Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Henry Roberts on November 30, 2009, 07:13:24 pm
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What's the opinion on the Drimaster Hand tool? Currently I'm using Prochem TM tool with variable flow which works quite well.
Henry
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they take a while to get use to then once you have mastered it the rest of the tools will stop in the van
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My drimaster 2 started leaking, well actually more like p**sing water, from the flow control numpty after about the 6th time I used it. Not really very happy about that >:( It's on the garage bench at the moment waiting for when I have a spare hour to see what's wrong with it.
Otherwise, I found it quite easy to change over to after using bog standard 3.5" detailer with spray guard for the last god knows how many years.
One thing though is that I've found it doesn't work well at all on lower pressures, it needs at least 200psi through it to maintain an even solution flow otherwise it all bunches into the centre.
The solution control numpty might as well just be an on/off switch tbh. It's impossible to run it on 50% flow the whole time because as soon as it gets rubbed along the side of a cushion or something the numpty gets moved - you can accidentally catch it quite easily and change the flow rate. You can control the flow with your ball valve on the end of your main solution hose which is only an arm length away so I don't really see the point of including a feature that just annoys you and gives you another problem to work around.
I'm sure I've heard it said that you can clean on the push stroke as well as pull stroke with the drimaster 2 but their literature says nothing about it. It has a vac slot either side of the solution slot so in theory that should be true but in practice it leaves the fabric very wet when you use a push stroke. So every time you lift off and put the tool back to the furthest point away to do your next stroke, you're wasting solution. 50% more solution than the mark 1 tool!
I used more water on a 3-pc than a whole 4 bed house the other day :-\
When you back off the flow you lose the heat, it feels almost cold unless it's on full blast.
All in all though, once you get the hang of it the tool does start to make sense. if you just use pull strokes and don't worry about how much water you use ;)
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i believe if you take off the lever it can be tightened similar to a central heating radiator valve.
Dave
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An alternative is the CFR 3" or 5" for upholstery. I have both then I can cope easy with larger flat areas and the rounded parts of arms.
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I've never had a proper go on a CFR, would like to have a go for a comparison.
Dave, there is no lever, just a round numpty. I found out tonight that you need a set of imperial allen keys to dismantle the tool, metric won't fit it, BLOODY AMERICANS >:(
Got a microfibre suite to do tomorrow with a towel wrapped around the bleedin drimaster, how professional ::)
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Thats really good turns up with a 40K truckmount and leaks all over the place.
Why not use a basic handtool till you get it sorted
If you only had it two months send it back ;D
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I've only had it 3 weeks! Used the hand tool anyway ;)
Not sure of my chances of getting it sorted sending it back, but that's another story.......
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CFR with the 5" head, the best thing you can get, rounded s/steel, no chance of snagging, you can 'scrub' bad areas, only uses water when you pull the trigger and you can 'spray' tight areas and then cover the vac lips to extract. you can open the vac relief valve in seconds if the material is delicate and you can change the jet if you feel you need to, what more do you want? can't be beat, in my opinion,
colin ;)
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Jim all the bloody nuts and allen Keys on my HM TM are Imperial I assume the Bluelines are too?
Agree with Colin had my CFR years no probs except replacement trigger after two years, have the 3 and 5" head.
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To add to Colin and Marks post.....
With the CFR tool you can clean rug fringes brilliantly, Edge carpets to remove draught marks, clean velvet fabrics, clean stairs and leave them dry, clean mock suede and not lose your temper. You can also get a 7 inch head for cleaning large areas of fabric or for cleaning water sensitive carpets. The list is endless and i could go on and on and on. It also uses much less water than a drimaster. I am struggling to find an advantage of the drimaster other than you don't have to pull a trigger?
Nigel
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excuse my ignorance but what is a CFR hand tool? I live in the Welsh hills surrounded by sheep!!
Henry
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Continuous Flow Recycling, which really refers to the machine,
available from amteck uk or is it amtech uk, do a search
great hand tools , i have all 3, 3" 5" 7"
Andrew
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I have had mine for about 5 years, its a great tool. On the leaking, I have a high pressure porty I use for tile and grout cleaning and one time I started using the tool at 600 PSI, and I blew out a little seal and it stated to drip too.....they make a cheap seal kit to repair. I now only use the tool at about 225-250 PSI and 4 years later still no leaks.
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Can you only use the CFR tool with a CFR machine?
Or can you use it with any?
If you need the machine as well then I can see the
advantage of a Drimaster.
John
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the cfr is an upholstery tool just as the drimaster is, you can use with any machine with a decent psi as far as i know,
colin
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You can use the cfr with any machine, you just need a converion hose,
which is half of the hand tool.
Andrew
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Nigel you hit the nail on the head with the cfr hand tool, I have dri master 2 and I think I may sell it as I just love my cfr tool so much.
Shaun
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I can only afford one new upholstry tool at the moment which CFR would be best to get 3'' or the 5'' ?
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Sanjuro
5 inch with 4 x interchangeable jets (01.02.03.04.) gets my vote.
Please bear in mind though that you really need to be using a high pressure portable or tm with the cfr tool. I think they are best at 250psi plus. I only mention this because I have no idea what machine you use and I would hate for you to waste any money.
Nigel
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I use the 5" as well and havent had any problems, so far, with getting into corners of cushions etc
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If you can only afford one now - its got to be the 5". If you get the round edges on a chair arm for example, you can put your finger across part of the slot.
Get the 3" when you can afford.
Takes seconds to change over from one to the other.