[clinton]

Did you get it from solutions colin?Is it heavy etc as looks cumbersome?Do you prefer it rather than a buffer mate

[wynne jones]

It's OK Clinton you don't have to have a picture of it over your shoulder to prove your a hard man. 

[clinton]

Wynne 

[mark shannon]

Colin Mike what's the cost and weight and is the machine a prototype?

[derek west]

It's OK Clinton you don't have to have a picture of it over your shoulder to prove your a hard man. 

beats having to climb up it though

[wynne jones]

Hey it's not how big your equipment is, it's how you use it. Isn't that what Simon told you?

[Billy Russell]

Mark,

I dont think its a prototype! i saw them on a american website!

http://hos-usa.com/products/index.html

They do one with a heater as well!

[Emil Dinev]

I am wondering at what speed it's running...looks so slow :
Well done Mike

Emil

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I think the handle has been copied, infact the machine has been copied as all machine ideas are but Nick is trying to make and sell them at a more affordable (less than half imported) prices, it was mentioned to look out Feb but depends how busy he gets, I'd like to go and see him when I go down on Tuesday.

Shaun

[Steve. Taylor]

HERE IT IS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdixNM7ju2w

[Joe H]

What Mike and Colin have is not a HOS. They are a US made machine and imported - with the usual high costs.

What Solutions are doing is developing a machine for the UK market, and Mike and Colin appear to have 2 pre production units that look pretty much the final item.  As with anything else - the machine is one part of the equation - the cleaning fluid is also a major part.

I can be assumed that the price, as Shaun says, will be lower then an imported OP machine.

I have used a HOS on an actual job, it is heavy but does a good job. If the Solutions machine is as well made I reckon it will last ages and ages.

[jsm]

i still cant see it doing a good deep clean , you can do the same with a quick hover and presray and a carpet rake - move the dirt around like 

 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Have you used LM regularly? I'm a dedicated TMer but LM would clean 75% of carpets very well and equal to my TM but what it can't do is rinse, rinse is not the be all and end all but HWE if used properly will offer more ie clean and rinse so if you have urine or vomit or blood in a carpet (with in reason) then LM may remove some of the staining but HWE will go further (Jason will probably tick me off now!)

I use both systems I would love an OP machine but the cost for something I haven't properly used is too much to import one and also weight of it may be another reason hopefully Nick may find a way of lightening it off a bit.

Shaun

[Steve. Taylor]

hopefully Nick may find a way of lightening it off a bit.

Shaun are you talking in lbs or £££

[james roffey]

I did a commercial recently low profile tiles which were very dirty it was a  large area so decided it would be perfect for rotary method, i tried two different chemicals to see which was best M power and Prochem Pure Clean.
The results were ok !  in the areas where chairs had been the soiling was heavier, i was not able to remove all the soiling no matter how much i tried, and was very dissapointed that when i ran a white cloth across the area it came up filthy not just once but everytime
 i repeated the rotary even using it dry in the end but made no difference
I started with a thorough vacuum, presprayed, agitated with Gen 4 then used the rotary, like other i have seen amazing visual results but i did not find that the muck that came out of the bucket was anywhere near what would have came out with HWE, if a customer had seen the cloth after wiping the floor "after" cleaning he would probably have not paid the bill

[Jamie Pearson]

It's dust.
Under chairs is the worst for it.
Henry doesn't move chairs when he vacs.