Review - Mytee Lite 8070 Heated Extractor

Lightman · 01-29-07, 12:01

Well guys Santa brought me my new Mytee lite this year, so I thought I'd share my experiences/thoughts. I got mine on ebay from 'abettercleaningsystems' I believe it was, for a great price, shipping was quick, no issues. So far my only basis of comparison was the Little Green Proheat machine that I'd been using. When shopping for extractors recently, I looked very hard at the Durrmaid (despite all the horrible customer service stories), the aztec, the Mytee, and up to the larger units. I decided I wanted to be in for less than a thousand dollars for this machine, and not have it be too big, yet still perform well.

I can only say that so far I'm ecstatic with my choice, and would buy the same unit again! I have been using Prochem's Ultrapac TLC and their All Fiber Rinse, and they are outstanding. Also been using detailking's (its pretty cheap) defoamer, 2 capfuls per dirty water tank. The floor wand is awesome as well, I did the entire carpet in my living room in 15 mins maybe, and even with the extra length/width the suction was still good as was the heat of the water. I got the little green basically as an experiment, to see if an extractor was something that I wanted...for the money I think I got good use out of the LGPH and it led me to this mytee. I can only say they compare in concept..because the performance difference between these two machines is mindblowing. No more taking pass after pass over dirty areas watching the lgph suck up brown water or foamy solution...this thing blasts and extracts almost always completely on one pass, some spots needing 2..Everything also dries a lot faster.

I would highly recommend this unit!

Pros:
- Long hose so you dont have to move it around much
- Once warmed up and sprayed for a few secs to clear the lines, the water is excruciatingly skin melting hot.
- While the mytee is only listed at 85" of lift, as member RAG has noted in the past, the suction is incredible, it sucks much harder than my shopvac.
- 3gal solution/3gal waste tank so much nicer than LGPH, don't have to keep emptying/refilling.
- Top of machine is the waste tank, releasing one clamp allows you to simply use the big handle and lift the dirty tank off the bottom half of the machine and walk to wherever you want to dump it. Larger machines have drains on the back and require you to use a bucket.
- Really sturdy overall construction - no warnings against tap water etc, just every 20 hrs run some mytee system maintainer thru it to keep everything clean and happy (which is like $5 per quart, one quart being all you need)
- Easy to wheel around, basket for attachments/chemicals

Cons:
- Water takes a while to fully heat up if it's not hot water to begin with. I usually turn on the pump and heater, do something else, and come back 15-20 mins later..not a huge deal.
- Vacuum is noisy (I usually wear ear protection muffs)

pt91 · 01-29-07, 12:09

Thanks for the write up. This is on my list of maybes. I was only concerned about the lift number being low. Which floor wand did you get?

rydawg · 01-29-07, 12:13

how much did it cost?

Lightman · 01-29-07, 12:15

PT - no problem, glad to share. That was my only concern too, but after reading more posts on the forum, and hearing RAG say that he'd used both the mytee and the durrmaid and despite the lower published numbers the mytee had more suction...that was enough for me to give it a shot. I'm glad to say they're right...although I've never tried a durrmaid, the suction of this mytee is awesome! The floor wand is a pretty basic one - see if this link works for you - eBay: 8070 MYTEE AUTO DETAIL MACHINE CAR CARPET CLEANER (item 260060891331 end time Feb-02-07 10:58:08 PST)

Bbasso · 01-29-07, 12:16

thanks! make me spend more money I don't have :P
And is it really that loud? dammit.

Lightman · 01-29-07, 12:41

rydawg - check the ebay link above - 800-900 with the toys and shipping.

Bbasso - it's a sickness we all share and love, buying these new detailing 'toys'

It's not really THAT loud..I will say that I have great/sensitive hearing..so sometimes I put the ear muffs on for the shopvac too..so it could all be relative...I think it's loud, although I don't know how it compares to the others.. I think the little green is loud as well..

toyotaguy · 01-29-07, 01:05

hmmmm something I need to look into...the lgm is decent, but I want something that doesnt take me 6 passes to clean up....i guess I will have to bite the bullet sometime soon

Bbasso · 01-29-07, 01:05

Oh good, I'm like half deaf... something not to joke about but with my past jobs working as sound tech for clubs and raves back in the early 90s I lost way too much

I bet this does not even bother me then :P

rydawg · 01-29-07, 01:06

Thanks for the info lightman!

n2_space · 02-02-07, 10:39

Let us know how it goes further in the future, I have been eyeing this one for a couple of months, might get one this year

Lightman · 02-02-07, 03:20

n2space will do, maybe in a couple months... as I said, so far (after about 4 uses) I'm extremely impressed with this machine...with the limited basis of comparison being my experience with the LGPH...however with what I know now and my experience with it, I don't see the need or much more benefit as they relate to auto detailing/extracting out of a bigger/more powerful machine than the 8070, unless you're talking about high volume use.

joe.p · 02-02-07, 03:24

Great Review.
Thanks for taking the time to inform us