Sapphire 370

[BIG WOOD]

1150ish hours on my 370.

I'll share my experiences that I've had with the machine.

Purchased March '14 new at Jondon in Atlanta. A good friend had one and they are built in my home town so I had to show some support and give it a try.

350 hours in, all 4 heat sensors needed to be replaced, the machine would only get hot on the low setting and it would get up to 280° it was kinda scary since I had no idea what was happening. Took it to Jondon, no big deal, they had me fixed the next day and they lasted maybe another 8 months at 840ish hours and got all 4 replaced again with the ones that are doing much better.

The second time I had them replaced I was having some major overheating issues and if I didn't keep the water flowing it would get to 280° rather quickly and shut off. It didn't help the sensors were back ordered for a month so I had to deal with this issue for a while.

At 1,000 hours I decided to change the belts, they didn't need it, I just did it. Back around 400 or so hours I put the vac at 15" and stretched the belts a lil, I put it back at 13.5" around 600hrs. This was my fault not the 370's. Hence why I just changed the belts.

Right after my 2 year warranty expired my waste tank shut off valve went out and it was $180 to buy the part and replaced it myself. For anyone replacing this themselves make sure the label of the shut off switch is facing the front of the van.

This machine has really served me well, I have done long hose runs with it and had heat loss but the suction was on point at 450' thanks to 100' of 2.5" hose.

I do feel I may have a slight leak on my waste tank gasket and I'll look into that this coming week.

Overall this thing has been a work horse, and some of the issues I couldn't always get looked at immediately due to being an over booked owner operator but I have been able to adapt these issues it has had and still make plenty of money.

As far as buying another one, not quite sure yet.... These machines are over engineered for sure, but I'm gonna run this thing until it dies and milk it for all it is worth. It still gets hot as hell and sucks like a champ. I don't regret this decision but I do wanna see what else is out there as my biz grows.
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I'm glad to see you springing back in the business after your big move from the ATL. Oh, and welcome to the old man's forum, I mean, Mikey's Board.

 

[Cleanworks]

Not the same blower as the Legend. The 370 has the same blower as the PEAK. The Legend has a little more CFM and requires more HP but the 370 has Tri Lobe and more efficient . I am sure the Legend is excellent but it is a much different design if you look at the diagrams. All being said I would think the performance is similar. I think the purpose of the tri lobe is less vibration, Noise and performance better under load

Your right, the prochem uses a gd 4mvl with 330 cfm and the sapphire uses a 406 tri lobe with 317 cfm. I do like the small footprint of the sapphire. I think they are both pretty much the same for performance, I,m not sure about the reliability.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I'm glad to see you springing back in the business after your big move from the ATL. Oh, and welcome to the old man's forum, I mean, Mikey's Board.

Did he say OLD man's forum? I prefer chronologically Challenged.

 

[Bob Pruitt]

Oh, and welcome to the old man's forum, I mean, Mikey's Board.

Young zipper snapper!!!

 

[BIG WOOD]

Young zipper snapper!!!

Im just jealous, that I'm not as veterend as you guys

 

[Bob Pruitt]

Im just jealous, that I'm not as veterend as you guys

It happens... enjoy every age... not everyone gets to.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Im just jealous, that I'm not as veterend as you guys

Nice save!

 

[Desk Jockey]

It happens... enjoy every age... not everyone gets to.

Life has been such a blast, now that I'm on the short end of it, I'd like to start over and do it again!

I promise not to make the same mistakes. Hell no, I'd like to make all new ones!