Angel_r24
08-27-2013, 10:49 AM
Well I got my Firebird on Friday and put it to work on Sunday.
First impressions on the machine is that the case is mostly of hard plastic. The wheels however seem to be like a cheap plastic and hopefully won't break down the road.
After setup and then pouring the water in, I set it down to see how far the hose/gun can go but it's not very long. This is a move the whole unit (like 10 pounds worth) to each door panel to clean the interior. Thought I could do what I do with the Mytee Lite and put the unit by the front driver door and the hose would be long enough to reach all the upholstery without having to move the unit. That's probably the biggest downfall but I'm just a picky guy.
The unit did take about 10 min to heat up but it's perfect. What I do as the setup is/was...
1. Insert water into the Firebird & Lite. Turned both units on and let heat.
2. While they are heating, cleared the car and vacuumed.
3. Put shop vac away and begin with steamer or extractor.
Coming from a Tornador Black it did lack speed but the cleaning power can't compare. Sure the Tornador cleaned as well but the steamer does the same thing and now you can sell it to the customer even more by adding that this kills odors, decontaminates especially the AC vents, environmentally friendly, and so on. Biggest plus compared to the Tornador is noise!! It is like 20 times quieter than the Tornador. No compressor or gun noise.
For 1st time steam users like me I was caught off guard by the water streaming out when pushing the trigger at times but just point to the ground or carpets and steam will shoot out in less than a second. May take more seconds if you don't use it continously.
Heat!!
The unit does heat up so make sure you grab by the handle. Hose is another thing to be careful with. It is rubber so watch out. As a 1st timer I under estimated the heat the Firebird generates, over 300°!! I burned my hand a couple of times but nothing major. I'll be using my black gloves tonight so hopefully that helps.
I will be of course taking pictures but most importantly I will be making videos about the Firebird. So with that in mind, do yall have any specific locations that you would like for me to clean? I have a detail tonight and Thursday as well as Saturday so I may not post until next week.
AGer,
Angel
First impressions on the machine is that the case is mostly of hard plastic. The wheels however seem to be like a cheap plastic and hopefully won't break down the road.
After setup and then pouring the water in, I set it down to see how far the hose/gun can go but it's not very long. This is a move the whole unit (like 10 pounds worth) to each door panel to clean the interior. Thought I could do what I do with the Mytee Lite and put the unit by the front driver door and the hose would be long enough to reach all the upholstery without having to move the unit. That's probably the biggest downfall but I'm just a picky guy.
The unit did take about 10 min to heat up but it's perfect. What I do as the setup is/was...
1. Insert water into the Firebird & Lite. Turned both units on and let heat.
2. While they are heating, cleared the car and vacuumed.
3. Put shop vac away and begin with steamer or extractor.
Coming from a Tornador Black it did lack speed but the cleaning power can't compare. Sure the Tornador cleaned as well but the steamer does the same thing and now you can sell it to the customer even more by adding that this kills odors, decontaminates especially the AC vents, environmentally friendly, and so on. Biggest plus compared to the Tornador is noise!! It is like 20 times quieter than the Tornador. No compressor or gun noise.
For 1st time steam users like me I was caught off guard by the water streaming out when pushing the trigger at times but just point to the ground or carpets and steam will shoot out in less than a second. May take more seconds if you don't use it continously.
Heat!!
The unit does heat up so make sure you grab by the handle. Hose is another thing to be careful with. It is rubber so watch out. As a 1st timer I under estimated the heat the Firebird generates, over 300°!! I burned my hand a couple of times but nothing major. I'll be using my black gloves tonight so hopefully that helps.
I will be of course taking pictures but most importantly I will be making videos about the Firebird. So with that in mind, do yall have any specific locations that you would like for me to clean? I have a detail tonight and Thursday as well as Saturday so I may not post until next week.
AGer,
Angel