I picked up a low mileage powerwand from craigslist when I was a noob.
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Can easily be used on stairs to get them really clean and take care of the nose well.<o></o
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I respectfully disagree, the powerwand is a back breaker on a stairway. Cleans a stairway incredibly well but it leaves this old man in pain. It has no suction when going over the nose.
Nice tool for a one man show. With a two man crew a rotary brush and a wand is more efficient. It does take longer than just wanding a job. Using the powerwand on just the traffic and nasty areas and a standard wand on the perimeters and under furniture saves time. Do only your cleaning passes with the powerwand and the drying passes with your standard wand saves time as well.
The powerwand uses a lot of water. The stock jets are 1.5. I went down to 1.0 jets @ 400 psi and still chewed through double the water of a standard wand. Throttling down the flow with the shutoff valve on the handle of the powerwand will reduce flow but it also reduces efficiency.
You must maintain your powerwand, jets get clogged, the felt seals wear out, the vacuum port T near the heads clog often, just pay attention to performance and clean it daily.
My biggest beef is the gap between the heads. Your passes must be about a 60% overlap to get that stripe cleaned.
My Rotovac has been sitting on the shelf for a few years because I run a two man truck. I can not bring myself to part with it because it does clean very well and may be useful in the future if I am working alone. All in all a great tool in my arsenal.</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o</o
