About The Power Site

The Power Site is a UK retailer of powered outdoor and workshop machinery — mowers, generators, pressure washers, compressors and garden power tools — and a discount code is worth having on equipment bought once and expected to last a decade.

What they stock

The catalogue is machinery rather than hand tools. Lawnmowers and garden power tools sit alongside brushcutters, hedge trimmers, pole saws and multi-tools taking several heads on one motor. Beyond the garden there are portable generators for site work and standby power, petrol, diesel and electric pressure washers, air compressors, and workshop equipment. Named brands including Hyundai and JCB run through the range, and the site offers advice before purchase — useful where a specification sheet decides whether a machine can do your job.

Petrol, battery or mains

This is the choice that matters and there is no universal answer. Petrol gives the most power and unlimited running away from a socket, at the cost of fuel, servicing, noise and starting effort — the right answer for large or rough ground. Battery machines have caught up for domestic-sized work and are quieter, lighter and start instantly, but the battery platform locks you in, so buy the tools that share the batteries you already own. Mains electric is the cheapest to buy and fine for small gardens near a socket, with a cable that limits reach and needs an RCD. Match the machine to the area you actually cut, not the garden you aspire to.

Sizing a generator, and running it safely

Generators are where people buy wrong twice. Add up the running wattage of everything you intend to power, then allow for the surge motors draw at start-up — a fridge or a pump pulls several times its running figure for a moment. Buy for the surge. Petrol and diesel generators produce carbon monoxide and must be run outdoors, well away from doors, windows and vents, never in a garage, shed, tent or caravan awning, and never with an extension run in through a window. If you intend to connect one to a house circuit, that is an electrician's job, not a DIY one.

Delivery, servicing and using your code

Machinery ships as heavy or palletised goods with next-working-day delivery on much of the range, so check the postcode restrictions and arrange for someone to receive it. Register the warranty and keep the receipt; petrol equipment usually needs servicing at stated intervals to keep it valid, and fuel left in a tank over winter is why a mower will not start in spring. Add your code in the basket before payment and confirm the total updates.