[Simon@arenaclean]

Big nursing home to do over the next few days, normally I would be using a min 50ft 2" on the Airflex but it's just not practical in this situation so was going to reduce to 25ft. Somewhere along the way I seem to recall I might get better results on shorter runs with 1.5", or that there would be little difference regardless (2" or 1.5") any views?

cheers
simon

[john martin]

  which Airflex ? 

  I'v read that the max  1.5"  ' can handle '  is 200cfm

  2" hose is good for 400cfme

  lift wont be so affected .


  So if u have an Airflex pro it wont which hose matter at 25ft
  If u have a Turbo or storm you may get better airflow with 2"



 

[Simon@arenaclean]

Yes John it's a storm, Logic tells me 2" but there are folk smarter than me and i'd value the insight. Thanks by the way.

[Robin Ray]

The Storm is set up to work on airflow rather than lift, but has plenty of both. I would say it would be better with 2" but over 25ft you probably wont notice much of a difference and 1.5" is a little easier to manage.

[nevil]

On my old crappy twin vac machine 2 inch hose enabled me to use longer hose runs. With 1.5 hose attached, I didn't even like to put 50ft on. Whereas with 2 inch hose I would happily use 50ft. My machine had two vacs in parallel which would give greater airflow. Others have found that 2 inch hose won't work well on a machine with vacs in series. I don't really buy into the cfm thing as this will be hugely reduced when the wand is on the carpet whether using a truck mount or a portable.   

[Paul Moss]

Nev, the truck will continue to suck  thats the difference between using a blower and vac motors.

[nevil]

 
But if your saying that when using a truck airflow isn't affected by restrictions, such as the wand on the carpet. Why do we all use 2 inch hose or 2.5 or even 4 to the door. Surely if the truck continues to suck we could all just use 1 inch hose because the airflow can't be reduced like it can by a porty. I recon airflow always drops significantly when wanding. More so with a porty with the lack of grunt.

[nevil]

Forgot to ask Paul. Any particular reason you are winking to me?

[richie]

stay clear of 1.5 hose if you can.  Theres just to much restriction.

[feldon]

I have the Storm and have a 50ft 2" vacuum hose and 25ft 1.5" vacuum hose so that I can reach up to 75ft in total.  I've not noticed much difference if any to lift on 75ft run's.  I do find that the 50ft hose is a pain particularly when cleaning stairs and also when attaching directly to the wand.  So I now use a 15ft 1.5" whip hose on the 2" hose and it is much easier to manage and I don't seem to have lost any meaningful lift.

[Simon@arenaclean]

Just to bring this up to date. Used 25' 2" on the Storm and it worked a treat and out performed 1.5". I tend not use a whip hose but I do use a  12" piece of 1.5" between the 2" and wand. The 2" crush proof hose can be cumbersome and I have considered getting some from Restormate which I believe is the more flexible stuff.