Upgrading Porty

« **on:** December 01, 2006, 10:28:35 pm »

Hi Guys

Which of these Portables would you choose and why..... i have narrowed my choice to these four - is there one i should be considering that is not there?

« **Reply #1 on:** December 01, 2006, 10:49:35 pm »

Perhaps we should have another sunny day out to compare all the latest portys and equipment, chemicals etc and put them to the test.

John

« **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2006, 11:44:32 pm »

I've owned a Ninja and have used the Speedster, Power Flite and Scorpion. After using the Scorpion I purchased one.Three vac's in parallel on 2" Truck - mount hose and slotted Glide, awesome airflow and drying times.
The only thing I want is some additional heat, so I'm in the process of buying an inline heater. I prefer inline as I don't want to put excessive heat through the pump and damage it.
Most of the time I don't need great amounts of heat as I use Microsplitters but it will boost the cleaning on commercial jobs.

Regards Rob

« **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2006, 12:47:27 am »

TM scorpion sounds good!

« **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2006, 05:07:22 am »

ive owned a few , inculding speedsters and ninjas , for all round performance and spec and build q the top range ninja wins any day , rob all the ninjas and speedsters built in heaters heat after the pump
gary
p.s also rember if u hav two machines its pretty simple to link both up so u hav 4 vacs

« **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2006, 08:19:16 am »

Hi, Gary the Ninja I had was 3kw internal tank element type and went through the pump,but I prefer the inline as you get little heat loss at the Wand.
Also with 2" Truck-mount hose the airflow is awesome,I run upto 22.5 m from the van no problem with a 3m 1.5" wip for manoeuvrability round furniture.
The Alltec Millennium has the same setup you speak of but in one machine,vac's still in series I prefer 3 in parallel there's more cfm's.

Regards Rob

« **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2006, 09:29:33 am »

Do you guys know of any other members who use TM Porty's?

« **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2006, 09:30:47 am »

we use ninja we have the 135 psi,thats a very good machine, god knows what the 400 psi is like me finks might trade up to the 400 psi, gary you have one I fink,is there big differance $:-\$ from the 135 more suction $:-\$

« **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2006, 10:28:24 am »

We use our scorpion truckmounted 90% of the time. I'd try and post a picture of the setup later. Suction is fantastic, we did a really bad flood this week and the amount of water recovered was great.

Like Robert, I too am looking for an in-line heater to use with the machine but have still not decided on which one.

Cheers,

Huw.

« **Reply #9 on:** December 02, 2006, 11:25:46 am »

Robert,

Have you a tank with your Scorpion.

Do you still have to buy all the tools, does that not put about £400 on the price.

« **Reply #10 on:** December 02, 2006, 12:07:17 pm »

Seems like the Scorpion may fit the bill. Speed of set up but half the price of a truckmount. I no there's no dierect compaison but as I plan only doing 2/3 jobs till about 2pm so can't justify a proper TM.

Having said that another 3k get you a prowler.

« **Reply #11 on:** December 02, 2006, 12:26:44 pm »

With a bit of luck a picture of my set up can be seen below:

« **Reply #12 on:** December 02, 2006, 01:06:45 pm »

Seerclean ,Sorry i do not know your name but can you post picture of side of you van to show the remaining space as i am thinking of getting a new porty and i am looking at ninja or the scorpion I must admit that it does look good with the tanks along side Des

« **Reply #13 on:** December 02, 2006, 01:17:27 pm »

Nice one. For some reason I assumed you would have a reel for hoses. Looks like a smalish van what is it?

« **Reply #14 on:** December 02, 2006, 01:28:09 pm »

It's a vivaro SWB. The carpet cleaning equipment takes up the back half of the van with a panel dividing the front half which has all our window cleaning setup and 400ltr tank for carrying pure water.

There's still quite a bit of space left in front half of van for all our other bits and bobs we use for builders cleans, even holds my industrial pressure washer!

The van is at our office so I can't take picture of front half today.

Cheers,

Huw.

« **Reply #15 on:** December 02, 2006, 02:06:54 pm »

Hi Ian,

No, I do not have tanks at present time, but shall get them in near future.
I have had the tools that come with Scorpion but paid for machine in advance and received 10% discount, which brought machine down to just over £3000 with VAT.

rgds rob

« **Reply #16 on:** December 02, 2006, 02:14:12 pm »

Hi Rob,

Which in-line heater are you thinking of getting?

Cheers,

Huw

« **Reply #17 on:** December 02, 2006, 03:55:02 pm »

these tanks are reasonably priced.

http://www.cleantech.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=22_25

« **Reply #18 on:** December 02, 2006, 04:31:05 pm »

A mate of mine purchased a scorpion about 5 weeks ago. He loves it !

He had a ninja before, says the performance is FAR better.

He uses it truckmounted, with a flat type tank for fresh water and the proper scorpion Aux waste tank.

Hes got it fitted in a Scudo, i will see if i can get any pics.

He also carrys a dry solvent machine and dry fusion set up, all on the van at the same time !

He says that at 75ft he cant tell any difference in suction than at 25ft.

Also when using the Aux waste tank he doesnt notice any drop in power.

He uses a ashbys steammate for heat, but fills up the tank with hot water in the morning and so often doesnt need to use any form of water heater..

regards

Chris

« **Reply #19 on:** December 02, 2006, 05:51:46 pm »

Hi Huw,
I'm going to purchase the Meteor 2kw inline heater sold by Solutions uk.
The reason is two 1kw elements work indpendant of each other and the suppliers of my Scorpion endorse it, so I know it to be compatible with my machine.

P.s as Chris mentioned the 3kw V2 Steam-mate is a good option,but the Meteor is cheaper and lighter though has slightly less heat at 2kw.

Regards Rob

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Which one would YOU choose