RX-20 vs HOSS 700
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joe harper
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bahrahm said:
If you want ONE...NOW...?
The RX-20..."Is the only ONE available".... !gotcha!
Mikey P
Administrator
not true.
The HOSS is now available.
The HOSS is now available.
Mikey P
Administrator
Not yet Zee.
I'll have one to play with in a month or so but the 1st 170 or so units have been spoken for
I'll have one to play with in a month or so but the 1st 170 or so units have been spoken for
Zee
Supportive Member
Mikey P said:
170?? who bought that many? One of the "national hackin' institutes" we all "love"? Or anybody with credibility on the board?
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Can't knock a half million dollars in cash flow. That will pay a lot of R&D.
miksar
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Should be cheaper then?
craigholland
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We're still impressed with our rotovac 360i.
Craig Holland
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Larry Cobb
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Shane;
We have used RotoVac 360i for demos for about 18 months.
It does a good cleaning job with the new brush head.
We also have on order some of the Hoss 700 machines in the 1st batch Mike mentioned.
I think the Hoss 700 will be a more durable rotary extractor.
The initial reports have been good, with one exception.
Some users have wanted more solution flow from the staggered jets.
That should be easily adjusted for those who want more solution.
Larry
We have used RotoVac 360i for demos for about 18 months.
It does a good cleaning job with the new brush head.
We also have on order some of the Hoss 700 machines in the 1st batch Mike mentioned.
I think the Hoss 700 will be a more durable rotary extractor.
The initial reports have been good, with one exception.
Some users have wanted more solution flow from the staggered jets.
That should be easily adjusted for those who want more solution.
Larry
Mikey P
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Billy said:
Billy, I can't help but think that you were aware that that particular beta machine was not the final production version.
royalkid
Supportive Member
RX-20 Has proved itselfs over the years...might want to wait and see what bugs get worked out of the Hoss? Why go with a machine that "might" clean as good as the RX-20? I'd be worried being one of the first to get a machine like that until the verdict is out.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
royalkid said:
It has proven itself:
Heavy
Aggressive on seams and transitions
A soaker
Awkward
A good tool when I first saw it in 1982, but hasn't kept up with the times.
juniorc82
Supportive Member
so what is the 360i chopped liver now?
Dolly Llama
Number 5
juniorc82 said:
not quite yet, but it'll happen
it'll take the Hoss to be on the disty's floors and in a few "rockstars" hands before it can bounce the 360i out of it's board de jour status ......which is nearly a foregone conclusion that it will
(unless it's a total POS ..which i doubt)
..l.T.A.
Jim Martin
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I have not had the chance to use the Hoss as of yet so I can not say how it does...........but.... I can tell you that I have been leaving the 360i on the truck more and pulling out the old RX......and have been much happier with the results.....
Art Kelley
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Jim Martin said:
Why is that Jim? I just started using the 360i and really like it. I put my RX on permanent vacation twenty years ago. It couldn't replace the 175/wand combo. So far the 360i has. I haven't pulled out the 175 since I started using the 360i. (Only had it for four days though, on 14 jobs.)
adamh
Supportive Member
I have an RX and a 360i. I love the 360i for residential carpet. Love the RX for restaurants.
It would be cool if the Hoss cleaned a home like the RV and commercial like the RX.
Wish I could test it to see.
Adam
It would be cool if the Hoss cleaned a home like the RV and commercial like the RX.
Wish I could test it to see.
Adam
Jim Martin
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Art Kelley said:
Why is that Jim? I just started using the 360i and really like it. I put my RX on permanent vacation twenty years ago. It couldn't replace the 175/wand combo. So far the 360i has. I haven't pulled out the 175 since I started using the 360i. (Only had it for four days though, on 14 jobs.)[/quote:224kzpmx]
the 360i is way to low to the floor.......on the thick..higher pile carpets it leaves bad streaks no matter how you try to change the cleaning pattern....personally I think it is because once the TM fires up and the suction pulls it down into the higher fibers and does not allow the jets to disperse like they should...on the CGD's and berbers..the teflon supports keep it up of the floor and it leaves no streaks...
this picture was taken on a CGD......look at the clearance.......and how the teflon supports hold it up.....
on a thick one it will not hold it up they just suck down in....
joeynbgky
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Jim I think they should give u a hoss to test. I think ur opinion would matter more to use than some life hating guy that rags on everything! Bill, ill pay for the shipping to send it to jim. As long as its not to much
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Jim Martin
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George III said:I no longer use rotary extraction tools.
is the RX star hanging in there just for looks or are you using it to fill in that little bit of space you had left........
Old photo...
that rx-20 cleaning head has been tossed into the scrap pile with all my other unused equipment. :shock:
the pile is really starting to stack up.
there's a carpet cleaner swap meet next month at local interlink.
Maybe unload some equipment then.
that rx-20 cleaning head has been tossed into the scrap pile with all my other unused equipment. :shock:
the pile is really starting to stack up.
there's a carpet cleaner swap meet next month at local interlink.
Maybe unload some equipment then.
Jim Martin
Supportive Member
give me a price on the rx and parts..I need some....
love my chem dry rx 20 with slotted holes would not go anywhere without it . At the end of the day i am not as tired as using strickly the wand. Does a much better job and leaves the carpet almost dry by the time i leave. Customers tell me it looks and stays cleaner longer. Thats what i like to here. My two cents Steve
Zee
Supportive Member
Jim Martin said:the 360i is way to low to the floor.......on the thick..higher pile carpets it leaves bad streaks no matter how you try to change the cleaning pattern....personally I think it is because once the TM fires up and the suction pulls it down into the higher fibers and does not allow the jets to disperse like they should...on the CGD's and berbers..the teflon supports keep it up of the floor and it leaves no streaks...
this picture was taken on a CGD......look at the clearance.......and how the teflon supports hold it up.....
on a thick one it will not hold it up they just suck down in....
Jim, perhaps you should re engineer the 360i with replaceable teflon stubs.
It could have the factory size and additional longer teflon stubs that could be interchangeable for different thickness of the different carpets.
Call it a JM360i and sell it to every 360i owner.
miksar
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Why couldn't a person stagger the jets on the 360?
Billy
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Mikey P said:
Well I can't judge it by anything but the Demo Competition setup for it. If it wasn't really ready for a debut maybe that was a mistake. I do understand Beta testing though since I also Beta test products at times. As for it improving over time I'm sure it will & it very well may win in the final competition especially with Studebaker s involved.
I consider my self a fair person & am very willing to change my opinion when it actually beats the competition.
