New Sapphire 12" Titanium wand

[Mikey P]

Nearly perfect.

Pros:

Excellent airflow, screams like a two inch
Perfect jet placement
Glide fits like no other
Very lightweight
V800 valve and trigger feel so nice
The perfect RE follow up tool
Wand only hacks will want to double or triple the stock 4 flow.


Cons

No in-line strainer included
Forcedv to use 2" vac hose, and adaptor would have been nice.

A very close competitor for the Mach12 which has a bit better airflow but PITA manifold set up

 

[Mikey P]

Demo glide has a full 1/4" channel that the first round of glides did not.


Lock down problem solved.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Demo glide has a full 1/4" channel that the first round of glides did not.


Lock down problem solved.

Are you saying that the opening is bigger on the new glide than the original green glides? If so, I'm glad distributors have listened to us. We were losing a ton of suction with the original green glides

 

[Mikey P]

Yes, the new PMF glide slots are wider

 

[NobleCarpetCleaners]

nearly.....

You'll feel the difference in squeezing that valve in comparison to the WP soft touch. Those hard lines are exposed to getting bent in short order. I'm sure it screams but that's not exactly a measurement of cfm. Perfect might have been not pinching off any potential flow and left it 2 inch "all the way"

 

[Mikey P]

and left it 2 inch "all the way"

got the 14" if you dont mind the extra weight.


Put your the fishbelly of your arm over that glide at full rpm and tell me that isn't more than enough to extract carpet.


Are you one of them pigslop disgusting van owners Scott? Somehow I pictured your van a clean and tidy work shop. Only pigs who toss their tools around or lazy techs could or would damage those hard lines

 

[NobleCarpetCleaners]

ah the ole tug of the forearm skin CFM test...lol Yes that's not a bad litmus test even "after" a few beers at a trade show and gone are the days when I pile my toys. Still happy with my WP 14" or so says my callus and growing tennis elbow.

 

[Mikey P]

Still happy with my WP 14"

lordy Pops, at least get the Titanium version, that thing is a tank

 

[Mikey P]

What are you running for an RE?





Please dont tell me a Von Shrader.

 

[NobleCarpetCleaners]

actually I'm looking for a chump to sacrifice a Von schhhroder on craigslist so I can mess around with shaving cream on larger areas. I drag a TrexJr around and its been saves my ass and arms on polishing some turds.

 

[Old Coastie]

Yeah I thought the same on the hard lines. Down another eight inches and pulling them in would look more workmanlike, as well as making the apparatus more elf resistant.

 

[Mikey P]

 

[dgardner]

Price?

 

[Mikey P]

No idea..


Included with a RAGE or 370.

 

[Charlie Lyman]

I don't know about this yet. I received two new glides for the wand. One glide has a 1/8" channel and the other has a 1/4" channel. Jury is still out on the dry times with the new glides. I think the narrower glide opening is the key on green glides.
I'm running the 1/8" channel right now. I'll switch to the 1/4" channel next week and see how it performs.
The wand itself is absolutely amazing.
Lightweight
Perfect shape even for someone short like myself
Trigger placement is perfect
Cleans perfectly
The only problems I've had is the glide design. Hopefully these new ones will help.

 

[Charlie Lyman]

 

[Mikey P]

Put the wider one on Charlie

 

[BIG WOOD]

On a 1.5" tube wand...the bigger the opening, the better. I feel that those type of wands don't have enough suction to need a glide, compared to a 2" wand.

So if you must have a glide, then go with the 1/4" opening glide

 

[Desk Jockey]

1.5 tube huh.

Do they also make a 2 inch version for men?

Just askin.

 

[Charlie Lyman]

On a 1.5" tube wand...the bigger the opening, the better. I feel that those type of wands don't have enough suction to need a glide, compared to a 2" wand.

So if you must have a glide, then go with the 1/4" opening glide

Without a glide you can't even push this wand. The airflow is so good that it locks on the carpet.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Even with a glide it still seemed like work. Maybe it was just the units we were attached to (Pro 1200, Everest, El Diablo) but it locked down quite a bit.

 

[Charlie Lyman]

Even with a glide it still seemed like work. Maybe it was just the units we were attached to (Pro 1200, Everest, El Diablo) but it locked down quite a bit.

Even with my Rage it locks down. Using it with no glide isn't going to happen. At least for an older person it isn't.

 

[Mikey P]

Even with a glide it still seemed like work. Maybe it was just the units we were attached to (Pro 1200, Everest, El Diablo) but it locked down quite a bit.

You tried the 14"/2" Rich, not the 12/2

 

[Mikey P]

And it had the 1/8th slot on.

The 1/4 allows for better airflow

 

[Desk Jockey]

Gotcha!

 

[Charlie Lyman]

I switched glides out and did a 3 room empty this morning. With the 1/4" groove it had much better air flow on the carpet. I cleaned the master and put out my air path. I went and cleaned the other two small rooms. About 4 feet around the air path was pretty much dry when I went back to the master. Much better recovery with the 1/4" grooved glide.

 

[Mikey P]

yep.

 

[Charlie Lyman]

It's still a bitch to push. But it cleans like a champ.
The glides pop off and on super easy. They fit tight too. I wonder what a holed glide would be like.

 

[Mikey P]

What overly restricted wand were you using before?


It feels normal to me..

 

[Charlie Lyman]

What overly restricted wand were you using before?


It feels normal to me..

I have a few that I use.
I have the prochem quad, westpak 12 4 jet (my favorite) and a VT 14