Cam Spray Semi-Pro 1450 PSI Hand Carry (Electric-Cold Water) Pressure Washer

The pump on my 1500A has gone bad after only 1.5 years. This pump on this unit in NOT SERVICEABLE.

BUYER BEWARE. The 1500A was recommended to me by a friend in the same business as mine (Screen Printing) but has turned out to be a bad choice unfortunately.

Honestly have had better luck with cheap throw away units like Karcher so I will never buy another Cam Spray at these prices.

Have purchased two of these and had problems with both. First, both of our houses have 15 amp circuits for outdoor receptacles. So the washer keeps tripping the circuit breaker. Even replacing the 15 amp breaker with a 20 amp breaker did not work all the time. A person at Camspray said that a 20 amp circuit was "minimum."

Probably because of this, after a short time, I had to replace the capacitor and switch on one washer. Now the other washer won't kick in when the trigger is pulled, so I am guessing that capacitor is now bad. I will not replace it, but purchase another electric washer that is 15 amp.

Have purchased two of these and had problems with both. First, both of our houses have 15 amp circuits for outdoor receptacles. So the washer keeps tripping the circuit breaker. Even replacing the 15 amp breaker with a 20 amp breaker did not work all the time. A person at Camspray said that a 20 amp circuit was "minimum."

Probably because of this, after a short time, I had to replace the capacitor and switch on one washer. Now the other washer won't kick in when the trigger is... more

Mike,

In regards to the pump, Cam Spray told me yesterday that when the pump breaks it's not worth repairing. In other words technically you can repair it but it's not worth it, just buy new.

You and your website state the opposite about the pump, you say it's serviceable but people should be aware that when the pump fails on the 1500A that it is in fact a throw away unit.

Easy to use!

So back to my story of a non-replaceable pump, or should I say, not-worth-it-to-replace/repair, that is the story I got from CamSpray.

So here's the update, the pump wasn't the failure (initially suspected as the problem), it was a gcfi which I replaced, twice. Then the motor failed about 2 years after purchasing (8/14 approx. failure). No idea why, but the motor cannot be replaced by Camspray or they are unwilling.

All in all I cannot recommend this unit, $700 over 2 years is $350 per/yr and I have had $150 baseline Karchers and Home Depot's flavor of the month last longer.

I'm back to the thinking that pressure washers are just hard to keep working over the haul despite following all manu's recommendations to the "T".

I do think that expensive models aren't necessarily what they're marketed to be, i.e. repairable, lower maintenance etc, NOT the case here.

I'm trying a lower priced prosumer model for now and if it fails as miserably as the Camspray I'll be back to Costco or Home Depot because at least there I just buy a new one for a fraction of the cost. As I mentioned, most of the baseline cheapos have lasted as long or longer than this Camspray, and that is based on 15+ yrs of my pressure washer use experience.

So back to my story of a non-replaceable pump, or should I say, not-worth-it-to-replace/repair, that is the story I got from CamSpray.

So here's the update, the pump wasn't the failure (initially suspected as the problem), it was a gcfi which I replaced, twice. Then the motor failed about 2 years after purchasing (8/14 approx. failure). No idea why, but the motor cannot be replaced by Camspray or they are unwilling.

All in all I cannot recommend this unit, $700 over 2 years is $350... more

The Cam Spray Prosumer 1450 is a great product and is helping our company down-size our equipment and still get the job done.

It is helping us re-launch our company in a new direction for national growth.