Ryobi Hack Converts EZ Clean Pressure Cleaner to Quick Connect
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2020
- In this video, I show you a clever Ryobi hack I invented and we show you how to convert your Ryobi EZ Clean Pressure Cleaner tool into a quick connect and quick disconnect tool for your hose, so you can quickly swap between multiple hose attachment tools without the need to shut off the hose at the hose bibb. Now you can switch the end of your garden hose attachments instantly, from garden hose nozzle, to car wash soap gun, to Ryobi EZ Clean Pressure Washer, all attachments changing instantly with our new quick connect/disconnect system.
📺 WATCH: • Ryobi EZ Clean Cordles... Ryobi EZ Clean Cordless Power Cleaner Tool Review/Testing RY120350
🛒 Ryobi EZ Clean Cordless Power Cleaner Home Depot: homedepot.sjv.io/x7j0k
🛒 Autogeek Quart Foamaster Foam Gun: amzn.to/31g9q1E Seen in this video
🛒 Gilmour Brass Male Quick Connector Faucet amzn.to/2NpmoSH
🛒 Ryobi EZ Clean Cordless Power Cleaner RY120350 Amazon: amzn.to/2CqFqWl
Usually when we wash our cars, our quick connect hose system allows to to quickly connect and disconnect our spray nozzle onto the garden hose, or the foam gun, or a foam cannon, or now you can attach your Ryobi cordless pressure cleaner. Our solution involves using a male quick connector screwed into the water intake port of the Ryobi pressure cleaner. these quick connect parts make your life so much easier. We show you which quick connect hose fittings to use on your Ryobi ry120350. - Навчання та стиль
🛒 Autogeek Quart Foamaster Foam Gun: amzn.to/31g9q1E Seen in this video
🛒 Gilmour Brass Male Quick Connector Faucet amzn.to/2NpmoSH
🛒 Ryobi EZ Clean Cordless Power Cleaner RY120350 Amazon: amzn.to/2CqFqWl
🛒 Ryobi EZ Clean Cordless Power Cleaner Home Depot:
www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ONE-18-Volt-320-PSI-0-8-GPM-Cold-Water-Cordless-Power-Cleaner-Tool-Only-RY120350/312453233
Jeff just wanted to let you know the Ryobi cleaner gun is available at Home Depot online as a tool only but if u get the 2 4ah battery kit it’s still $99 all together 👍🏻
@jeffostroff Great solution. I would expect nothing else out of a Motorola engineer however LOL. One suggestion you might want to put up a link to the Gilmore male and female quick connector pair so those of us who are going to change over to the system can give you the bump when we order them off your link. I’ve actually been considering changing over to quick connect for several years but could neverDefinitively find one system that was the best. Well done sir. #HotSwap
Jeff, I'm not sure if someone has asked this question. If you wanted to use the bucket hose (fresh water) adapter, you cannot use the male quick connect. Is there another brass inlet connector that would work with the bucket hose adapter? Yes, you are correct the Ryobi EZ Clean inlet adapter is cheaply made, mine snapped off. I'm look for a brass replacement that would work with the bucket hose.
Question - the inline shut off valve, looks leach end terminates with female threading, what size is that , 5/8 ?
5/8' is the normal size for garden hose right ?
hi. are there any similar hacks for the wand?
Really glad we got an engineer to show us how to unscrew something and screw something else back on again.
I think there must be a lot of people who don't regularly ~fiddle with things... I'd hardly say this is a, "hack" - he's literally screwing together compatible parts... The bar these days is low... (When I think, "hack" - I think of repurposing things NOT designed to fit together - or from entirely different tools. Hose connections and water fittings are just something you have to troubleshoot...)
Thanks a million Jeff. For me this is not just a hack but a solution to a problem that resulted from the o-ring coming off the factory coupling. I went to lowes last night and bought the in-line shut off (which is brilliant because....well you know why), one female and 4 males. It's regular multi-coupling, garden gang bang at my place now.
Way to go Robert!
@@jeffostroff the connector on the ryobi is our standard hose outside tap fitting in the uk
Perfect solution. I just got a Ryobi EZ Clean and that plastic coupler came off twice when washing my car. With this hack - problem solved. Ryobi uses that plastic adapter for other attachments that let you draw water from a bucket, lake or 2-liter plastic bottle. I don't need that feature. Thanks from a new subscriber.
Glad to help Mike and welcome aboard!
Not only a great fix for my gun, but also other items around the hose. Thanks Jeff!
This video was very helpful. I broke mine this weekend and Ryobi told me the warranty had expired. I was just about to throw in the trash (recycle) when i recalled this video hack. Thanks man!
Glad it helped Ken!
Jeff, thanks that's a great hack, I love how you 'engineers' approach a problem and create a workable solution for us general 'diyers', I'll be watching some more of your vids for sure, enjoy your weekend, Peter
Ryobi made their quick connect compatible with Gardena connectors which is very popular and widely used
Just the realization that I could get a water shut off valve for a hose so I don’t have to walk back and turn the water off all the time was worth a like. Good video.
Awesome, thanks for watching, glad to help out!
I just bought one .With your hack made easy for me . Thanks 🙏
Great to hear!
You know Jeff, now that your made a full vid about this. I think a strain relief with the spring is a good addition to this.
Yes, some type of strain relief would be good there.
I was just looking at this product. Seems perfect for small jobs where a pressure washer might be too much. I've got to get some of those quick connect things.
Using their cheap plastic quick connect it popped off constantly, I saw the threaded part and wondered if I could swap it out with the metal sure enough…you proved it…thank you!,, just what I was looking for!
Glad to help!
You made my day. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Check out our other video on the Dewalt 550 PSI power sprayer, much better
Great hack there Jeff. I'm glad you worked it out. Although I'm not to sure about it this pressure washer. Like I said in your first part of this video, I just love the older model they have. Next time I look at it I'll put the model number. Awesome 👍👍👍 video Jeff, They're great to watch.
Thanks 👍 Raymond!
It's good to see they rebranded the super soaker.
Lol! That is one use for it on hot summer days
I’m using this on my kids when we have water gun fights.
@@kpath74hook it up to one of those backpack water tanks…..you are welcome in advance.
Excellent Video, what a smart idea!! Many thumbs up!!! UP!!! and also very entertaining , love the little, " one big happy family comment, LOL" You are truly amazing!!! Thanks so much!!
Just saw this video for the first time. Thinking about buying this tool and now that I’ve seen your video, I’m definitely buying it now and doing the same modification. I liked and subscribed to your channel. Ryobi should’ve had you create the product. Thanks man
Glad I could help
Works great, got the $8 HF kit and no worries.
Awesome!
That connector, that Ryobi uses is not proprietary, not made by Ryobi. Actually it is used here in Europe. There is nothing else for water hoses, just this. I believe it is not used only in EU, but probably elsewhere. :)
We have the same quick connect in Australia and New Zealand too which are available in brass and plastic.
Absolutely brilliant!!!!! Thank you.
You're very welcome!
How the hell could someone dislike this. Great job on the hack.
Thanks, glad you liked it. We all have our groupie trolls!
Man you're a rockstar!! entertaining and useful, thanks!
I appreciate that!
Great hack,thanks a lot!
Glad you liked it Koko!
amazing demonstration you shared!! thank you
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great info.. .
You're welcome! Just doing my part to make the internet a smarter place, one video at a time.
There's nothing proprietary about the quick connect on the Ryobi tool. Those are exactly the same as Gardenia and many other quick connectors used around the garden in most countries.
Thanks for the tip! I just broke the stupid plastic connector and will implement your hack!
Yes I knew those plastic pieces were not going to last long at all
Thanks dude!!!
Thanks for this. Gona modify mine asap
I love all your videos keep up the great work
Thanks, I'm glad you liked the video!
great hack!
Thank you for sharing. Great hack.
You are so welcome!
Great hack. Thanks
Thanks for watching Javier!
Oh man thanks for making this video. Have the same washer. I dropped mine and broke the plastic male adapter. Glad to see I can add a metal one. 👍
Same, so glad I found this video
I think I’d rather break the plastic adapter than the plastic fitting on the tool and have to buy a new one. The adapter can be replaced cheaper than the tool.
Bro my plastic quick connect two days after use 😬 this hack is perfect 👍🏽 thanks
Awesome, yes I like this hack!
That was well explained!
Ryobi should pay you for this plug! 👌😙
I wish!
@@jeffostroff
👊😂!
It would piss off the rest of the world just to satisfy a few non standard Americans.
Waiting for this to be back in stock definitely going to do this d
Fingers crossed! I was quite surprised to see one of these ins stock yesterday at a local Home Depot.
Thank you so much, I will definitely try this 😊
Most welcome 😊
Yes Sir subscribed . That is really good info
Glad to help and welcome aboard Rashid!
loved it Great job !!!
thanks Carlos!
Cool fix. I’m definitely gonna do this to mine. 👍
Go for it!
Wish I saw this a month ago before returning item. The gray plastic connector that you screwed off happened to crack right off prior to using first time. Never realized it was screwed on. Thanks for the tip.
I knew these were a cracking hazard which is why I switched to brass quick connect
Same thing occurred to me first time use. SMH glad I stumbled across. Jeff you’re the man !
Awesome hack Jeff 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Glad to help!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!! I was just looking for a new connector for mine. It is leaking like crazy. I’m getting this tomorrow.
Glad I could help Denis!
That's great! But what I did was add the quick connect male end to the hose adaptor that they provided so that I can still use the 20' fresh water hose they supplied with the EZ Clean Power washer.
Another good solution!
How exactly did you do that? I want to do the same thing that you did. Any pictures?
My thoughts exactly!!
I kinda did the opposite. I changed the male quick connect on the tool to a brass one, then attached the plastic Ryobi male to a brass female QC. Seemed like a more solid setup.
That’s a great easy quick fix and I don’t even have one👍
Thanks Chris! Tomorrow I'm hoping to film my tool review of the Worx cutting tool, similar to the Harbor freight one you did a few weeks back. I'm running the Worx against my old Skil tool, that's no longer made, but a great cutter none the less.
This is great information because mine broke. I was wondering if it was possible to fix and now I see it is! Thanks
Glad I could help!
@@jeffostroff luckily I had a couple quick connects laying around and I copied your set up with the pressure washer, hose nozzle and the misting fan. Had them all up and running today! Also saw the video on the leaky spicket and tightened up the packing nut. 👍
omg so helpful
Ryobi have used the Hozelock connection that is standard in most of the world except for America which appears to use high pressure airline connections for low pressure water.
However, I like the inline stop tap in your set up.
yes it is very helpful
you just got a new sub
Welcome aboard Goldeneye!
Thanks
No problem
You da man!
Fantastic
Thank you so much 😀, and thanks for watching roadhog!
Great Hack! I thought this would make a great drinking game too...I took a shot every time you said “Here”, and was face down in 15 minutes! Good times:)
I am funny that way, Here here!
Genius!
Beast! Thanx!
Thanks for watching again tonight noname!
jeffostroff put sum quick connects on mine as well.. thinkin I noticed output increased from the gig brutha
thank you.
You're welcome Paul!
Good job :-)
Thanks Manuel! Glad you liked it
Great review! Looks better than my Worx hydroshot. My hydroshot is not much more powerful than a regular water hose, end up not using it at all.
Thanks for the info! What is the PSI rating of the HydroShot?
jeffostroff I will try to find it for you this weekend, I need to dig out that manual.
jeffostroff 320PSI
Very useful, at least they thought about being letting people hot swap parts.
Thanks for watching
Thank you for sharing it cheers with a beer
Glad you enjoyed it Konaman!
An Ooo yeah u just saved my ass lol your the man!!🤜🏽🤛🏻🤙👑
glad to hep!
nice hack.
thanks IVAN!
There may be a couple of these in a store 15 minutes away from me... I may need to try and go get this tomorrow...
Here's the one we get: amzn.to/31g9q1E "Autogeek Quart Foamaster Foam Gun". This came highly recommended by several sources. We also met up with Autogeek guys at Barrett Jackson Auction last year at their huge booth. Their lead trainer and product demonstrator Mike Phillips used be the head of Meguiar's car products training. This is the one he told us to get. there are other cheap knock offs and inferior but less expensive soap guns, but this one I trust.
@@jeffostroff I think I ordered my Griot's G9 from Autogeek, I haven't had time to use it to polish my car's because I'm working on home repairs, but looking forward to polishing up the cars soon
Awesome
thanks stephen
Thanks so much. I was about to return mine when i saw it wasn't standard quick connect.
Now if you can figure out a way to use standard wand accessories. 🙂
Have you removed the plastic from wand to replace it with brass quick connect? That way you can connect universal and professional grade foam canons and different aftermarket tips.
Love this video! Just purchased one and going to do the modification. Question regarding the wands, do I have to use the wand without the nozzles? Would like to have it smaller for easier manoeuvrability.
You have to use the wand all the way up to that turret on the end of it that's where it gets the water pressure
Nice trick! 😀 i must try this hehehe:]
You should!
The ryobi connector is the standard hose fitting in UK, and i think europe as well all hoses are sold with this type fitting and also made in brass
Are you sure they are not the slightly different size brass connector that I added? They look very close in size.
Same for Australia
2nd for that original fitting is the standard everyday household hose connector for Australia..
Hi Jeff, How far do you think the stream will shoot? I would like to draw wet n forget out of a bucket and reach the top of my house but I would like a narrow stream to shoot about 30’.
Hey Jeff, nice one this hack, but do you know how to use a regular 1/4 adapter on the nozzle for this EZClean machine...? I want to use my 1/4 curved nozzle for cleaning my AC more easily. Thanks
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You are welcome, thanks for watching Ali
great video...never liked having to take out my pressure washer system to wash the car then having to unplug everything and hose attachments to water everything else.
Glad to help Marcel!
Hi Jeff, It was a great hack. I love it. Now I am wondering if any of the foam blaster can also be connected to this somehow?
I'm filming my review of all this today and tomorrow. The Hart sprayer comes with a foam bottle that fits on the Ryobi. And Ryobi also makes a foam bottle for 1/4" standard pressure cleaners, but does not fit this. SOme cool stuff will coming form this upcoming video
Jeff you have to be hire by Ryobi. Congratulations, that is the kind of help we need to know.
Thank you Ideiva! I would rather they give me 2 of every one of the tools they make. One to review, and one to resell on eBay!
A decent response to the Worx unit. Now if they would just give us some accessory nozzles and gutter attachments for their 600 different leaf blowers.
I might just buy some gutter screens on mine.
Hi, nice video, what spanner size did you use to remove the plastic intake on the ryobi? It's definitely not a 10 or 11 as your video shows.
It was not an 11 as in 11mm, this was an 11/16" wrench that I used, just as I showed in the video
that connector that comes stock on the Ryobi is the most common yard water hose and accessory connector here in Australia. Nearly every outdoor water appliance or hose has it. Good for some countries and not others I guess.
Same in Europe
Does the original siphon hose connect on that aftermarket brass quick connector?
I love this idea but what do you use if you want to be able to drop a hose into a bucket or pull water from a lake or river? Just a regular hose cut with a filter on the end?
Nice, now we just need a hack to fix the extension hoses. So we can uses quick connects on the high psi hoses. Or standard high psi hose adapters.
maybe soon!
Love it! You know those "Foam Cannon's" from places like adams car polish and so many others, what is the fitting like on the the wand portion? Is it a standard quick disconnect or is it proprietary as well? I want to get one to run the hose into it like you did then attach a foam cannon to the joint in the middle of the wand... is that possible?
Just found Ryobi makes a Foam Blaster Accessory for this tool and ordered it : homedepot.sjv.io/o1mbb
Hi, I just brought the EZ Clean Pressure Washer. Thank you. I love this video. Since I’m not handy, do you have a video to show how to do a quick connect to the garden hose? Where can I buy the shutoff value shown on this video? I’m going to learn as much as I can on from your channel. Thanks. 😊
I am planning a video on this
Lol I purchased this cleaner cuz of you - lmao - now what adapters do I need to make this thing easy on and off- I’m assuming I can get it from HD
I'm going to pick this up tomorrow to see if it fits: www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-Pressure-Washer-Foam-Blaster-RY31F04/300701619 and I'm also working on more videos over the weekend to show if any of the Hart accessories work on it.
How do you hook up a better foam cannon? I have the Ryobi EZ Clean Foam Blaster, but I can't get that thick sticky foam
can you also swap the female ends of the siphon hose and bottle connector in a similar manner?
smart guy
I'm Always looking for the good hacks!
that connection they have looks like something we use in UK.
We prefer the standard 1/4" quick connect
@@jeffostroff that's a quick connect for us here in UK. I'm surprised they haven't adapted for different markets.
I was scrolling down for this comment. That's no proprietary Ryobi connector. That's just a normal quick connector for almost all hose pipes in the UK and many other countries. It is designed to be interchangeable so this isn't really a hack is it, just a preference for a non-standard American connector.
Maybe a follow-up video for changing over the fresh water hose to a new quick connect piece would go over well! It would sure help me!
I am finding the siphon hose is a joke, you don't get the pressure that you get from the garden hose with that extra 60 psi push
@@jeffostroff Have you found a way to make your hack work with the siphon hose? The stock plastic quick connect broke while having a 2 liter bottle hooked up and having seen your video previously I said no problem I have those brass quick connects and I swapped it out in a couple minutes, but they do not work with the siphon hose. I'm in Maine and it's still too cold to get my outdoor spigot going just for a quick rinse job. Thanks
Just used mine for the first time today. When connected to garden hose and faucet open, water free flows through the cleaner at a low rate??? When trigger is depressed, it ups the pressure. Per your video, there’s a flow stop when not in use. I’m thinking mine is busted??? Thanks.
Normally with no battery you pull the trigger and a light amount of water sprays out when you pull the trigger. Maybe you have an issue with the trigger. I have to fix mine already the trigger is stuck in and won't spring back to off.
With this hack can you now add a foam dispenser? Also do you know if you could change out the nozzles or add any other attachments?
Will be playing with this hopefully tomorrow
Any response to this yet?
Did you post a video showing how to change the nozzle attachment to a quick connect? I want to use pressure washer attachments with my EZ Clean.
Geat idea. I actually had those parts, in hand, last night. I didn't buy them as they don't meet my need of using the included hose for pulling water out of a bucket. Any ideas for that?
I have to experiment some more on that and on the dewalt as well as they both seem to have proprietary connections there that need to be adapted if you want to put quick connect on the port that in the water from the hose. But we have also discovered that the pressure spray is not as strong when you siphon out of a bucket like when you siphon directly out of the running hose and that is because the bucket of water has no pressure behind it where is your hose has that extra 60 PSI which makes all the difference in the world. So when I use the 550 PSI dewaldt sprayer and use the siphon out of a bucket method with that sprayer, it's way low pressure like half of connecting it to the hose. And so using the dewalt 550 PSI unit to siphon water out of a bucket is the equivalent of using the Ryobi unit by itself connected to a hose
Switched mine over to brass when first got it. And that is where it cracked, above this connector, inside the housing. Possibly they made it to break on the original connector since is so weak inside.
Yes some cheap plastic
Would the attachements that the EZ clean come with still work with the brass male connecter ??
Inline shut off valve is easy to find, what is the part on the end of the shutoff valve that has the release?Not the part you attached to the power washer?
This is the part you need: www.autogeek.net/brqucoset.html comes as a 2 piece set, you only need that double mushroom looking part. It screws onto the end of the shut off valve, and now you have a female quick connect port. The other piece in this kit is a male threaded hose adapter, that you can use on a soap gun, or any other part that needs a male screw in, so that you can connect the soap gun to quick connect.
I bought one of these, barely used, from a local pawn shop at about 50 percent of full price. However, it didn’t come with any accessories, so in addition to the adaptation in this video, I need to make a siphon hose for it myself. I have plenty of extra hoses and I can use/sacrifice one of them for this purpose. Are there third-party versions of the intake filter available that would screw in to a regular garden hose?
Good question we have not played with that yet I can tell you though that the Ryobi power cleaner, just like the DeWalt power cleaner, both of them stink trying to use the siphon hose out of a 5 gallon bucket the pressure quality is just way low because it doesn't have that 60 PS I have a garden hose as a headwind to get it started. In the Ryobi one seems to lose prime a lot when you're trying to siphon it out of a bucket
@@jeffostroff I made a siphon hose out of a 25-foot RV/Marine hose and tested it just yesterday. Put a piece of metal filter mesh over one end and zip-tied it in place. Need to find a way to add weight to that end so it stays in the bucket. Even so, most of the time it didn't work well in my limited testing so far. It usually only produced a trickle of water, although a few times it did spray with the same force I get when it connected to a regular water hose. I am going to try stretching out the hose for a few days to see if taking the "coil" out of it will make a difference. If not, it will be disappointing, but as long as it works with a regular hose hookup, it will be okay.
Proprietary? That is a common Gardena coupling if I'm not mistaken. That is standard in a LOT of countries. In fact I never see anything else where I live.
Yes in australia this seems to be standard
Is there a way to use a snow foam Lance (ie one you would use with a karcher pressure washer) with this Ryobi tool? I know Ryobi sell one but not in the UK!
Martin, a snow foam lance/cannon will not work on this Ryobi sprayer because it doe snot have the required 1/4 standard quick connect for wand attachments. But it does work on my DeWalt version, see my video from last week: "Can DeWalt Power Cleaner Work With High PSI Soap Cannons? Car Wash Tips" ua-cam.com/video/5XNLNlLjit0/v-deo.html you will also see in that video I tested the soap cannon with the Ryobi 1600 PSI portable plugin electric power washer, but you really need to use a 1.1 mm orifice with these soap cannons.