The perfect wand....
- Thread starter Kellie Hiler
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Mikey P
Administrator
Wait until Wandlanta..
Kellie Hiler
Member
I was hoping to hear that! 
Desk Jockey
Member
One that stays on the truck while you Zipper and RE.
What is the perfect wand?
One that has sooo much suck you cant move it? Or one the moves as lightly as a vacuum cleaner?
One that swivels? Or one that is Fixed?
One that is super light? Or one that is heavy?
2.0 or 1.5?
Fixed jets and flow? Or one that is adjustable in shear and flow?
A steam throwing beast? Or one that puts the steam in the carpet?
One that sucks out as much water as possible? Or one the flushes more but leaves carpet cleaner but, a little wetter?
I do not own a super high heat super high vac TM, I did this carpet over the weekend. It is a poly fiber carpet, I used Prozyme (not a very powerful PS) no agitation, just spray and clean. I had to make a quick adjustment to our wand and the results were great. We are tryin to answer all the above questions above to try and make a great wand.
SamIam
Member
A lot of things are out of the Wand's hands and the machine's responsibility. How much suck and heat.
I was thinking earlier how when I went from a 3.3 blower to a 4.5, 4.7 now a 4.8 the level of cleaning goes up. The only thing is the 405 with a 4.7 blower and a unglided quad or Ti wand would break your wrists and disengage carpet.
So the glides are a must making any bigger blower machine more user friendly.
Heck my 4.8 blower with 12 inch hybrid is hard to push but its not titanium.
So the weight of the wand plays a difference to.
My PC Ti wand with a holed glide is amazing for most applications.
I was thinking earlier how when I went from a 3.3 blower to a 4.5, 4.7 now a 4.8 the level of cleaning goes up. The only thing is the 405 with a 4.7 blower and a unglided quad or Ti wand would break your wrists and disengage carpet.
So the glides are a must making any bigger blower machine more user friendly.
Heck my 4.8 blower with 12 inch hybrid is hard to push but its not titanium.
So the weight of the wand plays a difference to.
My PC Ti wand with a holed glide is amazing for most applications.
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hogjowl
Idiot™
My foremost concern is overspray. I don't want a call six months after we've cleaned around a piece of furniture complaining of furniture stain.
SamIam
Member
Stop leaving your card!
hogjowl
Idiot™
SreviceMonster keeps reminding them who I am!
Cleanworks
Moderator
a good wand is a balanced wand. doesn't matter too much if it light or heavy, can you easily move it forward and back with out shoving the hell out of it? can you use it for 4 hours without being fatigued by it? I have a 2 inch, four jet s-bend wand that won't glide worth shit. I have a cheaper 1 1/2 incher with 2 jets that glides smooth with no effort. one of my favorites is an old steamway wand with a heat shield and a single flood jet. puts the hot water closer to the carpet where you need it. I don't seem to see any flood jetted wands around anymore, wonder why? a lot of the multi-jetted wands clean well on cgd but leave streaks on deep pile carpets because the jets are too close to the pile. Wouldn't flood jets be better? How about a telescopic wand that can convert into a stair tool or a full size wand so we don't have to go back to truck to change tools. How about removable end pieces so we can change to a crevice tool or a hard surface tool? One multi-wand that does everything instead of several pieces of stainless steel rattling around in the truck.
use tabs or blocks, they work great!
ill make a video for you, dont worry, ill show you how.
Please make that video starting with how to open the box. And don't have your wife standing behind you telling you what to do.
Todd Millar
Member
Jimmy, just because your wife tells you what to do doesn't mean mine tells me what to do.
Jimmy does your jitter bug take video?, if so have your wife make the video for you.
Kellie Hiler
Member
There will always be a situation where I need a wand. Here in Colorado we seem to have a lot of bathrooms with carpet in them. I usually clean them with a stair tool, but as you can imagine it kills my back. That swivel wand would be perfect for the jobs that are just a little too tight for the other tools.One that stays on the truck while you Zipper and RE.
A week ago, I told myself I was going to just take the wand off the truck so I don't do something stupid...like "oh this is just a quick wand job" and mess up my back. But the reality is, a wand should always be on the truck.
Desk Jockey
Member
and I thought you showed promise! 
Nate The Great
Member
I like to use this to clean the bathroom carpets......
Nah, but seriously tell them to tear that sh!t out unless all the males sit down to pee....... I ain't getting up close and personal with some peepee......
Kellie Hiler
Member
That's a pretty cool wand, I've never seen one like that!
And yeah....it sucks trying to clean around a toilet with a stair wand without touching the toilet...
And yeah....it sucks trying to clean around a toilet with a stair wand without touching the toilet...
Desk Jockey
Member
We don't carpet the shitters here in Kan-sass.
Kellie Hiler
Member
It seems that a lot of the builders out here cheaped out...it was cheaper and easier to go with continuos carpet. It's really disturbing how often we run across it.
Cleanworks
Moderator
that's because they are all outdoorsWe don't carpet the shitters here in Kan-sass.
Desk Jockey
Member
But Ron...aren't they all?
ruff
Member
We need a specialty tool for every single issue we face.
A variety of wands starting from 2" all the way to 16"
Specialty wand to clean under the door stop.
A specialty stair tool for the stairs 90 degree angle and another one for the bull nose.
A few Rotary vacuums of different sizes and heads.
A large Crb and a 10" crb for the stairs and the 3" CRB to clean the Zipper.
A few zippers.
And mostly a trailer to carry it all and road a map of how to find it in the damn van.
A variety of wands starting from 2" all the way to 16"
Specialty wand to clean under the door stop.
A specialty stair tool for the stairs 90 degree angle and another one for the bull nose.
A few Rotary vacuums of different sizes and heads.
A large Crb and a 10" crb for the stairs and the 3" CRB to clean the Zipper.
A few zippers.
And mostly a trailer to carry it all and road a map of how to find it in the damn van.
Spurlington
Member
Id rather unscrew the door stop or go at it at a different angle than to run out to the truck for another wand. Unless you have a bucket of wand heads you bring in to change out for every situation. Kinda like the tile tools.
Cleanworks
Moderator
Only the ones facing east, that way the jet stream carries the aroma from us to you. Uh oh, that might be Willy you smellBut Ron...aren't they all?
John Olson
Member
Kellie the perfect wand is the one that fits YOU. What one person likes the next person will hate. All these "ideas" sound great until someone has to actually try and make them. I wish you were closer and I could just let you take a couple out to try. You might find the Prochem Quad with a glide is the one for you or a standard CMP 12" or maybe the Prochem Ergo TI. No matter what one you get Kellie make sure you try it first. Don't buy it on hype (swivels are a weak point always will be on anything) or on price but buy it because it fits
Nate The Great
Member
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She has a Ergo PCTI Big John..... Like most women, she makes due with the wand she has on hand..............
