How long do your OP Pads last?

With several suppliers becoming available for your supply of these, I would like to know how long a life you generally get from the pads you get. Do you measure how long they last? And do you perceive that they are expensive in use/

 

 

Thanks

You are right, Ron, but I thought I would get feedback from this board first. Most pads sold have come from CCS, but a few got them from other sources. I believe John G said that 80-100 uses was typical. Just wondering if other users buying other pads have got the same.

Edited by Superglide Ken

I know who you are.lol

Not for long though.

WOW..... Those are some pretty cold words....  I'm still up for an OP machine.... and I want good pads.... but someone told me it's all in the washing and soaking of the pads...

one of theser days I'm going to find out for myself

Lee and Padman

John: First off; Chemdry does not have a market of "glides" as you put it. They don't even make any wands. The only thing they have is a patent on a stainless steel skid for the RX20 machine. They are attempting to spread the reach of that over to glides that have more than one slot simply to protect their franchise network and their claim to 1 hour drying. In their place , I would probably to the same. Didn't work though. The new ZRX3 glides that I brought out this month equal the drying performance of the patented ones for a fraction of the cost.The new SST glides for wands is also superior to the holy glide they stopped earlier this year as well. They want to licence that design, and had to shut down everyone else that had more than a single vacuum slot. Fine. I adapted and moved on.

 

As far as the trial and error thing, yes I am doing it, and yes I am spending money to do it and will continue to do that to improve all products that I sell. The RSE may require a pad with superior wear characteristics more than the ones you currently sell since the machine is heavier than most of the pad machines. And yes, there is one on the way. Nice to know the baseline so that the percentage of improvement can be guaged more accuratly. Improvement is coming wether some are ready or not.

Since I am mostly a HWE guy

I dont need to carry a whole supply for many jobs

Just the one a day or so that I will VLM clean.

You get better cleaning with using only one side and change often and not wait till a pad is soiled out.

Since I am not trying to make a number of pads say, last all day.

To get the most wear out of your pads it is more how to maintain them that counts on how long they last.