Some of you guys had asked me about this machine. Finally had a chance to test it out today in an empty rental.
So far, I like it a lot. It is lightweight, so you might give up a bit of cleaning power, but for most jobs, you won't need more.
It's nice and quiet, smooth and best of all, only 70 lbs. I ran the shampoo brush, tuways and a cotton pad. All ran without a snag. No signs of bogging down. I did try a fiberplus pad on a commercial carpet a couple days ago, and it did have a bit of trouble getting going on dry carpet, but once I lubricated it with Hot Knife, it went along just fine.
I'd say 2 thumbs up on this machine.
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