V-jet Ii

[Leysan Torri]

Thereason I decided to do this, is because I think the xjet is too darn expensive at $159. I have included some photos, below, where I compare it against a model called the Vjet, which cost about $40.

The important thing to me is what is the best chemical to water ratio you can recieve with each?? I have both also and if I remember the x-jet you can go almost 1-1 and the other is more like 7-1. I think I bought the other one at Envirospec for about $40.

15 minutes, and the same for briteners, wash it in about 1-2 hours, then briten, pack up and go to next one, so the xjet pays for itself on the first deck job.. same for houses, average 2000 sq ft house with gutters averages $300

i have been using the v-jet (ex-simpson) injector for four years until simpson stopped making them,which coincedently just reached distributors shelves the other day,i was paying $90 for the one you referr to as v jet i would like to know where you found them for $40?

Where as the other one the best it can do is shoot out 1 part Chemical to 7 parts water so another words 1(Chemical) to 7(water). I need the stonger on which is the x-jet because I usually shoot out around 4-1 with my mixes.

Mine came from Sherwin Williams about 7-8 years ago. I think it was made by Simpson, who also sold nice belt drive power washers. I can't remember the exact price, but I know it was less than $50 including tax....maybe like $43.95 or so.

I know for certain the vjet draws way better than 7-1. The reason I know is that I just got done washing 11 huge apartment buildings, and I alternated between the two for comparison purposes. The buildings had lots of green mildew growing, and I was using a pretty stiff concentration of chlorine to combat that issue.

I don't wear a watch when I wash, and I didn't time the two, but I know that each model drained a six gallon pail very quickly, and I used the same amount of mix on each building regardless of which injector I was using.

Using an unscientific approach, I can say that both injectors have roughly the same diameter, both have 3/8" hoses, and the tiny hole inside that creates the pressure is the same size, about the same as a regular paper clip.

I don't use injectors for applying deck chems, I prefer my pump cart setup because I can precisely control the strength of each mix exactly how I want it. Plus I have far better control of the spray pattern and velocity.

I've tried lots of different brand chems throughout the years, even tried mixing my own brews, but I've got to the point where I've sorted thru the hyperbole and gotten right down to what works well and what doesn't. Don't believe everything you hear/read about who makes what, that does this and that. Test for yourself.

Tony, with all the products out there, have you ever tried Barlox, ? it is a super surfactant, and I am very impressed with it, I just started trying it in the last week or so, very economical, and works with either X-jet or downstream..

And I'm glad this thread got started. I wish there were more threads where people are putting the products they use to the test and posting the results. And in like this case comparing to products apples to apples to see which is the best value.

I can only compair the xjet and the m5. I just picked up the m5 this week. (I didn't put my xjet away properly and it fell off the trailer :() The adjustable spray is great but I would have to say it has nowhere near the range of the original xjet. Probably like 5 or more feet less. The draw rate is definately greater too. I went through almost 15 gallons of wash on the first house I used it with then I changed it to the 1/4" line I had from the old one. I know the draw rate isn't that good with the 1/4" but I'd rather have to spray chems longer than waist them. I'll probably experiment with the 3/8" line and the proportioners when I get time.

The x jet is nice for certain applications, but if you mix you chem correctly you don't need it at all. I can't say for decks because I use a shurflo to put the chem on straight. But for houses, a good chem, a half gallon of chloring and however else you want to mix it, a ball valve, which can throw chem twenty feet, or a 0 degree #40 tip to throw higher, and an adams downstreamer will give you a 5-1 draw rate through 300 ft of hp hose, at least I get that with a 5 gpm machine. Most houses I wash are anywhere from 300 to 450. After I started using this system, It hasn't taken me over an hour to wash a house, no matter the size. The chem I use has about a 5 minute max dwell time and also cleans the gutters very nicely so as soon as I soap, I rinse. Start to finish, an hour max. Give it a try, you will never use an x jet to wash a house again.

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