Air movers
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Topic: Air movers
Posted By: Brian Strawn
Subject: Air movers
Date Posted: 12/March/2004 at 7:20pm
 Which airmover is the best.------------- Brian Strawn |
Replies:
Posted By: dyna
Date Posted: 13/March/2004 at 6:01pm
i have 30 hurracans they work just great 
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Posted By: Harvey
Date Posted: 19/March/2004 at 7:18pm
| I like my sahara pros. Its just too bad they are not stackable |
Posted By: Adwa
Date Posted: 19/March/2004 at 9:27pm
What's up Brian which air mover do you like the best?????
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Posted By: Scott Hilborn
Date Posted: 21/March/2004 at 1:19am
| I like the Gale Force axial fans, however they are too loud for some jobs. The 3 speed saharahs are also very good by drieaz. |
Posted By: Brian Strawn
Date Posted: 22/March/2004 at 8:19pm
With out metioning any brand names!! (' ')
Even though most people are sold on the low amps and higher cfm of a axial fan.They do work great in some situations. My opinion is the traditional air movers work the best because they direct all the air flow to the bottom 6" of the wall where most floods are less than 6" the axial air movers air flow is not directed to bottom 6". TRY this on a wall that has only 3-6 inches up a wall the traditional will win! "JUST MY OPINION" You need more than just one type of air mover to be able to dry all types of water losses. ------------- Brian Strawn |
Posted By: dyna
Date Posted: 22/March/2004 at 9:32pm
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Brian Strawn wrote:Posted By: jackblack
Date Posted: 22/March/2004 at 9:53pm
| What about the Esteem E-50 or the Michaels Premier 2500 blower? or are they just for carpet cleaners? sorry for the dumb question. |
Posted By: Harvey
Date Posted: 23/March/2004 at 5:52am
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I have Esteem E-50 as well as Sahara Pros & Hurricanes. Without knowing the exact weght on them I would say that the Sahara Pro is much lighter. Or the weight may be distributed a little better on them. What I do know is that whatever the brand they all make money & thats good enough for me!!! |
Posted By: Brian Strawn
Date Posted: 23/March/2004 at 6:49pm
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Dyna sorry for waisting your time i was just trying to see what everyone
else was using for air movers. It is just my opinion because i do not know everything, i thought this was a board to learn as much as we can. Again sorry for waisting your time. ------------- Brian Strawn |
Posted By: We Dry
Date Posted: 17/May/2004 at 11:13pm
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Brian, Please dont get me started on this one!
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Posted By: We Dry
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 9:28am
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Hey Brian. In your own eyes which airmover is the best?
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 9:40am
Lets face name recognition has a major role in selection. Availability and price certainly have to be taken into account also. But both of you are pushing the same product right?? You are selling what you make the most profit from right? I will let you two experts on this subjest shower us with your knowledge of airmovers. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: We Dry
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 10:11am
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Doug, I do NOT sell airmovers nor any restoration equipment/supplies. Brian, Maybe you can shower me with the right answer! |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 10:17am
Well than just what equipment do you reccomend? You don't necessarily have to sell it do you? Apparently you have something in mind or you would not have asked the question now would you ? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: We Dry
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 10:26am
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Just for your records Doug I was asking Brian about the airmovers. He is an expert in this field and was simply wondering what his thoughts were. Just My Opinion! |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 10:35am
------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: We Dry
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 12:24pm
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Everyone has an opinion.... |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 1:05pm
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Mr. Lozecki., ASD,WRT CDT Iternational Inc., Cat Director Of Network Development: Please forgive me for intruding. How silly of me not to notice this was a private conversation between you and Brian. I would guess with all these letters behind your name a common person like myself would have to pay to get your opinion. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Brian Strawn
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 6:28pm
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Hi Doug i agree with the name recognition. I think some of the MFG
marketing is just that marketing.You and i know it does not make a difference of the brand name as long as they work and you get a good deal. Yes many work better than some other brands. Most jobs that are flooded less than 6" are best dryed with the cheaper traditional air movers. Just my opinion. MR. Lozecki this is probally not your thoughts but try a tradition against your axial fan in this condition and i will win! Doug would you agree. You may need other types of air movers for jobs above 6" How about you mr Lozecki. ------------- Brian Strawn |
Posted By: We Dry
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 6:48pm
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Brian, In my own opinion the best all around airmover is the gales force.
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Posted By: Brian Strawn
Date Posted: 18/May/2004 at 8:11pm
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Mr Lozecki our you crazy!! ------------- Brian Strawn |
Posted By: TGIF
Date Posted: 29/May/2004 at 11:30pm
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Posted By: We Dry
Date Posted: 30/May/2004 at 9:34am
| TGIF......I think that the Gale Force is a better air mover than the Ace....The ace has lower CFM and does not push as much air as the Gale Force...Do you have any of either of them? |
Posted By: TGIF
Date Posted: 30/May/2004 at 12:40pm
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Posted By: We Dry
Date Posted: 30/May/2004 at 1:33pm
| I agree...The only issue I see with the Gale Force is that you need the stand and thats an extra $100...USD.... And them im not sure if its still CSA/UL approved... Do you know? Ive always wondered...... And for most water losses the regular air movers works great...I agree |
Posted By: TGIF
Date Posted: 30/May/2004 at 5:23pm
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Posted By: We Dry
Date Posted: 30/May/2004 at 5:25pm
| I agree...But woudl you also agree to have some low amperage air movers on board for the older losses or maybe the larger losses where you need 300 airmovers and dont have enough power? |
Posted By: TGIF
Date Posted: 30/May/2004 at 5:44pm
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Posted By: danmarck82
Date Posted: 30/May/2004 at 6:16pm
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Hi, just reading a few of your posts , I do not do water damage or
restoration work but have been cleaning carpet and upholstery for 23 years. I have a combination but drieaz saharas and Sahara pros do work well for me. I also have opened my eyes to trying the small " Air Kings " from Hydroforce. This is a small adjustable snout fan that cools the worker in the summer and can be set to get the right angle to dry steps. I noticed Menards has a Stanley brand for 34.95 for 1/10th the price of the Sahara Pro it does have its place. And on jobs where a 1 HP motor is overkill the small ons like the stanley are nice to have to dry a bedroom or small area. |
Posted By: Mould Dog
Date Posted: 30/May/2004 at 8:22pm
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Hi there! New and looking around.... I just want to comment on the Low Amp airmovers... I like using them for the simple fact that you can use 5 on one circuit and not trip it.....I only have 19 airmovers in my fleet but it is growing and I think that I will grow with the low amperage ones but I will also include some regular Sarahas or somthing like that. ------------- Mouldy |
Posted By: keben
Date Posted: 24/November/2005 at 8:36pm
I have a mixture of different fans.I have 4 Gale force,2 Air Boss fans that are bigger than the traditional carpet dryers,10 huricane fans,and 10 Stanley fans.I am looking at buying some Ace fans also as every water damage job is different. ------------- K & S Cleaning and Restoration Services Westbank BC |