If you could only BUY 1?? Rotovac 360i, 360 Xl, Zipper Wand or Zipper SS

[RugWorx]

Invested a lot of $$ recently to go back in the cleaning business after a 5 year hiatus and I will be doing it part time to start off. My question is that if you were primarily doing residential/rental properties and could only buy one (Rotovac 360i, 360 Xl, Zipper Wand or Zipper SS) which one would you go with and why. I already have a 20 inch CRB so this would obviously be used for trashed carpets. Any help would be great.

 

[Andy]

Rotovac 360i; zippers are more for wide open commercial places. The XL even tho it has a bigger diameter the spay pattern is the same as the 360 but leaves a bigger void in the middle that you have to compensate for on rat nasties. Oh and get the brushhead.

 

[RugWorx]

Rotovac 360i; zippers are more for wide open commercial places. The XL even tho it has a bigger diameter the spay pattern is the same as the 360 but leaves a bigger void in the middle that you have to compensate for on rat nasties. Oh and get the brushhead.

Are you just using the brush head to pre-scrub?

 

[Andy]

yes

 

[Andy]

Use the CRB in harmony with your wand with the job calls for it. That I believe is actually faster than the rotovac.

 

[jmo]

Rotovac 360i

 

[Mikey P]

i.

 

[FB7777]

The 360i but treat it like the fragile build that it is

 

[hogjowl]

Definitely the Rotovac
I have both the I and XL
If I were 30 again, I’d get the XL

 

[Bob Pruitt]

10 inch CRB and Devastator wand. You don't need anything else unless doing large commercial.

 

[RugWorx]

Definitely the Rotovac
I have both the I and XL
If I were 30 again, I’d get the XL

The Xl has 3 inches more of cleaning head correct?? Is the weight that noticeable on the XL over the i?

 

[Matt Middleton]

Not listed but I feel the Trex is the better tool.

 

[Cleanworks]

I have both the 360i and the xl. The I with the brush head is what I use on trashed carpets. Lightweight and very aggressive. You can use it to scrub your prespray in or flush/extract or both.

 

[Trip Moses]

I have a Hoss 700. Wish I had the lighter 360i.

 

[hogjowl]

The Xl has 3 inches more of cleaning head correct?? Is the weight that noticeable on the XL over the i?

Yes

 

[hogjowl]

10 inch CRB and Devastator wand. You don't need anything else unless doing large commercial.

Idiot

 

[Hack Attack]

I've got a 360i with brush head on the way

I've used an rx20 didnt like it

used an xl and the amount of overlap needed didnt make much sense

used a powerwand, cleans really well but slow

if there was a mytee distributor here I'd have considered the T-rex

 

[Mikey P]

I dont care how great a Mytee product could be, they are so unethical, I refuse to support them.

 

[Nomad74]

Idiot

He should have said 15"

 

[Nomad74]

Here you go, this is all you need. $800..... My ass!

RX 20 hydro master carpet extractor

RX 20 HYDRO MASTER CARPET EXTRACTION NO LONGER IN THE BUSINESS SELLING AS-IS. Asking $800

redding.craigslist.org

 

[RugWorx]

I dont care how great a Mytee product could be, they are so unethical, I refuse to support them.

Unethical?? I have been out of the loop for the past 5 years fill me in please. It might help with my future buying decisions.

 

[Mikey P]

knowingly selling untested 3rd and 4th world knock off junk to newbies for instance

 

[scotty747]

I bumped a heater vent with my 360 and the gears sheared off. This was 10 years ago. Im sure they've improved since then but still love my heavy rx-20. There's a newer one on the local craigslist for 250.00. Wonder why.

 

[Mikey P]

If I and my guys can't manage to break a 360 gear, I'm left wonder what it would take....

 

[jcooper]

If you have a nice wand, I'd stick with the crb wand combo.

Winter is here, keep your money.


We have the 360i, works great.

 

[Mark Saiger]

I have not used a rotary in over a year and a half.

Maybe my clientele...

I Wand a lot.

CRB and wand a bunch (because Conway Devastator Wands Rock!)

Zipper almost all Commercial regular and SS Super Spinner because everything else is just slow as molasses in a Minnesota winter.

My RX 20 has sat in my shop for 8 years. My Rotovac maybe used on the other vans twice this year on a trashed residential....

I'm buying one more regular 15 inch Zipper.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Most Rx 20s I've seen up close are in need of TLC, thus their owner's complaints.

An awesome, unmatchable tool if everything on it is working correctly.

All that being said, we only use ours a few times a year.

 

[scotty747]

The last few jobs i'd normally rx I tried the wand first before rolling it out. just kept wanding. Must be the code red.