[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Guys

I don't currently do any LM - I am trying to decide between an Oreck and a NEW rotary (£350 or £700)

This is on the basis that I want a machine for post-bonneting and some hard floor scrubbing.

Is the Oreck versatile enough or should I go the whole hog a get a rotary ?

[jasonl]

Recon rotary from Sheffield is all you need.

[Mike Halliday]

which oreck? the little one? its only good for scrubbing, too small & light for bonnet cleaning.

buy a 17inch rotory.

[Paul Simpson]

Have both but if I had the choice of one or the other would go with the bigger rotary for bonneting. I'd go with 15" rather than 17" - more manageable. 

[Len Gribble]

Steve

I paid £20quid for mine Numatic made me £10k in first year ok had to buy base plate 17” and bonnets, next one £200quid = £3k but came with a tank and brush as for floor subbing with a skirt/buffing cant beat my truvox

[Dean Wilson]

Restormate have a great bonnet cleaning starting kit for £695.   As well as a Numatic you get a the tank, drive plate, etc, etc.   This will do so much more than an Oreck.

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Dean - that was what I was looking at (£700)

Len - yes, but you are such a market trader 

[Dean Wilson]

My local competitor (who luckily enough is also a very good mate) got one of those kits from Restormate and I was checking it over yesterday.   It really is a superb kit for the cash Steve.    Although I've an (old) Chemstractor and a Dry Fusion, I'm very tempted to pick up one of these kits, as I want a newer looking machine, purely just from a custy perception point when doing rotary jobs in homes. Both my Chemstractor and DF are bit beaten up.

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

I'm tempted Dean, especially as it's from my preferred supplier.

[clinton]

Its always good to have a clean rotary machine as to an old batered looking one,spec if you are going to use it on domestics...

[Dean Wilson]

Absolutely.  On commercial work after the quote and job spec there's never anyone around observing the work, but on domestics it's a far better perception for the customer to see nice new looknig equipment. Don't get me wrong, my rotaries aren't THAT bad LOL.  The DF machines are easy to keep looking good because the red areas can be reprayed easily.  The Chemstracter is harder to keep fresh.

But the machine that JK is selling is very smart. It's a basic no frills rotary but with everything you need to get good results.  I wouldn't use it with ACTIVATOR because there's no heat but if I get one (tempted to order today) it'll be for cleaning using 'Fusion Clean' which has the same eficacy when used with hot or cold water.

[C A Payne]

steve... if your interested, i've got a victor contract floor machine for sale, 17" 180 rpm in good condition, comes with drive board..... 2 boxes of hard floor pads (blue & red ones).... some floor cleaning products..... £325- the lot....

[robert meldrum]

The Victors are pretty much bomb proof.........I've an old 25 year old one that still runs.

Steve

The Oreck is a " toy " compared to the bigger 15" or 17" machines ..........you can lift the Oreck with one finger, something you won't do with the bigger machines and it's only 11"

[Joe H]

I wouldn't use it with ACTIVATOR because there's no heat but if I get one (tempted to order today) it'll be for cleaning using 'Fusion Clean' which has the same eficacy when used with hot or cold water.

Restormate on holiday for this coming week so your order wont get processed straight away.

[Len Gribble]

Steve

Forgot you have seen my truvox in action and thanks for the compliment and my 20quid one looks brand new

Isn’t oreck an op machine?   Restormate price ant bad would swap the brush for a drive board and purchase a skirt (even low speed causes splashes)

[clinton]

I too would go for the jk package or a victor as they are as said above just run n run

[justin brown]

i have an oreck for light agitation and a numatic npr1515 for bonnet/ agitation. The numatic is absoultely amazing, done a showroom last week covered in oil and coffee, use power burst prespray and started agitation with a brush, and then went on to my oreck ....both proved hard work. i then got the numatic out and all the marks went instantly............paid for the machine in one job.....most impressive piece of equipment i have used to date!!

[Neil Williams]

Excuse my ignorance but what's the difference between the orek and the numatic?

[happy mondays]

Excuse my ignorance but what's the difference between the orek and the numatic?

As in weight.. about 25 kilos as a rough guess.

[jasonl]

An oreck gyrates, a numatic/buffer spins.