I've used this 2 or 3 times, and it does make a little bit of noise, but nothing like the gas powered pressure washers. It was smaller and easier to carry than most of my other car pressure washers, and came with a rather small pressure hose, a turbo nozzle, and a power supply as well as 4 nozzles. Just get some quick connects, plug it in, run water, bleed the hose, and turn it on. This will clean your car, and I believe it is on par with the active 2.0, which claims 2 gpm, but has been shown to only output 1.7 to 1.8 gpm. This is not for commercial work, but it works fine for small jobs like the fence, fascia, or foam washing the car. Lives up to the great reviews.