02-11-2014, 01:58 PM
The HWE industrial complex (cleaners, equipment manufacturers, 'certification' organizations) are obsessed with 'tip bloom' as a means of de-legitimizing VLM.
All I can say is in over six years here in Florida, doing residential almost every day with both 175's and Roto 360 type machines, I've never heard of a single customer complaint about 'tip bloom'.
I didn't even know what 'tip bloom' was until I started reading the BBs.
I will say this-- I find the 360 'powerhead' type machines, which the HWE guys love, to be very aggressive indeed. You can bonnet orientals all day long, but a 360 will quickly ruin a hand knotted rug. I know were talking wall to wall here, but this seems illustrative.
And doesn't HWE have its own fiber damage issues--the very aggressive presprays commonly used, because there's (360s aside) no agitation, combined with mid 200 degree water temps often causes 'felting', does it not?
Just my two cents.
All I can say is in over six years here in Florida, doing residential almost every day with both 175's and Roto 360 type machines, I've never heard of a single customer complaint about 'tip bloom'.
I didn't even know what 'tip bloom' was until I started reading the BBs.
I will say this-- I find the 360 'powerhead' type machines, which the HWE guys love, to be very aggressive indeed. You can bonnet orientals all day long, but a 360 will quickly ruin a hand knotted rug. I know were talking wall to wall here, but this seems illustrative.
And doesn't HWE have its own fiber damage issues--the very aggressive presprays commonly used, because there's (360s aside) no agitation, combined with mid 200 degree water temps often causes 'felting', does it not?
Just my two cents.