Quick verdict
A carbon steel cart on 10 inch wheels that carries the pressure washer and winds up to 100 feet of 3/8 inch pressure hose on a built-in reel, so the whole rig rolls from the garage to the far side of the drive and the hose comes off and goes back on without being dragged across the ground. Hose dragged and kinked is the usual failure; a reel ends it. It suits electric and compact gas washers; check the deck size against your unit.
Strengths
- Rolls the washer and hose together between jobs
- Reel winds 100 feet of 3/8 inch hose cleanly
- Ten inch wheels cross gravel and lawn
- Carbon steel frame
- Keeps the hose off the ground and unkinked
Weaknesses
- Check the deck dimensions against your washer
- Heavy assembly; allow an hour
- Reel crank winds slowly on a full 100 feet
The overall YardToolLab Score is out of 100. Section scores are out of 10.
One Trip to the Job
An electric pressure washer, a 100 foot hose, a bucket and a bag of nozzles is four trips from the garage and a hose that ends the day in a tangle on the drive. Active’s cart carries all of it: a carbon steel frame on 10 inch wheels with a deck for the washer and a built-in reel that winds 100 feet of 3/8 inch pressure hose. Roll it out, pay out hose, wash, wind, roll it back.
This review is based on the maker’s specifications and on how pressure washer carts and reels perform generally. We have not used this cart ourselves.
The Reel
Pressure hose fails from being dragged, kinked and run over. A reel pays it out straight and winds it back without touching the ground, and the hose lasts years longer for it. The crank is slow on a full 100 feet, which is the price of a hand reel; a hundred feet is still wound in a couple of minutes.
The Cart
Ten inch wheels roll over gravel and lawn where small washer wheels bog, and the steel frame carries the washer, the hose and a basket of accessories. A strap over the washer keeps it on the deck across rough ground. For a property where the drive, the patio and the shed are a walk apart, that mobility is the point.
Fit
Measure the washer footprint against the deck before buying. Most electric washers and compact gas units fit; large frame gas washers have wheels of their own and need only a separate reel.
Assembly
Steel carts arrive flat and take an hour with the included hardware. Tighten everything fully; a loose cart rattles and loosens further.
Who Should Buy It
- Owners of electric washers with long hoses.
- Anyone with a large property to wash in several places.
- People tired of coiling hose by hand.
Common Owner Complaints
Washers that did not fit the deck and slow cranking. Measure; accept the reel speed.
Technique Tips
Pay out only the hose the job needs and leave the rest on the reel; a reel with 60 feet still wound acts as a tidy anchor. Wind the hose back under slight tension, walking toward the cart, so it lays in even rows and does not bind on the next pull. Store the cart with the hose depressurised and the gun hung on the frame.
Care
Touch up chips in the paint before rust starts and oil the reel axle once a season. Keep the tyres inflated; a soft tyre on a loaded cart is heavy to push over gravel.
Alternatives to Consider
A wall-mounted pressure hose reel for a fixed washing spot. A standalone reel cart without a washer deck. A longer hose and a fixed washer for small properties.
Verdict
For moving a washer and 100 feet of hose around a property without dragging either, this steel cart and reel does the job and protects the hose. Measure the deck, strap the washer down and the whole rig rolls.
Full specifications
Active 100 ft Carbon Steel Pressure Washer Cart with Built-In Hose Reel and 10 Inch Wheels FAQs
A pressure hose dragged across concrete abrades, kinks and tangles. On a reel it pays out straight and winds back clean, and it lasts years longer.
Measure the washer footprint against the cart deck. Most electrics and compact gas units fit; large frame gas washers have their own wheels and do not need a cart.
One hundred feet of 3/8 inch rubber hose, or longer runs of thinner 5/16 or 1/4 inch hose.
The wide base and 10 inch wheels keep it upright on gravel and slopes. Strap the washer to the deck for rough ground.
