I was going to post this on the Dyson thread, but I didn't want to drift from the subject so I'll start a new topic on it. Visiting DIB's link to the VDTA homepage, I saw an advertisement for a "Rotho" branded vacuum that caught my interest. I haven't heard of that brand before so I decided to check out their homepage, and it mentioned that it is "two machines in one" showing a vacuum powerhead and carpet extractor wand...of course I knew right then what it was. Yes, yet
another non-separator-type water vacuum out there, although this one looks the most canister-like out of all of them. Has anyone else heard of this machine?
I notice that it has the Wessel-Werk powerhead; I tried a Hyla water vacuum with that powerhead once. The powerhead was nice and I thought it did a good job (the water *was* quite dirty afterwards), but the Hyla itself wasn't that great. Even though it was a separator-type machine and had a large tank capacity, I thought it was flimsy (and cheaply built) compared to the Rainbow E-series, and it made about as much noise as a Shop-Vac. Still it wasn't as bad as the Thermax, though...that machine weighed about the same as a lawnmower when full. To add insult to injury the hose/wand setup was poorly designed I thought. The extra-long curved hose end was metal (with no grip), and the wand just swiveled loosely in the powerhead...you couldn't "steer" it without the wand rotating back & forth on you. At least when the machine is such a PITA to drag around, the nozzle could be easy to maneuver, but no.
Rotho Website.-MH
This message was modified Jan 17, 2008 by Motorhead
