White Magic Commander HO

isnt white magic company out of buisness?

I seen a WHITE MAGIC H. O. COMMANDER WITH HEATSMART TECHNOLOGYwith 800 hours for 11000 is that a good deal . Is the machine reliable?

John,

Edited by Aaron R - 03/May/2008 at 5:14pm

that's the whole point. Money that is. Hope you do too.   My truck is diesel, so weight is not an issues. And carrying around water save incredible amounts of time. Set up and go.    Hey, have you heard of 4 to the door or 2 1/2 inch hosing from tank.   You get serious air flow with it, no matter the blower size... replace the first 50 ft of 2 in vacuum with 2 1/2... you'll need ear protection from the howl

PowerClean truck mounts seem to be a good machine. I'll telll you why I think the extra $5000 is worth it.
WM plumbing is not looped flex hose but tidy custom bent stainless steel tubing. The 5CP pump doesn't need a supply pump to feed it. That's one less thing to maintain. The 47 blower sucks almost 100 cfm more. I've used both, and won't go back. The actual size of the WM is much more compact which allows a 70 gal fresh water tank to be installed BELOW the machine. This provides so much more space in the van. We clean many high rise condos which a portable is mandatory. The WM allows me to put the following in a regular size GMC van all at once: machine, 70 gal fresh water, 120 gal waste, all hose reels, 21 ft of stainless shelving, filter box, portable extractor, 4 air movers and an RX20, 2 wands, long stair tool, and a hand held extractor You just can't do that with most tms. The WM waste tank is ported above the tank so you can actually hold 120 gal. The powerclean is vacuum ported about 4" below the top which wastes about 6 inches of tank. So a 100 gal tank becomes an 85 gal tank. The WM does not dump any water into the waste tank to cool down. Everone else does.
Finally the WM is very easy to access components for maintenance.
Are these details major? No, but all together they make a huge difference. Just like cars, different strokes for different folks.

If you don't think so, then explain what is better. There are so many guys that feel that cheap is the only way to go. $17000 in not a lot of money if you really are in business. An average tm with helper can easily generate $1000 a day consistantly. It takes less than a month to pay that off. What other business can brag about paying their main machine off in less that a month. When I hear of guys complaining about tm reliability like WM, they usually are guys that don't do their regular maintenance and cleaning of the machine.

I bought the commander HO last year. Great machine. Very well engineered, compact. Absolutely no problems with it. Don't forget, most manufacturers use the same components. Comparing it to the other big names, you will get the best bang for your buck with WM. There are cheaper out there, but look at the detail.