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Topic: US Products Solus Machines w/Evolution vs. Rotovac

Posted By: njcpmiller
Subject: US Products Solus Machines w/Evolution vs. Rotovac
Date Posted: 30/December/2008 at 10:44am

Hi everyone,

I am considering re-entering the carpet and upholstery cleaning business after a hiatus of about 20 years. In developing my business plan and looking at machines, I am impressed with the US Products Solus series with Evolution wand. I am also impressed with the Rotovac machine as well.

My questions:

1. Which machine and/or system is performs better?

2. Or, would someone recommend another machine?

Thanks for your help.

Replies:

Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 30/December/2008 at 1:47pm

If you are older, get the rotovac as it is easier on your back.
I mainly do bonnet cleaning these days which has a lower starting price and is physically less demanding while leaving the carpet looking clean and being dry in less time. You could probably work out of a small station wagon with bonnet cleaning. Try that with an extractor.
I do keep the extractor around but mostly for tile/grout and as a rinsing process after doing shampoo when I resort to that old way of cleaning (which is what I started with in 1971 and early steam cleaning relied on to really clean carpets).

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Posted By: njcpmiller
Date Posted: 30/December/2008 at 6:21pm

Thanks for the feedback. Very helpful.

Posted By: RedStar204
Date Posted: 02/January/2009 at 5:46pm

Uhhhmmm...I am not sure if I would agree....Rotovac is great no doubt (I own 360) but for some jobs its an overkill. I love it but I would not claim that it saves your back. It still weights 40 lbs and can be akward in tight spaces.

I own US Products COBRA-H and I love it. It really kicks ..s.

Good luck!

Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 03/January/2009 at 12:56am

But no scrubbing (like with a regular wand) makes it easier on the back. I agree about the weight and the fact that for people with stronger backs it is overkill most of the time. I also have wheels on my standard wand to lessen the labor needed.

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Posted By: RedStar204
Date Posted: 03/January/2009 at 10:32am

wheels on standard wand? tell me more please.

Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 03/January/2009 at 11:40pm

Check out this link. It is at JonDon for those of us in the states:

http://www.jondon.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=12111&osCsid=97c973d67e51cc69e8182bbec148164f - http://www.jondon.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=12111&osCsid=97c973d67e51cc69e8182bbec148164f

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Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 03/January/2009 at 11:44pm

And another two items I couldn't live without:
http://www.jondon.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=13465 - http://www.jondon.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=13465
http://www.jondon.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=7249 - http://www.jondon.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=7249

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Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 03/January/2009 at 11:48pm

...add to that lips on a wand and I think you have using a wand for cleaning easier. Not to say putting up and taking down a ramp for the extractor or moving around the extractor itself is really great on a less that youthful back but if you aren't going with a VLM method, you can improve your living a bit.

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Posted By: njcpmiller
Date Posted: 04/January/2009 at 7:24pm

All this feedback is very helpful...thank guys!

Posted By: Ed Valentine
Date Posted: 05/January/2009 at 1:06pm

I think most portables will do a certain job, including the US products one mentioned. Some are better than others naturally, however, The only other major consideration would be to select one with high CFM's/Air-flow when running the rotovac.

Happy new Year;

Ed Valentine

cross-american corp.

Posted By: absoluteclean
Date Posted: 25/August/2011 at 12:15am

Check out the TITAN by Ken Harris, has incredible amount of WL and CFM!

(whoops, just realized how old this thread is, sorry! what did you end up with?)

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