Customer Reviews for RYOBI Pressure Washer Water Broom

this thing is great in my opinion used for cleaning carpet on a pontoon boat I will try to post before and after

It's cheap but not cheap enough. One of the nozzles quit spraying water after 2 years. I only use this a couple times a year. I have used it maybe 10 times. Find something better. I am over the top about my tools and equipment and I take great care of everything I own and do not abuse tools. I used this so lightly and it still failed.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Was working great until the brass screw that holds the pivot together snapped in half. Looks like its impossible to get just that part to fix this, so the entire thing goes to the landfill. Disappointing. The biggest issue with ALL Ryobi equipment is that is throw-away stuff. My backpack blower does not spin up to full RPM, and the price to repair it is = or greater than buying a new one. My surface cleaner last for 2 light sessions and the bushing is completely shot. The water broom worked great until the pivot screw sheared in half and it is now landfill. I have a Ryobi 18v cordless drill from early 2000 and it has driven probably 50,000 screws and still going strong. Everything I've purchased since about 2018 on has been average quality at best.

I do transmission work for a living. I had came across this tool one day and thought it would be perfect for cleaning the undercarriage of these trucks that clean the port-a-potties out on farms. it didn't do a perfect job, but much better than just trying to get a wand under the truck.

Saw another reviewer made a simple modification to this and i followed suit. Used 4 lbs of lead shot in a ziplock bag and zip tied it. Works great!!!

MultiUse tool. I bought it to wash the undercarriage of my cars but I have been using it to wash the grade and driveway. I like the pivot to use it in multiple positions. Price is right for a tool of this quality.

I bought this to clean my sidewalk and driveway. It has plenty of power and cleaned where the water hit but the spray tips are too far apart and it leaves stripes where you have to go over the same area twice to clean the full width of the broom. I guess if your just looking for something to sweep debris off your drive or wash under your vehicle it will work great for that.

I used this to do a final clean up after I power-washed a brick patio. It was very easy to attach to the wand. It has 3 nozzles which are set at a wide angle so it cleans a larger area than just one nozzle attached to a wand. Note: this is not for deep-cleaning. It is for sweeping like with a broom, hence the name. It cleaned the residual mud off of my brick patio quickly and easily. I have not used the under carriage setting, but it is easy to switch back and forth between the broom and the under carriage setting by just pulling out the black knob and moving the 'arm'.

Lots of spray to get under the truck and low enough to get under a car. Seems to be well made. My power washer is 2.3 gpm.

I got the Ryobi water broom to clean the travertine surface in my lanai. The water broom does a better job faster than with the regular wand attachment on my pressure washer. It has an 11 inch spray span and also works great at quickly cleaning my driveway. The broom has three powerful water spray heads. The wheels on the broom make it easy to move around and under patio furniture. The water broom has a maximum water pressure of 3300 psi with a flow rate of 3.0 gpm. The water broom comes with a quick connect plug. If you have an older pressure washer you will need to purchase a spray wand with a quick connect coupler.

I got this thing for cleaning my concrete deck and walks. To do that, you want the jets pointing downward. So I flipped it over the way they tell you not to. There are two problems with that. The first is that, with the jets pointed downward, it wants to take flight. The second is, the resulting angle of the jets is slightly backward, and you get covered with ... stuff. Each of these problems is easily solvable, resulting in a very useful tool. If you look at the pictures, you can see that I have attached two four-pound scuba weights to the wand with a wire tie. This keeps it firmly pinned to the ground. You could also use a small barbell weight slipped over the shaft, or a brick, or just about anything. To fix the angle, I got an extra-long 36" wand, and bent an angle into it. Now the jets point slightly away from me, and I stay clean and dry. You can bend a long wand by hand with a vise. One picture shows my final configuration, the others are with a 24" straight wand. This setup is terrific for cleaning concrete. There are gaps between the jets, so you have to saw back and forth a bit, but the rolling motion is much less effort than using a regular tip. I did two large jobs that normally leave me with a sore back, and felt just fine afterwards. The pictures show what a single pass looks like, and what a fully cleaned area looks like. I don't think it goes any faster than a regular tip, but it saves a huge amount of effort. A job I used to measure in inches I now measure in feet. This would work even better on wood. If you've ever pressure washed a wood deck, you know how touchy that is - get too close and you tear it up. You'd have to work out the right angle for it, probably not too downward - and then just roll around; the wheels would keep you from slipping up. This device is marketed as a "water broom." I tried that briefly, and was not very impressed. A leaf blower or even a regular broom get the job done better and faster. I never tried the other advertised use - cleaning the underside of your car. Seems silly. But with some modifications, it makes a great surface cleaner, and for that I recommend it. I used a 3200 psi 2.4 gpm pressure washer. Anything much smaller may not have enough power to drive 3 nozzles usefully, at least not for what I want it to do.

This is a well made product and I expect that it will last a long time. The fittings are brass and seem to be high quality. The wheels are very nice with good quality tires on them. The water supply attachment fitting only fits onto the hose of a pressure washer, I am going to see if I can adapt a garden hose to it for situations where I don't need high pressure. The position of the attachment nozzle is adjustable for different spraying positions.

Well looking at the pictures you have to take into consideration that my driveway has not been cleaned in 5 years. A lot of stuff built up on it. Hooked it up to my pressure washer and was amazed ! Good jet force out of the 11" broom. It's going to take many times to clean all of this mess off of my driveway. But I have high hopes for this broom.

Easy to use. Works great

Water pressure not strong

Decent concept but poor option for drives and patios. The unit does not have enough weight to keep the wheels on the ground when using on patios and drives. This means you are constantly having to exert downward pressure to keep the wheels in contact with ground. I believe for the use of under-carriage wash it would work perfectly as the upward spray would keep the wheels on the ground. Also for patios and drives the spray pattern is not close enough together to clean the area between the wheels in one pass. It essentially creates stripes requiring 2-3 passes for proper cleaning.

Great tool, was impressed, pay attention to "this side up" I was doing it wrong at first :) Does not replace the pressure washer tips for serious jobs. Great on the deck and driveway

easy to use and good quality.

Smaller than i expected but thats my bad. Does do a good job but on the asphalt driveway it left clearly visible lines once it dried.

Great product and amazing value, highly recommended.

Awesome little piece of equipment.

Works fantastic under the vechile for washing that winter salt and chemical away.

The absolute perfect compliment to clean a large area. You can do the pre-rinse of the surface to remove debris. If dirt hasn’t be mashed down this will remove and wash away. I used it to wash my driveway after I had used a pressure washer scrubbing head 5 stars!!!!

Exactly what we needed for the car and small projects!

Great timesaver for deck washing