I was cruising the internet looking for equipment and I came across is little number: BR VArio by Tornado Karcher. Its a dual counter rotating cylinders machine. It weighs 66 lbs but they is it has 6 times the contact weight on the brushes than most floor machines. The brushes rotate at 1000 rpms. Any way it seems like it could be an ideal encap machine. it folds down to a compact size. You get get an optional 3 gallon tank wich is a little small. Maybe it is too aggressive? Is any one familliar with this?

Dion, could you post the web site you found this on?

I've had a Vario for 7 or 8 years now. It does work as an encap machine also works well on tile. Supposedly Tornado/Karcher is no longer offering the "blue" carpet brushes for the machine. Local distributor said it was due to motor issues. He suggested to try the soft black brushes recommended for daily tile maintenance and breaking them in on concrete to ready them for use on carpet. I was able to "stockpile" a number of the "blue" carpet brushes from another distributor. I also have the horsehair polishing brushes, grout brushes and pretty much the entire complement of brushes for the machine. Also the extra capacity solution tank as the smaller standard tank doesn't take one very far before having to refill. It also has an additional 15 lb. weight that mounts on the machine for polishing with the horsehair brushes, etc.
Another interesting feature of Tornado's cylindrical brush product line that I think is unique to them is the ability to switch out the brushes for pad holding shafts. I do not have those for my Vario, but had an Tornado autoscrubber with both capabilities. The pads are approximately 4"-6" diameter "doughnuts" that slide onto the shaft linearly. It took about 18 or so of these "doughnuts" to "fill" the shaft. Then you put a "keeper" on the end of the shaft and snapped it into the machine. This "pad" cylindrical option really seemed to perform well on VCT, compared to the brushes. We would use them for VCT them switch back to brushes for uneven (ceramic, rubber, etc.) surfaces. Pretty neat set up.
With my Vario, the "grout" red brushes are uneven length bristles which seems superior for grouted floors. The horsehair brushes with weight works very well to polish unfinished rubber tile, work okay for VCT with floor finish on it. Doesn't really produce a gloss like a 1000 rpm rotary burnisher, but it does produce a "sheen". Would probably be better suited for matte type of finishes, who knows what it might do with carnauba wax products. I truly have been curious how the pad option of this machine would work with a product like Releasit. I fear the pad "doughnuts" wouldn't hold up. With brushes I haven't had any trouble, but I prespray with a pretty coarse spray adjustment. I didn't find dispensing the encap chemical through the solution tank to work very well, not enough pressure behind it. Would be happy to answer any other questions. I've used this technology from Tornado either with the Vario or with autoscrubber for over 10 years now. The Vario does have a great deal of "flexibility" which I would guess is why it has the "Vario" name. If you have to maintain a variety of surfaces from ceramic, brick, concrete, rubber, wood, to carpet it would be a nice tool to have.

Thanks for the info. It is always good to get input from someone with field experience. Rambo, just do a google search, there are a few janitorial supply sites that have different bit of info that i pieced together. ironically tornado's website has the least amount of info.