New Favorite Rotary Machi#

[Art Kelley]

I carry two 360i's on the truck, one for backup, so I put the 15"shroud/head kit on one of them. It's freaking awesome. A lightweight (45#) large area machine.

edit: I was posting on an IPad and it posted when I pushed the # button.

 

[Art Kelley]

Anyway as I was so rudely interrupted, here is what the machine looks like:

 

[Art Kelley]

Teflon GreenGlides tap the marble threshold instead of bang them like the metal swoop heads.

Cleans excellent and is easy to one hand carry.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Art it seems to have enough power and doesn't bog down?

 

[Art Kelley]

It's probably not as aggressive as the swoop head, I haven't tried it on a rat nasty,and you can't do stairs with it, but so far the cleaning results are excellent. Machine motor doesn't seem to strain at all, so you are just cleaning large areas much faster.

 

[Nate The Great]

I'm just impressed by @Art Kelley camera skills and dress shoes... I can't do the wingtip shoes unless in a tuxedo or button shirt..

 

[Desk Jockey]

He certainly gets the best dressed award.

 

[Mikey P]

I tried one with the VATS



it would bog down like crazy...we had the motor smoking.
Obviously too much vacuum was the issue.


Art how many jobs have you used it on?
You don't miss the agitation of the swoopshoes?

 

[Art Kelley]

It's possible you had a bad motor on your 360i, Mike. You should try it again with your new 360i and SS370, I'm certain you will like it. The two i's that I use don't have bogging problems and I turn my TM up to 1800 rpms and 17" of lift on some jobs. With the Teflon heads the machine is smooth like butter. I am looking forward to using it on CGD jobs. I use the 12" quad head when a carpet is trashed (just because I carry both machines) but I will try it (the new 15" head) on a trashed job when I can. I've only used it on five jobs because I just got it but so far, no problems.

 

[Mikey P]

could very well be.



So is it the smoothness you like or the increase in size?


or both?


You may want to trade a i in for an XL and have the choice..

 

[Art Kelley]

The smoothness and size and weight. The XL weighs 15 pounds more then the 360i15 which takes it out of the EZ lift category.

 

[rjwood]

Yes, the XL is much heavier but works real well for commercial applications.
I have a 360; 360i; 360xl; and the original Mytee. I've used the Mytee only a handful of times - powerful machine but very cumbersome and more difficult to use than is necessary. Also lacks adjustment features.