Good Day!
I need to get a wet/dry Vacuum cleaner to clean 2 bedroom carpeted apartment before I move in. So I was thinking to shampoo the carpets and then use Wet head to suck up all the dirty stuff.
I could only find
https://www.masters.com.au/product/100304811/shop-vac-1400w-…
that is in stock, 2 year warranty(Goodfreys only offer 3 month on commercial grade vacs) and under $100.
Any experience? Ideas?
Thank you
All the Best
I don't see why that wouldn't work very well. I know that shampooing carpet myself will take time and effort but then I can choose any shampoo and that vac is wet and dry which is more useful that just a shampooer.
And as I mentioned 3 month warranty from goodfreys is bull.hit
Have you ever used a wet and dry vacuum? These are pretty cheap units designed to pick up dirt and sawdust in your workshop, from circular saws etc. They don't suck very hard and clog very easily. They work best when attached to the outlet from your saw and feed a stream of sawdust to the hose. The inbuilt vacuum fan just keeps things moving along into the bucket. The wet part is more for pumping out pools of water from the floor, e.g. from leaks or floods, like a burst washing machine hose in a tiled laundry. Not for extracting dirt and water from carpet. On the other hand, the shampooers inject hot water deep into the pile and dissolve the dirt, then extract it straight away, leaving very little moisture behind. Wetting the carpet first then trying to suck it up is asking for trouble, the underlay will invariably become saturated and mould will form, causing a stench and a health hazard. All shampoos aren't the same either, use the wrong one or too much and it actually makes the pile stickier and attracts dirt. Shampooers don't do traditional vacuuming either. If you need an ordinary vacuum as well, you'd be better off getting a separate unit as well. Go into a Godfreys store and see a live demonstration and make up your mind. I'll be utterly surprised if they try to sell you a wet-and-dry shop vac to lift a spilled glass of water from the carpet. The shop vacs probably have a long warranty because they do so little work and have tiny motors, the rest is cheap plastic parts that don't wear. Don't get me started on warranties by the way, the Statutory Warranty makes all those manufacturer warranty periods almost meaningless anyway. The shampooers I mentioned are domestic units, not commercial. I have a wall-mounted shop vac similar to the one you mentioned in my workshop, and I also have the Bissell Quick Wash as well as a ducted system in the house, so I'm speaking from experience here.
WoW! Thank you for sharing!
That is my concern too that's why I asked.
I used expensive wet/dry vac when I did some painting jobs but never tried wet part of it. So I guess you are right and 1400W will be not enough.
I saw that Bissell from Bing lee. Which one is better?
http://www.binglee.com.au/bissell-bs2080f-pet-wash-powerbrus… $159
http://www.binglee.com.au/bissell-bs39q6f-readycleantm $199
http://www.godfreys.com.au/steam-shampoo/carpet-shampooers/b… $199
And yeah "Warranty 3 months" - that's from goodfreys website regarding your $79 shampooer.
Where they give 2 years on Bissell.
Thanks alot mate
The Quickwash is the entry level machine. It is still very good and is easy to use in a small to medium apartment. The Ready clean is a bigger model, I guess it has a bigger capacity and is suited for bigger houses. It also needs more room to store it when it is not in use! I don't know if it is more powerful or not. The ReadyClean model is basically an improved Quickwash, designed to clean houses where you have pets. The main feature is a rotating brush which removes pet hair from the carpet much more easily and more efficiently than the other models. The others have a cross-action brush which is a fixed brush with bristles in multiple directions which part the pile somewhat to help get in to remove soil. A plus if you have a pet but will work fine with or without it. My Quickwash still seems to suck up A LOT of hair from my shorthair cat, even after a regular vacuum. I guess it comes down to what you want and the best value. They will all do the job. They have a pet formulation shampoo that they sell which supposedly eliminates pet odours but I haven't noticed anything overly special about it, it's just another fragrance, they all seem to work as well as each other in my experience. I didn't notice the 3 months warranty on the knockoff model, it looks very similar but I don't know how well it is made. I'd easily expect a couple of years on the name brands though. With your choice of models I think I'd go with the petwash, it is cheaper and it has the rotating/sweeping brush. Have a read here http://www.bissell.com.au/Deep_Cleaning_FAQ.aspx. Compare the features here http://www.bissell.com.au/Carpet_Deep_Cleaners.aspx. Good luck!
Thank you mate!
I will keep that in mind
That wouldn't work very well. You'd want a carpet shampooer. Personally I'd recommend the Bissell Quickwash at about $200 but this is similar for only $79 http://www.godfreys.com.au/steam-shampoo/carpet-shampooers/s…. They are handy to have if you have carpet, as you can use it whenever they get grubby or you have accidents.