Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: joe123 on October 04, 2008, 07:47:04 pm
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i am interested in buying a carpet cleaner or 2 but i want to know what is the best out there at the moment and what sort of price im looking at for a top quilaty carpet cleaner
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titan.
at a guess about 28 grand
you might get a discount if ya want 2. ;D ;D ;D
derek
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a portable one derek.. id need a tank to move that
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Or buy a blue line thermal wave.
A good kit is around K40, so 80,000 will buy 2 ;D
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Sorry Joe, your talking portable :), I thought you said best.
A decent porty will cost around 3k and there are a few suppliers out there.
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A good answer comes from a precise question.
Need more info. The answer could be a Titan or a second hand portable.
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I need to up my typing speed. ;D
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the best portable out there , and a make would be good ::)
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Prowler from Restoremate
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Second that.
Just make sure you buy one that has a decent heater ;)
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i always thought the ninja was the best but with all the add ons though. what are they with all the add ons, about 6k ish maybe sort of roughly, ball park stab in the dark type guess
derek
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Derek, have you owned a Ninja? in the past.
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I,ve had a Mytee Speedster for a year and a half - apart from the odd problem(only small things) I,m well pleased still with it.
Mike
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if I was to buy a portable I'd get a CFR machine.
but If I entered the carpet cleaning world now I'd use a combination method, HWE & Bonnet. do all the stains & traffic lanes with a small extraction machine then bonnet the rest.
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Joe, there is no "best" machine. One man's favourite will be hated by another, and vice versa.
Take the parts out from the plastic casing and you have some vacuum motors and a pump.
To clean carpets and upholstery effectively and without taking all day, a machine NEEDS:
> At least two 3-stage vacuum motors
> At least 100psi pump pressure, preferably more (but beware of some big pumps in portables because of reliability issues.)
> At least 30 litres capacity in both solution and recovery tanks
A machine is a very personal thing
Some of the main contenders are (in no order of best/worst):
Ashby's Ninja
Solution UK's Scorpion
Mytee Speedster
Alltec (several options)
Prochem (several options)
Powrflite
Extracta
Your question is a bit like asking "What is the best car?" Imagine trying to get Clarkson to agree with Hammond on that, and you'll be close to the other million threads on forums between carpet cleaners arguing about which machine is best.
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Voice of inexperience again ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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no david, ive never owned a portable, just going off what ive heard,
derek
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no david, ive never owned a portable, just going off what ive heard,
derek
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Join Neil then.
Why do so many give advice on what they have heard and not from what they know.
Amateurs ;D
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I can remember my first pint ;D ;D These smiley faces are good ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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david
no david, ive never owned a portable, just going off what ive heard,
derek
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Join Neil then.
Why do so many give advice on what they have heard and not from what they know.
Amateurs ;D
david.
if you give advice on here, isn't the recipient of that advice only going on what they've heard from you.
just a thought,
oh and most things you learn in life are from what you are told.
i'll explain it in detail if your not getting the point but to be honest, i can't be bothered.
derek
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Joe123,
Getting away from the bitching and back to the original question.
I'd firstly question why you want two if you haven't even got one yet?
As for the best portable machine, there's no right answer, the best thing you can do is get information from all the main manufacturers and compare them, decide what your budget is then go to the manufacturers and have a look at all the machines, try them out because what might look best on paper may not be suitable for your needs.
Things you need to ask yourself
Are you transporting it in a van or a car.
What's your budget
What sort of work are you wanting to do
Are you intending to do upholstery as well
Where are you located and where are the manufacturers/sevice centres.
When I first started I travelled the country looking at different machines, in the end I bought an Extracta Exel, it wasn't the best machine on the market, pressure is only 100psi, but it had a good vacuum with 2 three stage Super vacs, was a reasonable size and soundly built and looked professional.
However the main reason I bought it was because of where they were manufactured, only about 30 miles from me in Newcastle. You will undoubtably have problems with your machine and getting it repaired and back into action quickly is paramount.
The machine is still an excellent piece of kit and we have never had anyone complaints from the results.
I now have a Prowler, bought from John at Restormate last year, another excellent piece of kit and exceptional value for money, a TM for not much more than the price of a good porty.
Again I looked at other truckmounts from other manufacturers, but the decision to buy a Prowler was not made on which is the best machine, it was made on budget, service centre location, this time only 20 miles from me and also on the fact that it can be removed from the vehicle in a couple of minutes allowing the vehicle to be used for other things if necessary.
Take a few days out and travel around the different manufacturers and make your own decision as to which is the best machine FOR YOU!