[daniel griffiths]

afternoon folks, received my victor 400 poly scrub brush ( not the shampoo brush ) today, read a posts in the internet that these brushes give better agitation than shampoo brushes.   so, thought i would test it out on my carpet, pre sprayed, left to dwell for 10mins, switch machine on... bugger all lol, machine could barely spin as if it was digging into the pile to much.  took brush off, machine spun great, so i know its the brush.     Shall i send it back and get a shampoo brush instead, I only went with the poly scrub brush as someone said the shampoo brush is far to soft.

thanks folks

[Carpet Dawg]

Try breaking it in on concreate first.

Its a bit aggressive for carpets imo.

[john martin]

i would say keep the polybrush anyway , i will be a godsend someday on a trashed carpet or for rejuvenating and older carpet with embedded fluff etc .   It wont get going on certain carpet or else it will be a rodeo .  On other well wetted carpets its spins fine .
For the regular carpet job u could use white or red scurb pads or get the shampoo brush like u said .

[daniel griffiths]

hi, yes i have been using white pads and seem to do the job well, but doing carpets nearly everyday i go through a lot, assumed the poly brush wou;ld work out cheaper as oppose to £5.69 each white pad. is shampoo brush a lot softer then?

[stu_thomson]

As said before break it in on damp concrete , then only use it on heavily presprayed carpets.

I've used them on trashed carpets for over 20 years

Stu

[davep]

Plus agitate straight away rather than waiting 10 mins

[Steve Fortt]

I have had the same problem before. It will need breaking in as suggested.

I would definitely keep it. It will be a godsend on those blacktop low profile carpets.

[John Kelly]

When they say breaking in, you need to wet a concrete floor (external) and run the brush on it for 15-20 minutes. Keep the concrete wet.