Does the bissel spotclean extractor really work for car seats?

[EngineerNate]

4 consumer bottles of Meguiars Hot Wheels All Wheel & Tire Cleaner = about $20 and 64 RTU oz.

Buying the same product in concentrated gallon form of D143 yields 384 usable oz. for the same cost of $20. Same product.

Knowing that, where would you invest your smart money?

My point was not that the Hot Wheels specifically was a good buy, but that I don't have any problem in general with using a consumer product if it works and I can buy it at a good price/oz. I've been stocking up on concentrates and bulk bottles of product for this exact reason. My point is to choose product solely on performance and performance/$ and to take the emotion out of it. Brand loyalty or loyalty to "specialty" products only hamstrings you when it comes to product purchases.

 

[Eldorado2k]

My point was not that the Hot Wheels specifically was a good buy, but that I don't have any problem in general with using a consumer product if it works and I can buy it at a good price/oz. I've been stocking up on concentrates and bulk bottles of product for this exact reason. My point is to choose product solely on performance and performance/$ and to take the emotion out of it. Brand loyalty or loyalty to "specialty" products only hamstrings you when it comes to product purchases.

I couldn't care less about brand loyalty or things like that.. Nor am I ever slightly embarrassed about showing up with anything in my detailing arsenal including my dish brush that I use to clean wheel wells [even though it may look like a toilet brush, I don't care]

It's about dollars and sense.
You say performance and performance/$.... Well for a professional detailer [or even a Hyper enthusiast] it's a fail in regards to the latter.

 

[EngineerNate]

No argument here. Buying in bulk is the way to go. My only point was that the only reason to be embarrassed by a customer seeing you with a product is if that product sucks and you should know better.

 

[EngineerNate]

I think we're on the same team here, just expressing it differently.

As far as the Hot Wheels goes, I'd happily make a Walmart run if I ran out of D143 on the job and home was farther away. I'd do my best to avoid that situation, but I woudn't be embarrassed to admit that the product I use is identical but sold in bulk.

 

[Photomask]

I own and use a Bissell Spot Bot, the Big Green Machine with carpet & upholstery attachments, a Mytee Lite II with the dry upholstery attatchment and a Tornador. The Spot Bot does OK for spot or spill cleanup but lacks the heat & vacuum power needed to do the job and will not last long in a professional environment. The Big Green Machine with attachments is a big step up and does a decent job but lacks heat and vacuum power, (got it for the wife to do carpets with but it did see service on autos until I bought the Mytee Lite II). The Mytee Lite II does a great job and the dry upholstery attachment is amazing with full control over vacuum power and fluid delivery. The Tornador and a wet vac can do very good as well and may even be better at sand removal. Even a scrub brush on a rotary polisher and a wet vac can provide good results. Bottom line... Use what you have or can afford, learn the best process and work around its limitations. No matter what you have, someone else has something better.

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[jeff79]

I actually believe this is the perfect approach for a lot of people who can't just go out and drop $800 on a Mytee. I've seen better deals and based on the research from the hospitality industry- who use these kinds extractors most-depending on use, there might be better, lesser-known, extractors out there. Who knows really though.

i wonder how this would do. seems to have pretty good reviews on amazon and on youtube