Kärcher 2.642.706.0 Splash Guard, Yellow

Works great and prevents mud and gunk from being splashed all up your walls, would recommend if you need to clear close to the house/door as it also easy to control where the water flows so you don’t end up with soaking door mats and dirty walls. I would recommend as a useful add on

You will need an appropriate Karcher - we recently bought the K4. Use the yellow attachment on the guard for the variable lance and the grey attachment for the dirt blaster lance. These are relatively easy to attach. The hard bit is manipulating the lance into the guard - but worth it & is easy to remove. Go for the vari lance first with Stone Cleaner solution. Set the vari lance to Level 1 to spray solution on the drive/ pathway/ wall then rack the lance up to 3 and you're in control - driveway cleaned without getting covered. Did the job in half the time and with a better result. For the difficult bits revisit & use the dirt blaster lance.

This is one of the better additions I have found for a Karcher washer. I find the patio type cleaners to be of litter use, as the spray is too weak. Using the lances for patios cleans better, but makes a significant mess, and even manages to splash muddy water on windows, doubling effort (as then have to clean windows). This gadget reduces splashes by about 90%. As well as less splashes up walls and windows, I am kept dryer too. The main issue is the fittings are a bit stiff, those with limited ability, or cold hands may struggle. A tip is to always wash the guard and fittings afterwards so that any dirt does not get trapped in the connections and making future fitting difficult. Overall, I find this guard very useful.

After about three hours of jet washing our block paving, I was exhausted and covered in mud and grime. I wasn’t sure how I’d tackle the rest. Because we have deep granite setts, getting the weeds out requires using the high-power lance attachment — which blasts mud and dirt everywhere. Half the job ended up being cleaning the walls and windows of the house. I tried the T-racer, but it didn’t remove the weeds. While searching for a splash guard, I came across this—and managed to get it next day (albeit warehouse deal for next day delievery). What a difference it made. I spent several more hours outside and only had a few specks on my jeans above the boot line. No more spray reaching the upstairs windows. It’s a game changer—this should come standard with every power lance. Worth every penny. Only downside is the instructions are daft - they give you colour coded rings with no indication of that colur ring per attachment. Not hard to figure out but cmon guys.

I dropped it getting out of the box & it split so didn't get to use it. Not very robust

Wow! What a brilliant piece of kit. Fitted the splash guard to the dirt buster on my old K4 using the grey collar and it has cleaned our entire block paved drive and I’m not covered with dirt and wet sand! Handy tip- don’t drag across the surface and it will prevent 90% of splash!

Just what I needed! Prevents splashes all around and focuses on the required area that needs cleaning. Top marks!

Right ! Normally I have been wearing wellies, waterproof trousers, waterproof jacket and goggles when doing my block paving. After having bought this gizmo, I did it in wellies, jeans and a white t shirt, clean as a whistle ! Ok so it cut down the splashing by 99% , which is what it says on the tin. I will post a warning though, I haven't as yet figured out how to separate neither the guard from the grey attachment, nor the grey attachment from the dirt blaster , and this is probably due to me having small weak hands. I just can't get a grip on the grey bit, tried using the vice to hold it. Apart from that, I'm telling the world how good it is. Only four stars due to the disconnect problem.