Steamer (not the cleveland variety)

So I'm looking at steamers.


The TR-5 Pro here looks nice and seems pretty affordable.

Any other in this range you can think of that don't suck? I believe the VX5500 comes highly recommended as well, but this is cheaper and smaller.

I'm hungover, use small words and easy to find links, LOL.

 

No input to offer. like the title of your post!! lol thanks for the laugh

 

Glad you like it. I'm in one of those weird moods today. LOL

 

I have the Gaia from them and it's over 2 years old and has been great. In fact, I was at my father-in-law's store today cleaning his carpets with it. I still love the machine.

 

I wish I could afford the Gaia!

 

I have the vx5000 and it is a terrific steamer. I steam clean wheels and everything comes off if you put a little meqs super degreaser on first and quickly steam the wheels and I am talking really tar caked rims. on average every day rims I usually with give a quick spray of p21s wheel cleaner and just go around steaming with lots of moister and everything slides right off without a fight.

let me know how it goes

godoman

 

I have that Tr-5 and had a Desidero. The Desidero extractor is sub-par for detailing use.


The Tr-5 is an awesome machine, I find more uses for it in my house than with detailing.

4 years, no issues to report.

Use it to steam compound out of cracks and jambs. Be careful of repainted panels though!

 

As a steamer, the TR-5 is good enough for detailing, yes? I'm trying to stay away from an extractor for now.

 

I'm rocking the VX5000, honestly don't know how I detailed without it and would recommend it to anyone. I've used it on roughly 10 details so far without even a hint of an issue.

I'm glad I have an extractor, I love using the steamer to remove stains from the carpet and knock everything loose, then I follow up with the extractor and it pulls out all sorts of dirt...

 

I'm actually looking to pick up a steamer sometime this year to replace my SteamFast SF-275. I want a unit that's more suitable for the commercial grade.

 

have you look at vapor steam II machine?
Steam Cleaners by Vapor Clean: Leading the Revolution in steam cleaning products
it is about $100 cheaper than tr-5

 

Steamer is on my wish-list after I buy a PC and more pads/polishes. Hopefully in the next few months!!