Considering Cimex for purchase

[harim1999]

Have done several commercials and another one (church) coming days later.
I have been using 175 (12 " & 19") with piber plus pads/punch & hydrox, and now it's time to buy a rotary machine that is mainly designed for encap.

But, I can't still figure out if there is a job quality difference (result) between 175 and Cimex.
Just wanted to know before making an investment.

Thanks!

[encapman]

Quality difference? Not necessarily. You can get good results with a 175 rotary. It just takes more time.

By comparison, a Cimex runs at 400 rpm. The Cimex has 3 times as many heads spinning more than twice as fast. So you're actually working with more than 6 times as much scrubbing power per pass. Added to that it's a planetary scrubber so as the drive deck turns clockwise, the drivers are spinning counter-clockwise. Bottom line: the Cimex will greatly improve your efficiency. You can scrub at a rate of 2K - 3K per hour with far less effort. And at the end of the day time is money.

But you can get by with a rotary if you have to.




Rick Gelinas
The Encapman
1-800-330-1888

[David-Hebert]

If I was going to buy a rotary for encaping it would be a 320 speed machine.
( been using one for years).
You can put a spray system in to eliminate the splash by using gravity fed system if you need to.

[Rob D]

IMHO the cimex is worth every penny!! Having herniated discs in my lower back I can tell you a lot less effort with the cimex. I can use it all day and still function. If I use the rotary my back knows it...the cimex is much heavier but I use a ramp to get it in and out of vehicle. You literally just walk behind it with less effort than pushing a mower....

[jtmellon]

Like Rick said as for a quality difference, No. Take it from a guy that has owned 3 Cimex machines.

As for a speed difference, YES. And that is what you will get with the Cimex is speed.

I use a 17" floor machine with tank. I have no large contracts that would make me need a Cimex. Now doing things like a casino or a hotel then yes I would buy one again. With my business I am mainly janitorial (office cleaning).

Now if I was to go total commercial carpet cleaning I would have 4 tools on the truck: Cimex, Oreck Orbiter, a good portable HWE, and a good OP machine.

Getting back to a 17" machine, I get the same results as I did with a Cimex, only dif is speed and the size of the tank.

[harim1999]

Thank you for your answers. Really appreciate!
I guess I will stick to my 175 until I have more commercial accounts.
Thank you again !

[leofry@1966]

love love mine... not sure i even needed it, but i wanted it and i love it