04-14-2017, 02:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-14-2017, 02:08 AM by Barry-QDCC.)
Okay this is just my opinion from my experience so take what you want and throw the rest away - or throw it all away. Whatever floats your boat. I'll try not to get too wordy so I hope this makes sense.
I was a Chem-Dry franchise for 15+ years. At the end of my time with them as a franchise owner, they had gone to moving away from the original system of using spray tanks with CO2, to using portables and were starting to transitioning to TM. I hadn't bought a TM but we were using the portables on all 3 vans. (Some other time I'll write about my experience using the CD Rx-20 versus padding.)
I got out of CD and carpet cleaning for about 1.5 years and then decided to get back into CC as a one man band. And I "thought" I needed to use a portable in my new company, so I went out a bought one to use from the very start.
Long story short (and I'm leaving out some of the details here for brevity) I actually have gone back to the very basics - I use the old pepsi cans and CO2. I use a dual speed 175. Depending on the need I agitate the solution in with a FiberPlus pad or a 10"CRB or a Microbeast pad.
The only time now that I pull out my portable is for doing Tile&Grout cleaning (you do need for that!) or Urine extraction with a waterclaw or on most upholstery cleaning -although I'm starting to NOT use the portable for Upholstery cleaning more and more.
So while I am glad I have the portable for the above paragraphed reasons, I certainly do NOT use it for regular carpet cleaning. Not even for commercial jobs. Yes if I come across a situation like a spilled milk shake then I admit that needs to be extracted before cleaning but I'm soon buying a portable extractor for those situations instead of the portable - however as I type this I am realizing that I really never have run into that situation really.
Bottom line: for me I believe I clean faster - drier - and just as good as someone who would be using a portable. I think my 26 - FIVE star reviews on YELP back me up on that claim!
I was a Chem-Dry franchise for 15+ years. At the end of my time with them as a franchise owner, they had gone to moving away from the original system of using spray tanks with CO2, to using portables and were starting to transitioning to TM. I hadn't bought a TM but we were using the portables on all 3 vans. (Some other time I'll write about my experience using the CD Rx-20 versus padding.)
I got out of CD and carpet cleaning for about 1.5 years and then decided to get back into CC as a one man band. And I "thought" I needed to use a portable in my new company, so I went out a bought one to use from the very start.
Long story short (and I'm leaving out some of the details here for brevity) I actually have gone back to the very basics - I use the old pepsi cans and CO2. I use a dual speed 175. Depending on the need I agitate the solution in with a FiberPlus pad or a 10"CRB or a Microbeast pad.
The only time now that I pull out my portable is for doing Tile&Grout cleaning (you do need for that!) or Urine extraction with a waterclaw or on most upholstery cleaning -although I'm starting to NOT use the portable for Upholstery cleaning more and more.
So while I am glad I have the portable for the above paragraphed reasons, I certainly do NOT use it for regular carpet cleaning. Not even for commercial jobs. Yes if I come across a situation like a spilled milk shake then I admit that needs to be extracted before cleaning but I'm soon buying a portable extractor for those situations instead of the portable - however as I type this I am realizing that I really never have run into that situation really.
Bottom line: for me I believe I clean faster - drier - and just as good as someone who would be using a portable. I think my 26 - FIVE star reviews on YELP back me up on that claim!