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This is a fantastic wand.

  1. Affordable
  2. 14"/1.5"
  3. One unplugable, drip and streak free nozzle, with no over spray
  4. Internal-easy peasy swap out- fit Glides
  5. Excellent extraction and drying
  6. Very maneuverable and a joy to use!

Needs a few tweaks to make it nearly perfect.

Really it's only drawback is its head height but with the shoulderless, triangle-shaped head it gets under more things than you'd think and for larger areas in most cases the furniture is not going to be an issue, where you would want to use a 14 inch wand..


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This is a fantastic wand.

  1. Affordable
  2. 14"/1.5"
  3. One unplugable, drip and streak free nozzle, with no over spray
  4. Internal-easy peasy swap out- fit Glides
  5. Excellent extraction and drying
  6. Very maneuverable and a joy to use!

Needs a few tweaks to make it nearly perfect.

Really it's only drawback is its head height but with the shoulderless, triangle-shaped head it gets under more things than you'd think and for larger areas in most cases the furniture is not going to be an issue, where you would want to use a 14 inch wand..


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Not exactly a low profile. What other attributes are making this wand appealing? I'm trying really hard, is it lightweight? Is the head a bit heavier compared to the rest of the body? Is the weight of the wand less than seven lbs? I like double S feature, however bottom S is prolonged to make up for the angle of the jet . Jet is screaming for an extender
( or maybe the picture doesn't show everything)
I can't help it, I like my 13.5" Ti more with passing time. I understand that ugly duckling wands deserve to be loved too.
No offense.
 
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Mikey P

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Not exactly a low profile. What other attributes are making this wand appealing? I'm trying really hard, is it lightweight? Is the head a bit heavier compared to the rest of the body? Is the weight of the wand less than seven lbs? I like double S feature, however bottom S is prolonged to make up for the angle of the jet . Jet is screaming for an extender
( or maybe the picture doesn't show everything)
I can't help it, I like my 13.5" Ti more with passing time. I understand that ugly duckling wands deserve to be loved too.
No offense.

No streaking/clashing
No over spray
No drips
Hole or Slot Glides @ instant swapping
Lightweight
Equally as effective as a multi jet, but with less water ( 4 flow)

You know, everything your PCTI isn't or doesnt
 

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Please come up with a better name on this wand than hydrahoe. WTH was hydramaster thinking when they were pushing that backbreaking wand??? Idiots couldn't find a better name than that? This isn't gardening? And the 80's kids were just starting to push wands back in the 90's. Did those idiots have any idea what the word "hoe" was to that generation?
 

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Please come up with a better name on this wand than hydrahoe. WTH was hydramaster thinking when they were pushing that backbreaking wand??? Idiots couldn't find a better name than that? This isn't gardening? And the 80's kids were just starting to push wands back in the 90's. Did those idiots have any idea what the word "hoe" was to that generation?

Yes, "Hydrahoe" was an unfortunate name.

So was the trade association called "Association of Interior Decor Specialists"

Little did they know what AIDS would be associated with a decade later.
 
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Please come up with a better name on this wand than hydrahoe. WTH was hydramaster thinking when they were pushing that backbreaking wand??? Idiots couldn't find a better name than that? This isn't gardening? And the 80's kids were just starting to push wands back in the 90's. Did those idiots have any idea what the word "hoe" was to that generation?


it's the Promised W'and...
 

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As I'm selling wands everyday, sometimes it just leaves me scratching my head at how clueless 95% of the industry is about how flow and jetting works. Most are convinced that more jets means more water and there's nothing I can do to explain it to you people that more jets are just dividing the same amount of water... It leaves me wondering what you people actually think about while you're in the act of cleaning...
 

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As I'm selling wands everyday, sometimes it just leaves me scratching my head at how clueless 95% of the industry is about how flow and jetting works. Most are convinced that more jets means more water and there's nothing I can do to explain it to you people that more jets are just dividing the same amount of water... It leaves me wondering what you people actually think about while you're in the act of cleaning...
It just feels like 2/4/6 jets spread apart is better pressure on the carpet and more even of a spread. A demo like the glass one you did a while back to show how it is more even across glasses would be nice. Also I know you mentioned bigger droplets = better but....isn't the farther distance of the jet also an effect on the cleaning water velocity when hitting the carpet fibers. Just trying to take account of the other variables that may come into play.
 
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It just feels like 2/4/6 jets spread apart is better pressure on the carpet and more even of a spread. A demo like the glass one you did a while back to show how it is more even across glasses would be nice. Also I know you mentioned bigger droplets = better but....isn't the farther distance of the jet also an effect on the cleaning water velocity when hitting the carpet fibers. Just trying to take account of the other variables that may come into play.



I believe this qualifies as a second look...lol
 

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Back when dinosaurs walked the earth, and the founders of most of today's equipment companies were also the sales reps and trade show presenters there was a debate over multi jet wands versus single jets.

The multi-jet inventor believed that more jets (three in his case) with a manifold closer to the carpet meant less heat loss and more pressure at the carpet as it traveled less distance from the jet to the carpet.

The single-jet inventor believed that one jet with the larger orifice (3x the size of each of the individual jets to make up the three jet wand) had less heat loss due to the larger droplet size coming out of the larger jet, and more volume out of the one large orifice jet for more flushing capability.

As I remember it, each had tests that they showed with temperature sensors at the jets.

I think the single jet guy had sand at the bottom of a test to show that more sand was dispersed by the higher volume of fluid from that jet versus the multiple jet.

It would be great to have those studies in hand, but those were on overhead slides and both presenters have long gone on to their final reward.
 

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