[Steven Butler]

Has anyone experience with both? Is there a massive difference in performance?
How about weight?
Currently if i need any repares doing on my steempro i can go local but would repairs on the scorp need solutions??
Cheers

[sean oregan]

Steven
No first hand experience with scorpion but as I believe scorpion has more power but steam pro has better build.
Vac's and pump are available from any supplier.

[CleanerCarpets]

That Scorpion at £600 is a bargain if its all ok. Performance wise its a massive leap from the Steempro.

Maintenance wise its good and bad. The vac motors are just held in place by a large hose clip - easy to remove, but the access and room can be a pain. The 2 front vac motors can be accessed by just taking the front dirty tank off which is easy - undo 4 bolts underneath the tank, then just pull the vac hoses off the tank underneath and you are done. The water pump and back motor is more fiddly - the back clean tank has to come off which has the water hoses fitted on and is more involved. Its not really difficult - just a lot more time consuming than the better thought out designs like the Airflex - the way it opens up and gives access to everything is really good for maintenance.

The motors and pumps/spares are freely available so you wouldnt have to use Solutions to buy the bits if you didnt want to.

The Scorpion i had was very reliable for vac motors. The most frustrating thing were the toggle switches at the front to turn on the vacs and pump. They are a toggle switch you can find in Maplins and just arent hardy enough - it was really frustrating loosing a vac motor on a job - not because the vac had gone but because the silly toggle switch on the front had!

[Steven Butler]

Thanks for the info mate very useful

[CleanerCarpets]

No probs. If you are wanting to step up and you want easy maintenance i would wait until you see a used Airflex come up. Maybe cost a bit more but when you need to work on it you will be glad of it. And don't dismiss the Airflex Turbo, everyone talks about the Storm but 3 x1500watt motors in the Airflex Turbo takes some beating for sucking!

[Steven Butler]

I did my training at csmart and know how good Airflex are and if i was buying new would go there.
Its just i could buy this scorp with what i could sell the steempro for so it would be like a straight swap... thats my thinking pal

[CleanerCarpets]

yep, and at £600 you are getting a great step up and you will notice the roar from the end of the vac hose when you have all 3 vacs going

best thing is just to get a couple of toggle switches from Maplin so you have some spare - they are only a couple of quid but atleast twice as much plus p&p from Solutions and they are easy fit but the clean tank has to come off

the pump will go forever with care and again the vacs last well if original Lambs cos the Scorpion seems to give them an easier time than some machines