I had other portable machines and I did not find their performance or durability to be better than Mytee's. I've had- Cheyene, Castex, KleenRight and currently I have a Mytee 1003-DX & M-5. The 1003 DX I've been using for over 5 years, it gets used on average once or twice a week and is doing mostly fine (handle that controls PSI is a little non responsive).
Sometime Mytee will use some silly cheap solutions that could have been done with slightly better components and would have worked much better (a latch instead of screws to be able to open and reach motors). And that's just doesn't make any sense (somewhat silly if you ask me) I even told john the same.
And I totally agree with Fred that you should buy the best equipment that you can afford. Which brings me to what really drives me bunkers- Expensive equipment that is not well made. And boy do we see those. Are those $4000.00 portables really better made machines? Are they likely to last longer? Is their performance any better? Are their components more durable?
Please enlighten me Fred, as to which is it. I've never found one in the portable domain. And if I do, I'll make sure that it is the next one I buy.
So, I encourage people that use portables all the time and have had experience with different brands to chime in. Let us see if there is a statistically valid winner in the field.
And in a sense this is exactly what we are doing now. There is a flaw in design, lets see how Mytee handles it and how do they solve the problem. Like many others here, I personally try not to buy anything first or even second generation, and for a good reason. I'll gladly let the early birds get the worm
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P.S. I've been hearing great things from the CRI about Rug Doctor
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