New Vacs or Combo Vacs

[cellardale@aol.com]

I recently had two older vacs stolen and need to replace them. Any suggestions on the best vacs or combos according to everyone. Please give me the pros and cons on your choice. Right now I have Dilling harris-Vacs and one Fragmatics combo Shampoo-Spot Remover.

 

[MudMoney]

Do a search on this topic as its been discussed a lot before

 

[Earl Weiss]

Do a search on this topic as its been discussed a lot before

HAve had good luck with Colemans. Based upon comments here don't know what the future holds for the company.

 

[Whale of a Wash]

If they steal the old vacs, I would be worried about
new ones. That would be the biggest issue to
base your decision.

 

[MEP001]

I like the Doyle "Fresh Impressions" unit. For about the same price as a Fragramatics shampoo/spot remover vac or 3-fragrance and vac, you get three fragrances, shampoo/spot remover and vac. They're BIG and not likely to get stolen. Hoses being left twisted together is probably the worst problem, but it's not a severe issue.

 

[cellardale@aol.com]

I have researched this forum but many of the replies were from years back. I was hoping some of the brands had updated their units.

 

[MEP001]

Very little has changed in the development of SS vacuums in the last 10 years except for the addition of bill and credit card acceptance.

 

[Twodose]

I recently had two older vacs stolen and need to replace them. Any suggestions on the best vacs or combos according to everyone. Please give me the pros and cons on your choice. Right now I have Dilling harris-Vacs and one Fragmatics combo Shampoo-Spot Remover.

How did they steal them?

 

[cellardale@aol.com]

These were older style units with outside bolt downs. Unscrewed the bolts, cut the power cable and voila!! FYI I am replacing the vacs I lost with used Coleman Combo vacs, they have inside bolt down. Hopefully, this will deter the thieves somewhat and improve my offerings to my vac customers.

 

[MEP001]

It makes you wonder if they stole the vacs to have the vacs, to break into the vaults somewhere else or to sell the stainless for scrap.

 

[Earl Weiss]

Even with inside bolts, mess up the threads when you finish. This will at least prevent them from just unscrewing them.

 

[cellardale@aol.com]

Several washes in the area have lost vacs, with others that have bill validators in the bays being broken into with crow bars. It seems a rash of vandalism occurs about every two years.