Key Features Of The Rug Doctor Versus Competitors

(Video clip demonstrating cleaning effectively along edges of walls...no gap)

I want to point out some of the truly great features Rug Doctor machines all share that competitors lack.

First, the brush design on the Rug Doctor allows the full width of the machine to be utilized when cleaning.

On competitors machines, a belt is used to power a brush roll. What this means is that one side of the machine lacks brushing action in the narrow gap required to run its belt drive system. Since Rug Doctor is the only one on the market with the full-width brush and its unique back and forth drive motor, it doesn't have the gap a belt drive would require.

When a belt driven brush roll is used along walls there is a gap on one side, sometimes of more than an inch which may get sprayed with water and solution, and vacuumed up by the machine, but that narrow area will NOT be agitated with the brush. This leaves much of the carpet in hallways and along walls of rooms where no scrubbing of the carpet can be accomplished...at least not with the machine.

By contrast, Rug Doctor's unique action allows the brush to be full width, eliminating any gaps along the sides of the machine, offering the only true edge to edge cleaning of any self contained carpet extractor.

Check out the design of most of the competitors machines and you'll see that the area where the belt rides is a spot where no agitation at all is possible. Then look at the Rug Doctor again and see the difference.

The second key benefit to Rug Doctor's brush design. It is both gentle on the carpet fibers, and also completely able to get at both the front and back of the fiber in one pass. Because it is not overly aggressive like some brush rolls can be, it won't tend to cause the fibers to unravel or cause the "blooming" effect that overly aggressive brushing can easily cause when those other machines are pushed and pulled back and forth during operation.

This means that the Rug Doctor takes better care of your carpets than other designs which may clean the carpet, but will shorten the life span of the fibers due to the aggressive nature of the one direction brush roll (which is very aggressive when those machines are pushed and pulled back and forth during use).

Remember, in many cases the Rug Doctor will do in one backward pass what other brands require both a forward and backward pass to achieve.

While the "cleaning in both the forward and backward direction" concept may sound good at first, it is actually saying that duplicating the one backward pass of the Rug Doctor is not enough with the competitors design, they require you to push the machine all the way forward and then pull it all the way back to consider yourself to have made a pass.

This is partially because the spinning brush roll on their design doesn't fully clean both sides of the fiber in one direction. To duplicate the one pass cleaning of the Rug Doctor actually takes two passes with the competitor...one forward pass and one backward pass.  That's TWO passes, not one! That's two times more work and time, and remember the brush roll design is harder on the carpet fibers as well.

To sum up, Rug Doctor makes a time tested and proven carpet extractor that was on the market years ahead of it's primary competitor in the market. The design has changed little since the self contained implementation was introduced because it was effective right out of the gate.

Consider the rental market that Rug Doctor has been a long term participant in. Those years of experience with harsh treatment from rental use have made the design of the current Mighty Pro, Mighty Pro Wide Track, and Mighty Pro X-3 to be the best on the market.

The materials used in the construction of all the Mighty Pro models is of durable plastic, not the brittle plastics you see on most of the competitors designs. And replacement parts if needed are readily available from Rug Doctor. Will the other brands be backed up by their manufacturers years from now when a repair part is needed?

Use my link below and check out the Rug Doctor models and deals. But also look at the replacement parts and accessories. You will see that the Rug Doctor is a well made and backed up machine. Sure, it's a little more expensive in some cases than the lower end machines out there (but for the equipment it really compares to, it's a unbelievable bargain), but the quality and durability means that your investment in a machine to clean your carpets, or maybe even the carpets of your relatives, friends, and neighbors, will come back to you in the future by avoiding repair bills and replacement costs associated with less well made brands.