Bissell portable auto extractor

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For those of us not wanting to spend alot or don't need 1,000 horsepower,
was wondering if anyone has tried the bissell autocare proheat?

For $100, could be handy.

If they're decent, maybe AG will carry?

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/bissell_proheat.JPG

[BenzDetailer]

You get what you pay for. It might work for your own car on light soil.
Otherwise its like asking your Grandmother to wash your truck - The results are just not gonna be the same!

[BenzDetailer]

Best Buy will have it in June. The Hose is only like 30 inches long. A big Negative in my opinion.

[RaskyR1]

I have been using one the last 2+ years and it has cleaned every car that's come through my doors. I may take longer than a high end extractor and will require some additional elbow grease...but it CAN do the job. I follow it up with a shop vac too.

For someone only doing a couple cars a month it's perfect.


examples of what it can do...


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[BenzDetailer]

Im Impressed I used to mess around with the former version "THE LITTLE GREEN CLEAN MACHINE" and it worked okay for spots but for doing SUV or SOCCER MOM VANS it was too much work. The shop vac in combination makes sense!

[VISITOR]

For someone only doing a couple cars a month it's perfect.


agreed, for the weekend warrior it will do. of course if you are doing numerous cars everyday than a real extractor would be more beneficial...

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looks like a good cost effective dIY'er alternative

[Harleyguy]

I don't agree even if i haven't used one RaskyR1 does plenty of details and runs a top notch place.if he recommends it i would be pretty confident it will do a great job.I use the old machine called elbow grease

[mrGolfRider]

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk137/my01s/Mercedes%20C350/_041809_129.jpg

Go to your local vaccum store and get a Bissel apholstery attachment for your shop vac, using a 1.5" reducer if you have a larger hose...I have 6.5HP behind my little attachment from my Rigid Shop Vac...works great, and cost me 5.50!!

[detail viking]

Folex is my new favorite product. All I used here was a brush, Shopvac, and Folex. I am very happy with Folex, but I would love to have an extractor.

[Emile]

I used to have a Bissell Spot Bot, which is similar to this Bissell Auto Care machine, except it was geared more towards pet stains...although I loaned it to someone and they returned it to me broken.

The difference between these Bissell machines and even the most powerful wet/dry vac is that the Bissell has the special little head which is designed to suck up water and dirt from carpets. So after using your carpet cleaner and doing the scrubber, the Bissell sucks the loose dirt and carpet cleaner solution really really well.

Perhaps purchasing the Bissell attachment head that mrGolfRider posted would provide the same sucking power as one of the expensive Bissell machines because even though I have a RIDGID 6hp canister vac and a Craftsman 5hp portable shop vac, I still really miss my Bissell machine.

[Tesla]

I don't agree even if i haven't used one RaskyR1 does plenty of details and runs a top notch place.if he recommends it i would be pretty confident it will do a great job.I use the old machine called elbow grease

+1 on this. Nice post.

[Wendell Jarvis]

Folex is my new favorite product. All I used here was a brush, Shopvac, and Folex. I am very happy with Folex, but I would love to have an extractor.

:iagree: Folex is great and I too would love a Extractor.darn things are expensive !! Maybe I could buy one and ask for some bail out money *******

[RaskyR1]

I don't agree even if i haven't used one RaskyR1 does plenty of details and runs a top notch place.if he recommends it i would be pretty confident it will do a great job.I use the old machine called elbow grease



Thanks for the compliment Adam. :cheers:


It does do what I need it to, but I also use it with other tools like my shop vac, various brushes, and a few cleaners. I nice high end unit would save me time though.

If you are detailing full time I would suggest looking into a unit like the Mytee.


Rasky

[frosty]

Instead of starting a new thread, I'm going to piggyback on this one. I just received my Auto Care ProHeat today. This weekend I'm going to give it a whirl.

I've read some articles about with extractors not to use any chems in the water tank. I see others here indicate to spray, scrub and just use to extract water. However, they say get the one with the heater.

So I'm assumming I use something like <insert cleaner here> to spray the fabric. Work it in as necessary and then use plain hot water in this machine and use the sprayer to go over the entire carpet? Then follow up with a shop vac if there is excessive moisture.

Am I missing something?