[simon smith50]

hello guys
looking at a new machine (have been cleaning carpets with a rug doctor for nearly 4 years )
not my main service i must add but due to circumstances am looking at doing more carpet cleaning have looked at ninja and excel .
looking to do 50/50 residential/ commercial and was wondering which machine you guys would recommend.
have a fairly limited budget although i believe that both firms do leaseing as when i bought wfp window cleaning system and bought cheap would rather get it right from the start this time
thanks in advance hoping you can advise
simon

[John Kelly]

Both ok but Ninja is better. Plenty other machines on market. Best off finding a local dealer who can fix things if they go wrong. For commercial work you'd be best off looking at a bonneting system.

[simon smith50]

thank you john
would i be right in thinking that anything could be better suited then what i have been using
simon

[daysdeepclean]

Is that you EKPS?.... Nice one!

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Is that you EKPS?.... Nice one!

[Ricky M]

If it is EKPS then he has added years on 

Ricky

[Ryan Smyth]

Very similiar to old ekps

Ryan

[Aquakleen Restoration Services]

I have an Excel and its a good machine but when it goes wrong (which it will) would u be happy nipping up to Gateshead every time to get it fixed? Im sure a Ninja supplier will be closer to you so Id go for one of them. John

[from edge2edge]

Simon i live in swindon and get my kit etc from Ian Monk at Cleanmachine Wallingford.I have bought loads of machines from him and he and his guys give an excellent after sales service.Regards Alan Turner(swindon)

[simon smith50]

hi alan are you in today maybe i could pop round as i was looking at either an extracta excel or a ninja from ashby's
have just come accross altec and their variety of machines
good ness it's a mine field which one to choose?

[from edge2edge]

Simon give me a bell on 07878601150 then Regards Alan

[simon smith50]

good to see and chat with you earlier alan
burst pipe now sorted i agree with you on that machine will call ian later in the week to see about it

[Mike Osbourne]

Simon

Is that pic a Mitchell?

[robert meldrum]

Yeah, think it's PEGGY

[Mike Osbourne]

No, the Peggy model is shorter although has a far bigger undercarriage to support a huge payload.

[simon smith50]

will let you know mike
will have to check my records
as we cleaned the outside for free at bournemouth aviation museum for the photos knew they could come in handy one day
from a marketing point of view
from memory it was a 1948 raf passenger flight
will tell you tommorrow 

[Mike Osbourne]

That will be a Sea Prince then.

It's very similar to the Helicopter museum round my way. Run by a bunch of enthusiasts and strapped for cash all the time.

They have the jet place down there too I think where the uber rich keep their fighter jets.

[daysdeepclean]

I have an Excel and its a good machine but when it goes wrong (which it will) would u be happy nipping up to Gateshead every time to get it fixed? Im sure a Ninja supplier will be closer to you so Id go for one of them. John

Are you using Extracta chemicals too? My Exel suffered from sucking too much foam the other day...(Vanish foam srubbed in to red wine on 80/20)  Both motors running but suction was completely lost..... What was happening?

It's fine now but I was worried the exel number 2 was gonna have to come out to play

[daysdeepclean]

That will be a Sea Prince then.

It's very similar to the Helicopter museum round my way. Run by a bunch of enthusiasts and strapped for cash all the time.

They have the jet place down there too I think where the uber rich keep their fighter jets.

If they ever need a qualified Sea King engineer, I'm available!

[Mike Osbourne]

Colin

They would do but you won't get paid anything.

It's all volunteers and we got a lot of ex Westland people from around here.

Nothing flies which is a shame. They have the world speed record Lynx and an acquired East German Hind D.

A fun couple of hours so long as you leave the Mrs at home. :

Sorry Simon, back to your thread....