Overseas, Makita has come out with a new 18V X2 (36V) cordless high pressure washer, and because it features its own water reservoir, there’s no hose connection needed.
The Makita DHW080 doesn’t require a power outlet or water source connection, making it highly portable and convenient.
Makita says that you can clean cars, walls, steps, etc, anytime.
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The Makita cordless pressure washer has a 50L water tank capacity. It features an extending handle and built-in casters for easy transport (although if the tank is full some water might spill out), and also a drain on the bottom for easy emptying.
When drained of water, everything can fit inside of the tank for storage, or in an optional MakPac storage case that connects to the lid.
- High/Low pressure settings
- 5.5/3.0 MPa working pressure
- 12.5/28 mins runtime with 2x 5.0Ah batteries
- 70/110L water flow with 2x 5.0Ah batteries
- Max feed volume of 6.3L/min
- 5.5/4.0 L/min max flow rate
- 50L water tank capacity
- 5m hose length
- 70.9 dB(A) sound pressure
- Weighs 15.6 – 17.0 lbs
- Brushless motor
There are a wide range of accessories available, such as nozzles and cleaning brushes, different hoses, and trolley options of increased portability.
The Makita DHW080 cordless pressure washer comes with a trigger gun, high pressure hose, suction hose, cleaner pin, storage box, variable nozzle, connector, and one touch joint.
At this time, Makita’s 18V X2 pressure washer is not available in the USA, and has only been announced in Asia.
This is an interesting concept, and although you do technically need a water source to fill the 50L (~13.2 gal) capacity tank, you could fill it up and then bring the tool where you need it.
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Obviously this won’t work for all types of applications, especially those that require a greater volume of water, but it’s a neat solution and approach for cleaning tasks where a hose connection isn’t possible or might be too inconvenient.
Makita’s product literature isn’t very clear, but it seems that you might be able to connect the pressure washer to a water source if or when needed, for even more versatility.
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Yadda
Looks like an improvement on the WORX cordless pressure washers.
Aaron
I have Ryobi’s little power washer and what I really wish for is a backpack tank. Seriously I want to pressure wash my chain link fence and the hose is a pain. Cordless with backpack tank. Somebody should do it
Roger
How about getting a sprayer tank and feed from that?
Adam
I’ve seen “hacks” where someone will run it off a 2-liter
Robert
I have the WORX one and feed the hose through a 3 gallon container. I use it to rinse my car with distilled water so it can air dry without leaving water spots. I think mobile detailers may like this Makita unit.
Big Richard
I have the DeWalt and do the same thing with a 5 gal bucket of RO water.
Nathan
I was going to say the nice thing about the worx or dewalt device (If I saw that correctly one day) is that you can connect it to a container of your choice with a little hose handiwork.
This would be more powerful obviously.
Question I might have imagined it but doesn’t greenworks now make a cordless pressure washer?
Jack brown
Green works is more than double the psi of this one, a much better unit. This Makita works out to about 800 psi.
Randy
This Makita cordless water pressure washer is not new and has been available for 18+ months. It is available either with or without the 50L tank. It is also capable of being connected to a pressurized water source, hose, or can draw water from a stationary water source like a pond, river or pool.
Makita make a number of high quality professional electric pressure washers. Due to their price point and competitive market, they will not be made available in the United States.
If interested, you can purchased one from Mexico that will work on US power. I own two and find them quiet, of high quality and have excellent performance. Mine are 3 years old, I use them a lot and can only assume they will last.
Big
Is it a website you use to import it from Mexico?
Randy
Big, It was several years ago, I purchased it from a merchant out of Brownsville, Texas. Assume they either brought it over the border or had a sister organization in Mexico. Nowadays, it may be easiest to order it through Amazon Mexico. If you want the cordless Makita pressure washer, Amazon Japan is a safe bet.
When using international Amazon sites, pricing can be deceiving. The pricing often includes VAT or other taxes. When an item is exported, these taxes go away, so the pricing drops. Often significantly. So the best way to find the true landed cost is to proceed through the checkout process until the total cost is calculated. You always have a step or two afterwards to cancel the transaction.
andy
What do people use these for? I generally feel like an 8HP gas rated at 8 times this pressure could use more power.
Sean
I could see maybe someone who details cars would use it.
Jake-Test-11192020 Finity
You can only see your application and your uses. Don’t disparage others who can see wider range of applications. MORE POWER & MORE Pressure doesn’t solve all problems.
John Fal
Wished Dewalt would make something like this in Flexvolt. Needs to have wheals though.
blocky
I live in an apartment building with general municipal street parking out front and no water connections in sight. I can never wash my own vehicle. This would do that.
Koko The Talking Ape
I was thinking that too, though you still have to get water into the tank somehow. My building has no outdoor faucets.
Also, it isn’t clear to me how easy it would be to move while filled with water.
It might be easier just to drive the car to a car wash.
Adam
Ryobi is able to work off a non-hose source. Comes with a hose for doing so, as well as sucking up a soap solution
Patrick
I have been using the 40v brushless Sun Joe portable pressure washer with the tank that stores the motor unit for a few years. It’s great for dragging to bike events and be able to spray the worst stuff off your bike, but not have so much power that it infiltrates bearings. It’s also been handy this winter to fill indoors with warm water and drag it out to the garage or driveway.
50 liters for the Makita seems nuts. I use 5 gallon camping water containers and those are a pain to move around. A 13 gallon tank would be near impossible. 10 gallons is about all I can get through the 4 ah 36/40 volt battery anyways. That’s with a brushless motor too. Seems like a pair of Makita’s 6ah batteries would be needed to use that full 13 gallon capacity.
I would love to have something like the Yakima road shower tank on my roof rack with a hose going to one of the tankless style sprayers instead. Not wild about driving around with that much water in the back of my vehicle.
Paul
You can run them out of buckets they just don’t have the same pressure as when Hooked to a hose
JMG
I want one, but I think that it is more likely that one of the other platforms I use will offer something similar here in the states long before Makita gets around to shipping the item here.
Plain grainy
With a water weight of 110 pounds, i would mount it on some 2×10’s. Then make a quick attach on a little red wagon, garden cart, lawn mower trailer, wheel barrow, utv box, ect. You could even ad some larger nurse tanks, if you have enough battery power to run it.
Paramount
It would be nice to keep in the RV/camper/boat. Very nice, indeed.