In article ,
(m Ransley) wrote:

Who knows what you buy today, Outsourcing to china, mexico etc etc .
You never know where or by who anything is made anymore. It seems
everyday a cheaper product comes online. In many areas there has been
no increase in prices for 15 yrs . Many products have dropped in price .
But inflation hasnt. Cost cutting is our new way of life. Disposable
crap.
Husky , get real , its no better, probably worse.

Well...the fellow I mentioned who manages the section of the hardware
store that used to sell and service the Karcher units and who made the
decision to drop Karcher because of the poor quality of their
recently-manufactured units was the one who suggested Husky over all the
other units available. That's from a guy who deals with these things
for a living.

One of my neighbors has a Karcher he bought five years ago and it has
been problem free. Wonder what decisions Karcher made in the meantime
that led to their nosedive in quality?

Count yourself lucky you have an older unit.

Thanks for the input,
bob