Flexin said:
Nice machine. Tell us what you think of it after you get some time to play with it.
James
I received the Mytee Auto Detailer yesterday and used it this morning on my wife's 2005 V50 Volvo wagon. You would think that because we have only had the car just about a year that it wouldn't be that dirty....yeah right. I have 2 kids (5 and 8 years old) and my wife allows them to eat in the car. :duel The cloth interior was pretty trashed and the mats were horrible (never been cleaned). I am very happy with the results.
So here's my thoughts on the Auto Detailer:
Pros:
Exctraction- as you would expect from any other Mytee model, it works very well (140" lift and with an inline heater that heats to 210 degrees). Comes with a 25' hose.
Vacuum- works very well and comes with 2 attachments (crevis and general use) and a 25' hose. A really cool thing you can do is they give you a special "air mover" attachment for the hose. You hookup one vacuum hose to the exhaust port, turn the vacuum on and close a car window on the air mover tool. It throws very warm air into the car to dry it.
Chemical dispenser- this is one of my favorite things. There are 4 dispensers hooked to the compressor for dispensing whatever you like. I REALLY like that I can buy chemical by the gallon (instead on aresol cans for some products) and fill the dispensor reservoirs. You can adjust the spray pattern with the adjustable tip on each dispenser. I believe this saves a LOT of time and I can use LESS chemical and NO PUMPING A SPRAY HANDLE! In the 4 reservoirs I have put: glass cleaner, vinyl cleaner, carpet cleaner, and fresh car smell air freshener.
Air compressor- Didn't use this yet, but there is an outlet for the compressore to hookup a blower line for cleaning (cool!).
3-prong outlet- There is a place to plug in your power tool of choice.
Cons:
1. When you switch from vacuuming to extracting, you have to remove the vacuum cleaner bag on the filter as extracting/vacuuming uses the same recovery tank. This is kind of a pain, I wish they had 2 seperate recovery tanks.
2. The heated pump gets NICE AND HOT, but it took about 15-20 mins for it to come up to temp (and it won't pump until the heat is up).
3. For the money, they could have thrown in a $10 coiled air line with a blower tip! (I have one anyway, so new real big deal).
4. It's a pretty big machine, bigger than I expected (it wouldn't even fit in the volvo). I have the room in my garage, so no big deal. But this won't work well for mobile guys that have limited trailer room.
5. I kept burning my are on the heated line brass fittings. I need to cover them.
6. The chemical dispenser resevoirs are only 3 quarts ea. It works for most chemicals that I use, but I have to refill the Carpet Cleaner resovoir once during each car. If they each held one gallon, that would be prefect (and eliminate 1/2 empty gallons of product to store).
All things considered, I am VERY happy with the machine. It is (relatively) compact and allows me to do a pretty quick and effective job of total interior cleaning. Becuase I am selling the cars I am cleaning, it is all about speed, ease, and keeping my chemical costs down and of course, RESULTS!
I am very happy with my purchase and I believe it will pay for itself within the 1st year. I give it a 8 out of 10. Increase the dispenser resovoirs to 1 gallon and add a seperate recovery tank for dry vacuum and it would be a 10!
I should also mention that I got a pretty good deal on it. It was brand new and never used. New sells for as low as $1950 + approx $150 shipping online, it still had the retail price tag of $2100 on it. I paid $1800 shipped to my door. I found a guy that bought it to start a detail business that ended up never getting his business started.
Hope this is helpful,
CarFlipper
