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    Posted: 16/March/2005 at 2:31am

 I have been using a upholstery tool on stairs. which burns me out.

Frustrating because do not like to sweat.

Have to get down on my knees, knees wet.

Thinking about buying a 30 inch swivel ergonomic stair tool with the spray

jet inside. Cost about 180 to 250.00 US Dollars.  Any feedback  Thanks!

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I have looked at the swivel tool as well. Unfortunatley they dont seem to work that well. talk to ted....he is away this week but back on tuesday. He sure will give you the deal on these swivel head wands. He tells me alot of guys that bought them don't really like them much... and I can see why. I was also very nervous about ordering one...after talking with Ted...I ordered the Mini-wand version with a fixed head. I, like you have used furniture type tools for years and my back is killing me.

Hey Mr. Steamer....what do you use on stairs??

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I have a stair tool... but I hate having to change attachments... so I just use the wand... and suction them down after....

hand tool is a little bit under powered for cleaning stairs

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Nobody makes a good stair tool, maybe someday it will happen. Back breaking work if you have a lot of stairs to do.
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I have 2- a Hydramaster half wand and a PMF 6 inch hand tool - I always use the hand held.
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Dont like the half wand? What is wrong with it? I am looking at buying one myself. Dont want to waste the money if it is no good....I use a gun and vacuum right now....works well but hard on the back and leaves carpet too wet!

 

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I use a gun and vacuum right now....works well but hard on the back and leaves carpet too wet!

What ???  vac from a vac or from tm? Why too wet cleaner1??

 

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I use a PMF half wand and I think it's great

 

no swivel head though.

 

Only complaint I'd have is that it's maybe a little too long on the last step or two at times.

 

but after using my wand for 5 1/2 years I love not having to hold my arms in the air like a monkey cleaning stairs any more

 

I actually prefer to use less pressure and solution on stairs

 

 

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It's just a pain in the nether regions to do a riser or a nose on the stair with a half wand. I feel I have better control with the PMF.
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http://www.carpet-cleaning-equipment.net/accessories_stairto ols.shtml

The one on the top of the page is what I use. It gives me outstanding results.And you can whip a sofa off in NO time.

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I just hate having to change attachments... too time consuming..
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the 40" is what I'm using

 

I just flip it around for risers,,,no biggy

 

different strokes for different folks though

 

 

I just prefer to stand upright doing stairs

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That's a nice one WIlly 6" path
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I use the vac from my truck mount. The water goes down with the gun first and then sucked up.....as you know when the water is not immediatley extracted like in the case of a wand where the water is sprayed in and vacuumed off ......it does take longer to dry. That is why I was considering the mini-wand.

As you know.....carpets are always the dirtiest on steps which usually requires more prespray....scrubbing...dwell time...etc.....which results in longer drying times. Any advise on the mini-wand? Should I just keep using my own method.....my back hurts!!

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