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Kärcher K 3 Horizontal Plus Home review

A horizontal chassis that does not tip, with a detergent suction hose instead of a bottle.

Where this ends up The stable one at the bottom of the range, and the detergent feed is worth more than the ten bar over a K 2.

The K 3 Horizontal Plus Home trades the usual upright body for a low horizontal one: 120 bar, 380 l/h, 25 m (82 ft)²/h, a carry handle, and a detergent suction hose.

The shape is the feature

Domestic pressure washers are pulled over by their own hoses, usually at the moment you move from one area to another. A low, wide body with a handle removes most of that, and it stows on a shelf rather than needing floor space. What you give up is wheels: this machine is carried, which is comfortable across a courtyard and tedious across a garden.

Detergent, from a real container

The integrated suction mechanism draws from your own bottle rather than a clip-in cartridge. That matters on the jobs where detergent does the work — render, stone, anything where dwell time replaces pressure.

The figures, plainly

At 380 l/h it moves more water than a K 2 and less than a K 4. Twenty bar over a K 2 changes very little; forty liters an hour changes a little more. Neither turns it into a machine for a neglected drive.

Availability

Catalogued and unsold: the American Amazon shop lists the reference with nobody behind it.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

What it does well, and badly

Strengths

  • Horizontal body with a carry handle — it does not tip when you pull the hose
  • Detergent drawn from your own container rather than a small bottle
  • Listed on all six Amazon stores, including the United States

Compromises

  • 120 bar and 380 l/h remain entry-level figures
  • A horizontal machine has no wheels: it is carried, not pulled
  • No pressure dial

Specifications

Maximum pressure120 bar
Flow rate380 l/h
Area performance25 m (82 ft)²/h
ChassisHorizontal, with carry handle
DetergentIntegrated suction mechanism
Part number1.602-824.0
Amazon referenceB0CRRWXMYJ
EAN4066529078179

The questions we hear

Horizontal or upright — does the shape matter?

It decides how often the machine ends up on its side. Upright machines are pulled over by their own hose; a low horizontal body with a carry handle stays put and is easier to stow. The trade is that there are no wheels, so it is carried rather than towed — fine for a courtyard, tiring across a large garden.

What does the detergent suction do that a bottle does not?

It draws from a five-liter container instead of a small clip-in bottle. On a car that is irrelevant. On a terrace treatment, where you need volume and dwell time, it is the difference between refilling four times and not stopping.

What singles this model out

Measured against the median of its own aisle here — not against everything on sale.

  • Area performance25 m (82 ft)²/h-37 % off the median of this aisle
  • Flow rate380 l/h-18 % off the median of this aisle
  • Maximum pressure120 bar-14 % off the median of this aisle

Our score

7.5/ 10

The stable one at the bottom of the range, and the detergent feed is worth more than the ten bar over a K 2.

Price and availability, for cleaning machines

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.

Details checked on August 16, 2026.

Who this one is for, among cleaning machines

A courtyard or a small terrace where the machine is carried out and put away each time

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for cleaning machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

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