[Brendan (chem2clean)]

Hi, anyone know anything about a portable called a cfr 500, one for sale near me.

[john martin]

Hi, anyone know anything about a portable called a cfr 500, one for sale near me.

for 1700 euro   

recycling water thing ... i know i wouldn't touch it  , but perhaps it has its uses , light cleaning of hotel rooms or something .

[Brendan (chem2clean)]

Oh it's one of them recycling machines, yeah heard there a nightmare with filters etc, yep John(donedeal)

[Robin Ray]

I have recently been on a course by Derek Boulton who said he has a CFR 400 (similar to the 500). I asked him if the recycling system worked ok and he said yes. Hes been in the business 40 years so I feel inclined to trust his opinion. I must admit I was shocked to hear it was ok as it sounds like a disaster.

[john martin]

I have recently been on a course by Derek Boulton who said he has a CFR 400 (similar to the 500). I asked him if the recycling system worked ok and he said yes. Hes been in the business 40 years so I feel inclined to trust his opinion. I must admit I was shocked to hear it was ok as it sounds like a disaster.

I would say it works fine  , just you have to live with the disadvantage , regular cleaning of messy filters . Thats enough to put me off . 

[stuart_clark]

I know more folk thats parted with them in a hurry,  know one I know who has owned one apart from Derek Bolton has had a good word for them, tjey sound good in principle but dont think they live you to expectations




Stuart

[Richard Harwood]

I have one  and everything works fine...no big deal cleaning filters, carpets dry in a couple of hours and can do two or three rooms without changing water no probs

[cleantech]

I used a cfr eco500 for 2 years. It was brilliant on large areas. It produced great heat and looked the business. The wonderwand and cfr handtool worked great.

[john martin]

I can't see one video on youtube of someone cleaning the filters when dirty ... i would need to see that .  Also in any video they seem to right beside the user ... so you are pretty limited range wise , they are single vac ?  
Im think of an old style 10 bedroom guest house i did this week  ... Enforcer outside reaching 100ft up three stories with good suction  , not sure how you would do aplace like that with a cfr  . Narrow twisted  stair , heavy machine .
So as a special purpose machine it might be alright ... but not as main allrounder machine ?

[Robin Ray]

The older CFR 500 has twin vacs in series like a ninja. The newer AW has 1 6.6.