[Darran Pryce]

How many of you chaps use the Victor sprite 15" for encaps?  We use the 17" on commercial and the orecks on domestics.  Just wondered how many use the sprites on domestic carpets and how do you find them?

Thanks
Darran 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I use the 12 inch one and it glides well compared to the numatic I had before a lot nicer balance.

Shaun

[Richard Cole]

I have the 15" and have used it on domestics but find it a bit to big and cumbersome for every day use and use a floormac in domestics now.

[Darran Pryce]

Richard

Would you say the 15" is great for empty domestic property, or would you stick to the 12" rotary?

[Darran Pryce]

Shaun, Do you use the 170 speed, also would you say it is heavier than the oreck?

[Richard Cole]

Depends on how big the empty domestic is and it can be a bugger to lug it up stairs and to be honest i can get just as good results with Floormac.

[peter maybury]

I have several machines of various weights and speeds and the difference in performance is very noticeable. I have several customers that we do maintenance cleans for 4 times a year and have done for a number of years so it is good to test the performance of one machine against another. I have 2 sprites and on encapping they do not give anywhere near the result that I can get with a texatherm machines which is heavier and slower (175 rpm) and really do scrub the carpet as opposed to gliding across them.  I was recently without a texatherm machine for a few weeks and the drop in results on the regular cleans was noticeable. The same could be said for a planetary motion or orbital against a normal rotary. I do have a cimex or similar machine on my shopping list but my nest project will be to get a spray system perfected for my texatherm machine as it would save me a lot of time on jobs. A rotary is like any other machine there is not one that is the best for all applications.

Peter

[stuart_clark]

I have six rotarys, a jeiber I bought off ebay newa couple of years ago, very good value for what I got with it, two drive boards, two brushes one soft one stiff and it has a chemical tank and a box of red pads, two dry fusion machines, a Chemspec rotabrite machine which is 21" with sprayer and my trusty Chemspec Chemstactor, out of which is my firm favourite, 175 rpm the right weight and ballance and with its ten litre chemical tank and the sprayer in front of the machine its ideal for encapping

I did ponder about the possability of getting a orbot but dont think it would match the cleaning power of the chemstactor, only pity chemspec stopped selling the original type which were the best by far

Stuart

[Shaun_Ashmore]

There's nothing lighter than an oreck, heavier machines do stick to the carpet better but don't forget a rotary works differently to your oreck as they are easier to operate in confined spaces. Peter is correct about certain machines being better for the job so look at what job you want it for.

R38 cimex I think is probably the best for domestics but heavier than in oreck I used one for years.

Shaun