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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year

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    I have more that one DA at my shop.
    However we use the Rupes more.
    I'll order a set of brushes to see if that's the problem.

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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year

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    Looks like I'll buy the G15 with the best warranty.

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    And I believe an extra set of brushes in the box!

    About 2 hours after asking if you had checked the brushes, my mini air blower stopped working. Sure enough new brushes needed. Was able to get it running again temporarily, but will need to figure out what brushes to buy for this blower with no model number or anything. Of course the reseller is well known for their unresponsive customer service staff, lol.
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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year

    Quote Originally Posted by HateSwirls View Post
    Looks like I'll buy the G15 with the best warranty.
    That's definitely the selling point of the BOSS polisher systems when comparing it with the Rupes.

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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year

    Quote Originally Posted by Audios S6 View Post
    And I believe an extra set of brushes in the box!
    a nice added touch (one of many) with the BOSS polishers is the ports on the side if you need to change brushes without having to take the whole thing apart...

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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year

    Griots Boss - better warranty and customer support is awesome. It's shipped with extra washers and brushes.
    It reminds me of the Oster 76 clippers. Powerful and easy to replace the brushes.

    I still want a rupes and flex...

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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year

    I hardly ever use my rupes MKII 15 anymore and when I do I tend to baby it. It's not quite 9 months old but after spending $400 dollars on the best quality polisher on the market, I found myself not wanting to put too much wear and tear on it for fear of something happening that isn't covered under the 1-year limited warranty. I bought the boss 15 to use as my workhorse and even though I think the rupes does have a little less vibration and seems to run cooler the boss does have a bit more power (although personally I've never used above speed 5 on either machine) so it really comes down to personal preference but I do like that Griot's Garage stands behind their tools 100% and are well known for taking care of problems whether it's a year or two years of heavy use, I like that they are 100% about customer satisfaction.

    I did read somewhere that rupes offers an extended 3-year warranty for customers that have registered their polishers.....does anyone know whether or not this is true?

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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year

    It seems a "professional polisher" should last years. People dig at the HF for being one that breaks down and you should have bought Rupes but if they don't fix them after only a year that's not good.


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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year

    Same here a 21MKII sent it in and they said it was a bad bearing. It did about 15 cars now i've been waiting for the polisher for 2 weeks.

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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year

    Quote Originally Posted by HateSwirls View Post
    I have more that one DA at my shop.
    However we use the Rupes more.
    I'll order a set of brushes to see if that's the problem.

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    i would think its still under warranty no? My griots boss G15 has a lifetime warranty, im sure rupes has at least a year or two

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    Re: My Rupes limping only after a year


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