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Ken Harris 
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 Topic: Opinions on Powr-Flite ExtractorsPosted: 01/September/2011 at 9:51am |
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My opinion is that there is my better value for the dollar out there these days.
Cheap can be good. After all most carpet cleaners view that as their 1st consideration as Ted says.
 However there is some very good quality equipment out there that costs $2000 or less.
And for those looking for the strongest machines on the market, prices are now under $3000.00 now.
No need to settle on poor value for the dollar equipment anymore IMO.
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Posted: 01/September/2011 at 5:44am |
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Powerflight equipment is some of the least expensive in our marketplace
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Posted: 07/August/2007 at 3:39pm |
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andyUK,
Do what you have to do to make a dollar and I am sure your electrician friend can build anything but will it be UL or CSA Approved?
It scares me to be around boats working with potential wiring problems. Keep and airline ticket on you at all times for a quick getaway just in case.
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Posted: 03/August/2007 at 6:06pm |
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hey thanks alot for the advice,nice one,its much appreciated.I do already have an electrical converter box and am planning on getting a converter for the dock sides that are usually 50amps ive seen converters that you can run regular cords off, expensive but i know an electrical engineer who can make me one,for a price of course,so knowing this do you think an electrical water heater would still be a good idea......thanks again for the advice
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Posted: 03/August/2007 at 3:40pm |
This is an easy one to answer.
Our industry is driven by price alone, for the majority when my customers hear that a wand sells for more than $300 they are not interested even if it can double your production, dry carpet faster, less fatigue and make you less tired and more money.
You are absolutely right, CFR is the only manufacturer who ever saw past squirt & suck and designed aerodynamics.
Edited by Carpetologist - 03/August/2007 at 3:41pm |
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Posted: 01/August/2007 at 5:44pm |
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andyUK,
If you plan is to clean on yachts then you have two choices.
Buy a powerful unit or use your Recoil and have it sit on the dock and take the long hoses into the yachts. As far as heat is concerned you may mess up the docks electricity for other boaters since you will require at least 3 cords. Forget propane around boats and inside buildings. In fact, you may never get insurance. Even in large boats you will find that any powerwand you mentioned will be too large and awkward.
The Mytee II with the heater would be good for your upholstery cleaning, but make sure you use a Stealth Dry Tool with it or any other fast-dry tool you mentioned. I say stealth because it is more than adequate and is much less expensive than the others but all you mentioned are superb in both cleaning and drying and less or no overspray. Sounds like you are a candidate for a truckmount but I realize people must crawl before they run unless someone else is spending the initial start-up money.
You must know by now that a truckmount will give you all you are looking for and then some. The problem you are creating for yourself is that you are attempting to generate truckmount power with a portable and doing so will force you to use excessive electrical power and you may be doing things that are illegal, unsafe and downright dangerous. You should look at the line of wands that Powerflight sell or are also called CFR. You can see them here.
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You can choose to use both the CFR Special Purpose Hand Tool and the Hard Surface Hand Tool. You could clean a boat very fast and successfully regarding drying. It would mean hands and knees but worth it and you could offer HAND-CLEANING. The wealthy boaters would eat this up and have something to talk about to their snobbish friends. It would all be in the name of FREE ADVERTISING for you.
Good Luck!
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FriendlyHammer
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Posted: 29/July/2007 at 6:26pm |
Ted, I've always been interested in their tools, but I've never held their wand or known anyone who owns one. You sell them, so obviously you like them, but what's the pos. and neg. feedback you get about them?
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FriendlyHammer
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Posted: 29/July/2007 at 6:22pm |
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You've got an excellent extractor with the Recoil.
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Posted: 29/July/2007 at 1:19pm |
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hey Ive checked out alot of the carpet cleaners discusion board and hundreds of websites and so far you seem to give the best advice to new guys like me.OK here goes I have the recoil 3 and am looking for a good floor and stair wand,seperate tools for this machine i.e less fatigue and fastest dry times ive looked at the rotovac 360,hydrosonic wand hydromaster and powerflite as well as drymaster ,well there all the best thing since sliced bread !!!!Any tips .Also water heaters the recoil does not have one as you know,i know putting boiling water into the solution tank will mess up the pump,,so would an electric heater work better than a propain heater and is the solution heated after it leaves the machine,how safe would it be to use a propain heater in a high rise.And finally upholstery cleaning... id like to get a seperate machine like the mytee 2 or simalar something small but with heat, not interested in dry cleaning,but would a good tool work with this like the drymaster or the stealth dry tool or the power flite dry upholstery tool????? lots of questions I know. Ive been workin hard for 2 yrs to set this up by october,no credit yet so its save the cash then buy the equipment,but i dont want to get the cheapest equipment.My goal is to get into cleaning on the yatchs,so an excellent finished job with fast dry times are very impotant.Any tips you could give me would be really appreciated...
...cheers mate < a little confused> ANDY FT LAUDERDALE Edited by andyUK - 29/July/2007 at 1:36pm |
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Posted: 26/April/2007 at 12:29am |
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IMO most of their equipment is lower end
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Posted: 25/April/2007 at 5:37pm |
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The only thing I got from Powrflite is the 757 vacuum. And all I have to say is that its a POS.
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Posted: 25/April/2007 at 3:33am |
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looking at the perfect heat design on the powrflites, I wonder if the vac motors might run a little hot?
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the thing about the word "impossible" is that it is mostly "possible"
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Posted: 12/March/2007 at 2:23pm |
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Powerflight equipment is some of the least expensive in our marketplace. We have had fair comments come back on this equipment but the rule of thumb is equipment that is much less expensive than it competitors is usually (well you figure it out). Powerflight also owns C.F.R. and it is a much higher end company and they tend to specialize in recirculating equipment. The professional carpet cleaner never really warmed up to recirculating water. But you will see this CFR equipment used in industry and casino's etc. as less water dumping relates to less labour to operate it.
But again, I will say take a second look at the CFR Tools. They are light years ahead of the squirt & suck design that 98% of the cleaners have used for years. CFR seems to be one of the few companies who have spent time, money and thought into designing a more efficient and dryer wand and upholstery tool (and patents their designs).
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Posted: 10/March/2007 at 9:18pm |
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Powerflite,
I don't have one of their extractors but I have some other stuff from Powrflite: 175 RAPM buffer has had problesm with the handle adjustment from day one and I had to replace the motor unit, Their Bonnet pads wear out quickly, I have their Power Brush wand: Piece of Junk to be honest. I have of their blowers which isn't very good either. Bottom Line, Everything I've gotten from Powerflite has been cheaply made. You can find better options on a extracter.
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