Humor me: heated or not....

[imported_doctordon]

I`m quite sure this is old ground... I`m going to buy an extractor. I found (what looks like..) a great buy on a 2/3gal. cold water at kleanfreak.com



...but when I told a long time detailer friend, he said; "Send it back! Useless!" Yet, I`m not about to bury $1k in my business account just to clean my car. I read the posting about the Durrmaid and would never buy anything from a company that treated customers that way. There`s an Aztec heated for about $700. - anyone use this?



Still, the elementary question remains open: Cold or Hot. ...I am quite happy with a 95% solution to a problem in the event cold water and proper chems is just that. Thanks in advance for the advice.



j i m

[BobD]

Aztec is an excellent company with excellent service. We have never had a problem with them. The only complaint I ever hear is that the machine is a little loud but it doesn`t bother me. A heated extractor will clean a little better, hot water is a plus.

[the other pc]

I hear where you’re coming from.



Those non-heated spotters at cleanfreak.com look to be functional, professional machines, at a substantially lower cost than heated units. And the chemicals that are available today can do a good job without heat.



Still, If my Aztec got eaten by sharks today I’d buy another one immediately.





PC.

[imported_smprince1]

Just as an aside .... I have one of those non-heated spotters.



You can buy a plug-in submersible heater that heats a few gallons of water to about 180-200 in 15 minutes. That`s what I use ... it`s probably not as effecient as one of the more expensive heated units, but the cost is less than half.

[imported_doctordon]

Danase & PC: I appreciate your replies and I`m confident from the specs that the Aztec Mini may be the best for the size/price. ...and Danase simply has the best price (+free shipping) for the Aztec, so the rest of you can quit Googling. The specs for the Aztec are clearly the best for its size: 60psi out/102" lift.



Because I`m maybe a 4X a year user (don`t tell me to go to my friend the detailer either.. That`s too smart/easy ..besides, I like tools too much) I`ll stick with the CleanFreak Eraser (55psi/91" lift ..pretty good for a cheapo) and do a classic Macintosh workaround like SMprince. It may give me the incentive to put one of those Japanese wallmount water heaters in the garage...`nother tool, eh?



Anyway, thanks much.



j i m

[imported_doctordon]

....it turns out the wall-mount, instant water heater is Polish. ...not pawl-ish! ...Pole-ish It`s pretty cool and looks like real to add to the garage. It was $300 delivered and can crank out some hot water. Given that it`s damn cold here now - this will have to wait `till my fingers are limber enough to hook it up.