Comments on: Portables vs. Truck Mount Equipment http://bestcarpetcleaningvans.com/portables-vs-truck-mount-equipment/ Helpful information for selecting a dependable carpet cleaning van and truck mount carpet cleaning equipment for your business Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: mikesf http://bestcarpetcleaningvans.com/portables-vs-truck-mount-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-302 mikesf Sun, 30 May 2010 16:44:16 +0000 http://bestcarpetcleaningvans.com/?p=249#comment-302 Thanks Kevin! Couldn't have said it better myself. “<em>Equipment is only as good as the person running it” It takes good equipment, the right person running it, using the right cleaning agents and knowing how to use them as well, and you have to care, Clean all customers carpets as if you were cleaning your own.</em> Thanks Kevin! Couldn’t have said it better myself.

“Equipment is only as good as the person running it” It takes good equipment, the right person running it, using the right cleaning agents and knowing how to use them as well, and you have to care, Clean all customers carpets as if you were cleaning your own.

]]> By: Kevin J http://bestcarpetcleaningvans.com/portables-vs-truck-mount-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Kevin J Sat, 29 May 2010 11:59:01 +0000 http://bestcarpetcleaningvans.com/?p=249#comment-294 One more comment on suction power, truck mounts have to run alot of feet suction hose. 2 to 300 feet or more at times-well common sense says that the more suction hose you run the more suction you will loose along the way. I think this is a fair and accurate assumption. Portables only use 15 to 25 feet of suction hose on average and will not loose suction power- there to close to the source--not 300 feet away. One more comment on suction power, truck mounts have to run alot of feet suction hose. 2 to 300 feet or more at times-well common sense says that the more suction hose you run the more suction you will loose along the way. I think this is a fair and accurate assumption.
Portables only use 15 to 25 feet of suction hose on average and will not loose suction power- there to close to the source–not 300 feet away.

]]> By: Kevin J http://bestcarpetcleaningvans.com/portables-vs-truck-mount-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Kevin J Sat, 29 May 2010 11:50:49 +0000 http://bestcarpetcleaningvans.com/?p=249#comment-293 well i'd have to say that your artical was about the most HONEST truck mount" verse "Portable" i've ever seen, most truck mount cleaners totally knock portables, there are some very good commercial portables out there and as far as "heat" and "PSI" are concerned you are right, there is really no big advantage one way or the other. I own a Solus 500 Portable Heated Carpet Extractor: which is the first portable commercial extractor on the market to earn the top GOLD level of certification from CRI's Seal of Approval program for deep cleaning extractors! I can fill tank with cold water and in a few minutes i've got 212 heat out of my wand with 500 psi. As far as "Water Capacity" That has nothing to do with cleaning ability, it's just easier for the operator to not have to keep filling and dumping clean and dirty water-thus saving time spent on the job. SO the only really big issue is of course "Suction Power" which is an important issue. However in my opinion there is a point of as I'd like to say "Overkill" Come on, how much do you really need, you don't have to be able to suck the carpet off the dam floor do you. Even those cheap rug doctor machines you rent from Home Depot will suck water out of a carpet, granted not very good but they do. A good quality commercial portable with dual 3stage vac motors is more than sufficient, Think about it, how long are the carpet fiber's on most carpets anyway, 1/4 inch, 1/2 inch how much suction do you really need to pull water out of such short carpet fiber strands--Problem is that most people just assume that if they have their carpets cleaned with someone using a truck mount they will get the BEST job--"This is so not true at all" Takes more than just good equipment to get a good job. I say the "Equipment is only as good as the person running it" It takes good equipment, the right person running it, using the right cleaning agents and knowing how to use them as well, and you have to care, Clean all customers carpets as if you were cleaning your own. Well that's all I have to say on the subject well i’d have to say that your artical was about the most HONEST truck mount” verse “Portable” i’ve ever seen, most truck mount cleaners totally knock portables, there are some very good commercial portables out there and as far as “heat” and “PSI” are concerned you are right, there is really no big advantage one way or the other. I own a Solus 500 Portable Heated Carpet Extractor: which is the first portable commercial extractor on the market to earn the top GOLD level of certification from CRI’s Seal of Approval program for deep cleaning extractors! I can fill tank with cold water and in a few minutes i’ve got 212 heat out of my wand with 500 psi. As far as “Water Capacity” That has nothing to do with cleaning ability, it’s just easier for the operator to not have to keep filling and dumping clean and dirty water-thus saving time spent on the job. SO the only really big issue is of course “Suction Power” which is an important issue. However in my opinion there is a point of as I’d like to say “Overkill” Come on, how much do you really need, you don’t have to be able to suck the carpet off the dam floor do you. Even those cheap rug doctor machines you rent from Home Depot will suck water out of a carpet, granted not very good but they do. A good quality commercial portable with dual 3stage vac motors is more than sufficient, Think about it, how long are the carpet fiber’s on most carpets anyway, 1/4 inch, 1/2 inch how much suction do you really need to pull water out of such short carpet fiber strands–Problem is that most people just assume that if they have their carpets cleaned with someone using a truck mount they will get the BEST job–”This is so not true at all” Takes more than just good equipment to get a good job. I say the “Equipment is only as good as the person running it” It takes good equipment, the right person running it, using the right cleaning agents and knowing how to use them as well, and you have to care, Clean all customers carpets as if you were cleaning your own. Well that’s all I have to say on the subject

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