100% VLM ???

[frank fratto]

I LOVE that Tankless Vibe but for some reason they don't sell it anymore

It works great for big Residential and unoccupied Apartments

I bought it in 2022 for $2495

IMO it does need the Weight Kit and Malish Driver for more head weight and the Maish Driver makes it more aggressive

I use 3 weights on each side adding 24 pounds of head weight for cleaning Residential carpet and 4 weights on each side adding 32 pounds of head weight for urine jobs


Had some fun at my Apt Complex today doing two Apartments using the Vibe with Bonnet Pro Ironman Bonnets with Carpet Details and VacAway Double Trouble

And I used the WORX Sprayer with the 14'' Brush Master Pro 35 CRB first to scrub, and 10'' CRB to groom


LESS water MORE agitation !!!

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Nice job!!!

I love the fact that you do not need weights for the 175!

My biceps are looking awfully small these days.

Maybe I should add some weights?

 

[encapman]

The tankless Vibe was a cool machine.

 

[SteamwayPro]

Nice job!!!

I love the fact that you do not need weights for the 175!

My biceps are looking awfully small these days.

Maybe I should add some weights?

You don't have to put on all that weight on to get excellent results from Vibe but I do. I'm always looking for the best possible results and do everything possible to get them

A lot of cleaners don't use any added weight on Vibe and get excellent results

The first few years I was using Vibe I used 1-2 weights on each side but last year I started using 2-3 weights

On some Residential you gotta be careful using too much weight

Vibe just glides over the surface of the carpet. Adding weight and the Malish Driver gives it more agitation makes it more aggressive and dig deeper

Vibe has a Orbital Action and Rotary Action



TOPS Odyssey only weighs 69 pounds and gets excellent results but it has a Malish Driver and a tamping action that gives it more agitation makes it more aggressive and dig deeper without a lot of weight

Odyssey has a Orbital Action Rotary Action and a Tamping Action



But after saying all of that the key to getting the best possible results with a OP on Residential IMO is thoroughly scrubbing first with a 14'' or 15'' CRB with the proper Brushes

The CRB is doing 90% of the cleaning

The OP does scrub and adds to the cleaning but mainly is just extracting absorbing removing the dirt that's encapsulated in the Detergent with Cotton or Microfiber Bonnets



Life is BETTER when you're VLM !!!

 

[frank fratto]

You don't have to put on all that weight on to get excellent results from Vibe but I do. I'm always looking for the best possible results and do everything possible to get them

A lot of cleaners don't use any added weight on Vibe and get excellent results

The first few years I was using Vibe I used 1-2 weights on each side but last year I started using 2-3 three weights

On some Residential you gotta be careful using too much weight

Vibe just glides over the surface of the carpet. Adding weight and the Malish Driver gives it more agitation makes it more aggressive and dig deeper

Vibe has a Orbital Action and Rotary Action



TOPS Odyssey only weighs 69 pounds and gets excellent results but it has a Malish Driver and a tamping action that gives it more agitation makes it more aggressive and dig deeper without a lot of weight

Odyssey has a Orbital Action Rotary Action and a Tamping Action



But after saying all of that the key to getting the best possible results with a OP on Residential IMO is thoroughly scrubbing first with a 14'' or 15'' CRB with the proper Brushes

The CRB is doing 90% of the cleaning

The OP does scrub and adds to the cleaning but mainly is just extracting absorbing removing the dirt that's encapsulated in the Detergent with Cotton or Microfiber Bonnets



Life is BETTER when you're VLM !!!


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George,
I like how you and Dwain love your Cleaning Tools!

It aways impresses me with cleaners who take pride in their carpet cleaning equipment!

 

[SteamwayPro]

George,
I like how you and Dwain love your Cleaning Tools!

It aways impresses me with cleaners who take pride in their carpet cleaning equipment!

You got that absolutely right

I LOVE my CRB's OP's WORX Sprayer Vacuums and Whittaker Trio

And I love VLM


The first year I probably loved my TM

But after the first year with all the problems I had with my TM I NEVER NEVER NEVER loved TM's again


One of the BEST decisions I have ever made was switching to VLM in 2019 THANK YOU


Life is BETTER when you're VLM !!!

 

[frank fratto]

You got that absolutely right

I LOVE my CRB's OP's WORX Sprayer Vacuums and Whittaker Trio

And I love VLM


The first year I probably loved my TM

But after the first year with all the problems I had with my TM I NEVER NEVER NEVER loved TM's again


One of the BEST decisions I have ever made was switching to VLM in 2019 THANK YOU


Life is BETTER when you're VLM !!!

Walk out of a restaurant Monday mid afternoon with my wife and sister.

My sister said what is that noise?

I said I think I know? Then we turned the corner.

It was a TM in between an alleyway Blasting away! "omg!"

I sure don't miss that.

 

[Dwain Ray]

George,
I like how you and Dwain love your Cleaning Tools!

It aways impresses me with cleaners who take pride in their carpet cleaning equipment!

For me i found alot of pride comes from building something rather than than just going out plunking down some money and buying it. It becomes a part of you rather that something you just have.and you have something totally unique and in my case better built and longer lasting than anything you can buy. And a plus is the intimate knowledge of the components and their inner workings. My machine is like a child to me. I spent 2 years working on it as a hobby, raised it from an idea to a working machine and the care i put in it building is reflected in the way i care for it. So for those of you that have children youll understand this, behold below is "Baby pictures ". I have 671 of um and counting here is but a few

 

[frank fratto]

For me i found alot of pride comes from building something rather than than just going out plunking down some money and buying it. It becomes a part of you rather that something you just have.and you have something totally unique and in my case better built and longer lasting than anything you can buy. And a plus is the intimate knowledge of the components and their inner workings. My machine is like a child to me. I spent 2 years working on it as a hobby, raised it from an idea to a working machine and the care i put in it building is reflected in the way i care for it. So for those of you that have children youll understand this, behold below is "Baby pictures ". I have 671 of um and counting here is but a few

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Your TM is old school COOL!!!

 

[Dwain Ray]

Your TM is old school COOL!!!

Yes sir it is but with very modern guts. The best and most reliable from 4 different truckmount manufacturers and several other industrial manufacturers. Here's an example of another industries parts. When designing the chemical injection system, i looked around for a check valve( it goes on the soulition line out before chemical injection and stops the chemical from feeding back into the machine when soulition is not flowing). All the truckmount manufacturers used brass ones that were over complicated and prone to problems. I found this stainless one it has a working pressure of 3000psi and a cracking pressure of just ½ psi and can be rebuilt with 2 crescent wrenches in less than 5 minutes because the intire working components are a unit that drops into a shell (the last picture is of bigger version of the same valve (it's 1" the chem valve is ⅜")