Ok seriously the people on these boards represent the best the industry has to offer......I guess in your mind the best of the fookups???
I think forums like this enable the participants to continue to hone our craft not lost on which method is best but offering what ever is needed to get the job done effectively and efficiently.
Remember the major mills recommend HWE, the CRI recommend HWE but I wouldn't use HWE just because they say to. We use it because we have found it to be the most effective on residential carpet, we have also found that low moisture cleaning has left us with the best results on CGD. BUT we have the equipment to do whater is necessary for the particular project. We don't come in with a predetermined idea of what we will be using based on the fact that we offer only one method.
You knock HWE all the time yet as I've mentioned to you that term is too broad to compare unless you are talking about the same machine being used.
Grocery Store Rental
Low pressure Portable
High pressure Portable
Low Pressure Portable with heat
High pressure Portable with heat
Walk behind Portable with low pressure
Any of the above with a powerhead
Walk behind Portable with low pressure & rotating brush
High Flow Extractors the auto feed and auto pumpout
Electric TM's with positive displacement vac blowers, lower Pressure
Electric TM's with high pressure and multiple lamb type blowers
Gas fired TM's Propane designer built (lower production)
Gas fired TM's Heat Exchange designer built (lower production)
Gas fired TM's Diesel Fuel designer built (lower production)
Gas Fired Brand Name TM's Heat Exchange
Gas Fired Brand Name TM's Propane
Gas Fired Brand Name TM's Diesel Fuel
Van Powered
CDS or PTO
Truck Powered (Aerotec,
Vortex)
Any with Powerheads
Differences in preconditioning with a powerhead,
CRB's, 175's, Cimex
I'm sure there are more, these are just off the top of my head, but you like to compare what we at the top end do with the results of those at the bottom end maybe be using. As I've told you before a good cleaner in your town cold cleanup of the competition is truly that weak there.