Speaking of pads..........

[c spot stop]

You'd have to want to damage carpet with a 175 to do so. and then it would take a long time.

But, John can use photoshop and redo a photo to prove me wrong.

Ya know, show the fiber underneath the house...in China.

[Grant D.]

That's funny, with all the craziness going on lately with shredding pads, machine too loud, vibrating too much I was thinking the other day the 175 guys must be laughing at me (us) OP'ers... 

[Andy Mc]

I have never tip bloomed a carpet (that didn't deserve it) with OP,

Well Grant when you think of a nice new 175 running you about $800, and tons of pad choices that go with it,  makes you wonder. But I still can't imagine a 175 out cleaning me and my mighty defender, let alone you and your trinity monster, beast cleaning unit.

I got an old 20 incher sitting in the shed, it's to ugly to use, maybe next empty I will try it out and see how it works compared to the OP. Last time I used it, I got rag dolled all over the living room.

[kingjoelking]

The Tuways Grant gave me two years ago are still looking pretty and working well.

[c spot stop]

That's funny, with all the craziness going on lately with shredding pads, machine too loud, vibrating too much I was thinking the other day the 175 guys must be laughing at me (us) OP'ers... 

I am. Have been for months.

I still love you guys...well, most of you. But I had a lot of these issues under the POS HOS. And it pulled to the right.

[Burtonblue75]

  not laughing but thinking how happy I am that I haven't attempted to deal with one. I do think every time yall talk about the horrors that come with op, and not to mention cash involved. I will tote an extra 20lbs any day. Its amazing to me more haven't gone back, or at least gave them a first time whirl. Seems to me its mostly a perception thing when it comes to op vs 175. As for getting jerked around by one, ya gotta get them adjusted and get some time behind one, will say i hardly ever feel like I'm getting jerked around, but then again that could  be because I haven't used an op.

[Jeff Brown]

I've bought hotel bath mats to use as pads and they work good. They're a 86% cotton 14% poly blend and come in a 20" X 30" size. I cut 9 1/2 inches off and hem the edge with some nylon thread, so the pad is a 20 X 20  square. I ordered several bails a couple of years ago at a cost of about $1.50 each towel.

By the way I have bloomed a carpet before with a rotary and a shampoo brush.
If you use cotton pad with a rotary you could do some damage if not careful, rotaries create more friction than op.

[CACBServices]

Mike, I would buy quality pads from you, American made and pay a couple extra bucks a pad to do so.

[Andy Mc]

Free trade is the problem, the Taiwanese should not be given free access to our markets. They pay the workers 10 cents an hour plus a bowl of rice and fried grass hoppers. SO they can sell a product to us for less then we can make it our self's. Pure horse crap, cause we got to pay a guy 10 dollars an hour plus pay the government $90,000 for a permit, then pay the EPA $100,000 to do an environmental impact study before we can use the garage to make pads. Then have to pay another $100,000 per year for insurance, in the event of a malpractice suit ,cause we might have refused to hire a cross dressing American Indian who had a handicap.     So what happens is a business guy would just asoon go to tiwaunieea  and set up shop for nothing and be loved for providing jobs. And not be suwed for having common sense.     

[Grant D.]

   Ok that was funny right there.

[ChemBright]

+1

That was funny....

[Mike M]

........But true. 

[c spot stop]

Andy, if this was facebook I'd repost hat stellar reply.

[Mo]

  and then the pad won't stay under the machine