[Kev Loomes]

The main in tank cleaner is a microsplitter.

Interesting, I thought they used detergents!?

[john martin]

 so it evolved from this ?     
 looks like a conventional porty with a ' vibrating brush ' 
 have to admire the company for growing the business to a global scale ..

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rug-Doctor-R40-Carpet-Cleaning-Auto-Detailer-Setup-/380362493460

[cannon]

i love this, always makes me laugh. shame he swears or i'd use it on my website.

and remember, "look at this, its got a trigger"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KztwOTw4Tis

oh and 50k views. nice

Im in kinks    be great if we could sabotage there marketing stands in morrisons etc and replace there excellent marketing vid with this

[Simon Gerrard]

Love it. Titan 875 for sale 

[William Sharpe]

Is that that scotish commic 
It might be an idea to actualy hire a RD and do a compare with a pro! kit without the effing & blinding to put on all our websites under "WARNING" or could it be put on the TACCA site?

I think most people are aware of the RD but are not convinced they work as advertised and prefer to use a professional service better result & less hassle!

The more retail advertis RD and the likes of Bissel the more favour they do us
Positive Marketing is our survival and way forward and the old "edge on technique"
Happy days

[AshWhite]

How about we all chip in a fiver and someone goes and rents a machine and records a comparison - then whoever contributes gets a copy to watermark before uploading?

[Simon Gerrard]

That's a good idea, trouble is people you rent rug doctors aren't going to look on our sites as they're obviously not interested in professional cleaning.

Simon

[AshWhite]

Maybe, but you can promote it on youtube, facebook - plus there are ways to get people who are searching for rug doctors to take a lok at your site..

[Simon Gerrard]

There's also a potential legal issue to consider. These big firms tend not to take too kindly to their products receiving bad publicity. Just a thought

[AshWhite]

Of course, you'd have to make sure it wasn't libelous - a factual video showing the difference - side by side on the same carpet, same soiling.

[peter maybury]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=efjiOxWdZeg
has been done already.
I do get a lot of work from people that have messed up with rug doctors.

Peter
www,carpetcleanercardiff.com

[John Milnes]

I'v been to many Rug Doctor cleans.....pulled the dirt to the surface and caused a nightmare for the customer.

The last one I went to was a bedroom carpet that looked like the remains from a farm yard!

In actual fact it can be good marketing for b4 and after pictures on your website and perhaps persuade customers not to use them.

[Neil Williams]

I can't say I get work on the back of a RD fookup, but I have been to enough who have suffered in the past from the experience.
Actually I had one today who didn't want to recreate the mess after their last attempt. I think it would be fair to say her expectations weren't that high before the job but was amazed by the result afterwards.
The thing here is that to the inexperienced customer they think carpet cleaning is all the same no matter what the machine, and this catogry of person will always be there, mostly in the 'cheap' bracket as 'Mrs double-barrel' in her 5 bed country detached isn't likely to do anything involving manual labour anyway.

I have been known to leave business cards in the RD stands and even hand a card to the sad person as they leave the store dragging the dreaded machine out

[William Sharpe]

Neil -I like that pure cheek, I will be popping into morrisons later and accidently drop a few clipped on to their stand 

[elite mike]

i love this, always makes me laugh. shame he swears or i'd use it on my website.

and remember, "look at this, its got a trigger"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KztwOTw4Tis

oh and 50k views. nice

thanks for that derek, funniest video i have seen for a while   

[Ian Caddy]

Hi, The only thing I would like to add is that the chemical they give you is alkaline based, which when dry leaves your carpets tacky, hench attracting the dirt!!!:)

[Simon@arenaclean]

Hi, The only thing I would like to add is that the chemical they give you is alkaline based, which when dry leaves your carpets tacky, hench attracting the dirt!!!:)

Residue is not necessarily linked to alkalinity but detergent residue or inadequate rinsing. There are many rinse agents with a Ph between 9 - 10.

[neil 47]

seen this a few times this month tracks left by rd