Which tool will clean quicker? Rotovac, Wand, or RX20?

[White Collar]

I just started working alone and letting my business partner handle all marketing and water jobs.

My question is, I use a rotovac and it seems to take me forever to do any job, I need something that will allow me to work at a faster pace and not give up the quality of the rotovac, as I feel that the rotovac does a very good job.

I was thinking about switching to a wand but I really dont know if it honestly works as good at removing the deep dirt and traffic lanes.

I also was thinking RX-20 but its so costly and not sure it would be alot faster.

If anyone could give me feedback that has tried these different methods I'd really appreciate it..

Thanks Nick.

 

[The Great Oz]

The RX-20 will also do a nice job of cleaning, but may be a little too large for furnished residential work. If the soil level of the jobs you do is on light to normal a wand should do just fine. When you cleaned trashed carpet or heavy traffic lanes is when the rotaries shine.

 

[TimP]

I used to run an RX exclusively to clean all my carpet. Since then I ordered a greenhorn wand from greenglides. Of course it don't clean as well as an RX-20 alone. However what you have to do is take care of those traffic lanes with some means of mechanical agitation or run hot emulsifier. If I had to do it over I wouldn't buy an Rx-20. I use it as a glorified 175...actually it don't spin as fast as a 175 but anyways. I'd buy a 175 rpm buffer then I'd probably buy a procaps machine for residential. A wand is much faster at rinsing and the wand also leaves the rug dryer. Of course I've never used a glide on my RX but the flow of water is slow on an RX and it seems it takes a long time to rinse. Anyways with mechanical agitation and a wand you can get results that are just as good and faster.

 

[SRI Cleaning]

Yeah i bought a used rotovac to try out and now i wish i hadnt. i cant get used to the slow speed. Do what everyone else said and get a presrcubber for the nasties (I use a procaps) and a good wand.

 

[John Watson]

If you are not using a portable with your rotoVac but have a TM with a posy blower then I would say get a glided wand, and a set of brushes for your roto. It will agitate the hell out of the TA's when needed and the wand will definitly speed you up doing a great job.

 

[diamond brian]

The Rotovac is a double-edged sword.

As a marketing tool, it can land you jobs you may not have other wise gotten.

As the world's slowest cleaning tool, it can make you wish you hadn't advertised it.