reel handle broke. Another couple that the wand holder broke, also of the foot step breaking, and the BIGGEST problem with 1 report was for the hose inline that connects to the body breaking. The owner fixed it and has posted a couple pictures of his fix. Same with the wand holder, the owner used a longer screw to patch it up.I really can't think of anything else to add for now, as I just used it, and will update as I get more familiar with it AND, most importantly see how the soap feature works. Am I up for a disappointing low pressure spray, or? As a user said it can be used at any pressure, but it has a soap tip, and maybe limited to this tip's pressure output.