[joe123]

i am interested in buying a carpet cleaner or 2 but i want to know what is the best out there at the moment and what sort of price im looking at for a top quilaty carpet cleaner

[derek west]

titan.
at a guess about 28 grand
you might get a discount if ya want 2.
derek

[joe123]

a portable one derek.. id need a tank to move that

[*david j jones / Paul Moss]

Or buy a blue line thermal wave.
A good kit is around K40, so 80,000 will buy 2  

[*david j jones / Paul Moss]

Sorry Joe, your talking portable , I thought you said best.

A decent porty will cost around 3k and there are a few suppliers out there.

[Mike Osbourne]

A good answer comes from a precise question.

Need more info. The answer could be a Titan or a second hand portable.

[Mike Osbourne]

I need to up my typing speed.

[joe123]

the best portable out there , and a make would be good  :

[Mike Osbourne]

Prowler from Restoremate

[*david j jones / Paul Moss]

Second that.
Just make sure you buy one that has a decent heater 

[derek west]

i always thought the ninja was the best but with all the add ons though. what are they with all the add ons, about 6k ish maybe sort of roughly, ball park stab in the dark type guess
derek

[*david j jones / Paul Moss]

Derek, have you owned a Ninja? in the past.

[Mike Roper]

I,ve had a Mytee Speedster for a year and a half - apart from the odd problem(only small things) I,m well pleased still with it.
Mike

[Mike Halliday]

if I was to buy  a portable I'd get a CFR machine.

but If I entered the carpet cleaning world now I'd use a combination method, HWE & Bonnet. do all the stains & traffic lanes with a small extraction machine then bonnet the rest.

[Jim_77]

Joe, there is no "best" machine.  One man's favourite will be hated by another, and vice versa.

Take the parts out from the plastic casing and you have some vacuum motors and a pump.

To clean carpets and upholstery effectively and without taking all day, a machine NEEDS:

> At least two 3-stage vacuum motors

> At least 100psi pump pressure, preferably more (but beware of some big pumps in portables because of reliability issues.)

> At least 30 litres capacity in both solution and recovery tanks

A machine is a very personal thing

Some of the main contenders are (in no order of best/worst):

Ashby's Ninja
Solution UK's Scorpion
Mytee Speedster
Alltec (several options)
Prochem (several options)
Powrflite
Extracta

Your question is a bit like asking "What is the best car?"  Imagine trying to get Clarkson to agree with Hammond on that, and you'll be close to the other million threads on forums between carpet cleaners arguing about which machine is best.

[*david j jones / Paul Moss]

Voice of inexperience again

[derek west]

no david, ive never owned a portable, just going off what ive heard,
derek

[*david j jones / Paul Moss]

no david, ive never owned a portable, just going off what ive heard,
derek

 

Join Neil then.

Why do so many give advice on what they have heard and not from what they know.

Amateurs 

[markpowell]

I can remember my first pint  These smiley faces are good

[derek west]

david

no david, ive never owned a portable, just going off what ive heard,
derek

 

Join Neil then.

Why do so many give advice on what they have heard and not from what they know.

Amateurs

david.
if you give advice on here, isn't the recipient of that advice only going on what they've heard from you.
just a thought,
oh and most things you learn in life are from what you are told.
i'll explain it in detail if your not getting the point but to be honest, i can't be bothered.
derek