Simon
as a practicioner of LM cleaning I actually have both.
I always agitate the prespray with the CRB, and to be honest if I don't like the results that are appearing when finished that bit, I use the green stripe pad on the rotary as well.
Usually only on real mingers and it never works if I only use the rotary method, so in answer to your question IMHO the CRB method is the best for distributing the prespray deep into the carpet.
Hector