Best carpet extractor under 250?

can make your own extractor, just a pain in the rear, get a 2 stage wet/dry vacuum motor and a 60 or 100psi pump for cleaning solution and a inline heater, but the cost of all that added up would be close to an extractor, search auction sites or government surplus sites. sometimes you might find something in need of a simple repair...i would just get the little green machine and every interior/carpet cleaning job put money up to buy a real extractor. or set up you bank account for every deposit a certain $ value or percentage will go into savings. easy ways to save money without even trying...
 
Dugdug said:
My budget is 200-250... What do you guys recommend?

My current process,

Vacuum
Treat with folex
Agitate W/ carpet brush
Vacuum w/ shop vac


It takes a long time with the shop vac. I would like a better means of extraction.

I don't want a ton of hoses, I would also like the water hot, and I don't want to have to ask my customer for hot water lol

Ive seen a lot of videos on youtube about extractors but it's a bit overwhelming. I want something decent under 250 that will speed my process up and suck up a lot of water.

Any ideas?
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I was in your same position a year ago. I just went with the Bissell Little Green Machine. It work ok for the price. But I've been getting more and more customers looking to get their carpet extracted so I've just saved up enough money for the Mytee Lite II. I would just continue to use the shop vac, buy a Bissell, or save up and get a Mytee or something. Thats just what benefits my needs though. So determine what you will benefit the most from.
 
I just bought this
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It's made my Mytee and is a great first unit. It does not have heater, but you can run hot water through it. I heat up a pot of water on the stove to about 200* and run it. I was really impressed with the water lift.

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S300 Tempo Spotter

I paid 330 with a coupon.
 
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dad07 said:
If your looking at a Bissell get the pro heat version.....
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I have the Bissell Auto Care Pro-Heat and for the money it does a decent job. I've had to modify my approach a bit and started using this to spray hot water on the carpet as a rinse then vacuum it off.

I'll spray a cleaner on the carpet then scrub it with a brush to loosen dissolve contaminates then go over it a couple of times with the Bissell rinsing the carpet and vacuuming off the dirt and debris...

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john b said:
you can get a bissell replcement extractor head for about 10 bucks on line and then go to home depot to get a shop vac reducer and use your shop vac for that-those little bissells dont have the lift like your shop vac does-save your money for a real machine
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ah so we can get a replacement for it?
 
opie_7afe said:
i use the shopvac using the bissel nozzles, works way better then the shopvac nozzles for sucking up the water as the suction is more concentrated, carpets only take about 30 mins MAX to dry and that is my trial of soaking carpets way too much(was my car) so a normal job would probably dry in 15 minutes.still would like the lgm but read the suction is lower then a shopvac so im putting it on the back burner for now....good luck making a decision
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i do the same:xyxthumbs:
 
I think I may just save up and get this one here,

8070 Mytee-Lite™ II

sense I posted this thread, business has picked up so I think I'll get a little savings going and go with the hot water extractor.
 
BobbyG said:
I have the Bissell Auto Care Pro-Heat and for the money it does a decent job. I've had to modify my approach a bit and started using this to spray hot water on the carpet as a rinse then vacuum it off.

I'll spray a cleaner on the carpet then scrub it with a brush to loosen dissolve contaminates then go over it a couple of times with the Bissell rinsing the carpet and vacuuming off the dirt and debris...

AutoCareProHeat.jpg
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I have the same model Bobby(ProHeat)and it works pretty decent.
I also have the Duramaid1600(from AG,they no longer carry).The ProHeat is less cumbersome and for the most part,the ProHeat also gets into tight(er) carpet places,where the Duramaid can't touch(literally).Suction is not as strong as the Duramaid but this little ProHeat is no slouch either.
 
Dugdug said:
My budget is 200-250... What do you guys recommend?

My current process,

Vacuum
Treat with folex
Agitate W/ carpet brush
Vacuum w/ shop vac


It takes a long time with the shop vac. I would like a better means of extraction.

I don't want a ton of hoses, I would also like the water hot, and I don't want to have to ask my customer for hot water lol

Ive seen a lot of videos on youtube about extractors but it's a bit overwhelming. I want something decent under 250 that will speed my process up and suck up a lot of water.

Any ideas?
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ABC carpet cleaning can have different kinds of cleaning products including extractor and vacuum.
 
how much it cost to have a new bissell extractor? is it expensive?
 
BobbyG said:
I have the Bissell Auto Care Pro-Heat and for the money it does a decent job. I've had to modify my approach a bit and started using this to spray hot water on the carpet as a rinse then vacuum it off.

I'll spray a cleaner on the carpet then scrub it with a brush to loosen dissolve contaminates then go over it a couple of times with the Bissell rinsing the carpet and vacuuming off the dirt and debris...

AutoCareProHeat.jpg
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I just picked this up from Bissell today. Read some good reviews and for 90 bucks you can't go wrong. I am going to use it with Megs APC+.
 
tapp1 said:
I just bought this
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It's made my Mytee and is a great first unit. It does not have heater, but you can run hot water through it. I heat up a pot of water on the stove to about 200* and run it. I was really impressed with the water lift.

Tempo Promo - Automotive - YouTube

The Biggest Little Machine - Tempo? Spotter - YouTube

S300 Tempo Spotter

I paid 330 with a coupon.
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Sorry, but I don't see the point in buying a carpet extractor if it doesn't heat the water. There is no real benefit other than the suction power, heat is very important when cleaning carpets. Your machine doesn't have much more benefit over a regular shop vac.
 
96Lude,

You just have to heat the water before you put it in the reservoir To each his own though. This unit is powerful and faster than the shop vac method, IMO. I was impressed with the pump and lift of the vac.
 
96Lude said:
Sorry, but I don't see the point in buying a carpet extractor if it doesn't heat the water. There is no real benefit other than the suction power, heat is very important when cleaning carpets. Your machine doesn't have much more benefit over a regular shop vac.
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Obviously, you have never used one of those machines.
 
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