40ml of solution to a litre of water, the tank holds 3.5litres so thats 140ml, not the whole bottle which is 250ml

@ibaisaic

9 ай бұрын

I really don’t know how many times I need to explain this but here I go again. This machine has AUTOMIX which means you do not have to measure out the quantity of solution. I know that Vax states the dilution rate on the bottle, but that is for Vax machines that do not have the separate solution tank. Read all the many comments below for clarification. If you want to dilute the solution and add it it the small tank, it’s up to you, but that means the cleaner will be diluting solution that has already been diluted. The whole point of machines with automix is you do not have to measure out the solution. The machine will automatically mix the neat solution with the water during use unless you move the dial to rinse where it will only put down water with no solution mixed in it.

@221b-Maker-Street

9 ай бұрын

Doesn't Roger literally debunk this very point in the video at 13:44? 🤔 The exception seems to be if you're using a machine with the *Automix* technology. Anyhoo, I'm sure Roger will accept your apology. 😆

@nmg196

8 ай бұрын

The machine does the dilution for you on the fly hence "AutoMix". Is that really such a difficult concept to understand?! That's the whole reason why the cleaning fluid tank is separate! He's NOT putting the cleaning fluid into the water tank - it has it's own separate tank.

just bought this machine this video was far better than the instructions that came with it thank you for this in-depth tutorial

@stephenbyrne7124

Жыл бұрын

I agree ☝️

@davidmatson7859

Жыл бұрын

I also agree

@ydonin9663

Жыл бұрын

Yes. My booklet completely left out the cleaning of brush bars which is why I looked on here.

@npurushothaman

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely...manual needs improvement.

Just bought the VAX Smart wash for pets cleaner. It really did its work well. So satisfied. Thanks Vax and your clear interesting guideline. Well done, Sir.

Just to say thank you for all your hard work best vac reviewer on youtube.

I like these upright style carpet cleaners. They are easy to use and quite effective.

Great video, clear precise and informative...got this one off Amazon last week and Iam ready to clean some carpets and rugs!

I received Vax platinum max today. Will use it tomorrow. Thanks for the great video

It’s the best carpet washer i have ever bought after 3 years still preforming well

Thanks for this video. I found it really helpful when putting together the components and using it for the first time.

Great video. Mine arrives tomorrow so I feel prepared thanks 👍

Great video thanks! Just ordered one which should arrive on Monday, so this will be really useful 👍

Thanks brought second hand one this video saved me a lot of time.

Thank you so much for your demonstration. It helps me a lot. God Bless..

Top man, struggled to fit dirty water tank, thanks to your video all done easily Kudos

Thanks for this video , was stuck earlier in the day using it for the first time.

Perfect video you left no stone unturned for me & thoroughly gave instructions in perfect order.

Very well put together video! Thank you for making this I found it extremely useful

Thank you, really great instructions on how to use the machine

Very helpful video, thank you. The reason so many people get the solution mixing wrong is that there are conflicting instructions in the instruction booklet and on the cleaning solution bottles. The booklet states "Pour the required amount of carpet solution into the tank" while the label on the back of the Platinum Professional Solution says "Pour 40ml of solution into the clean water tank of your machine and top up with 1 litre of warm water" which is demonstrably incorrect. VAX should have QA'd their leaflet and labeling to prevent this confusion.

Thank you so much for this video I'm seriously thinking of buying this machine, and wanted to see how it performs. I'm hoping it will really get rid of stains from my hall, we moved in and it's reality quite dirty, my vacuum obviously won't remove stains just marks on the surface. So fingers crossed.

Great unboxing Roger , you are such an inspiration fir us smaller creators

I cannot thank you enough. So useful

Absolutely amazing video .

I have one of those carpet washers, they are brilliant but I have an old vax wash and vac which does a descent job too

Gary retired carpet cleaner. You demonstrated this brilliantly, I am a retired Professional Carpet And Upholstery cleaner looking to buy a domestic carpet cleaner as my old equipment is for to heavy for me now. You did the cleaning in your socks, I would like to point out that this is a very good practice as trainers and most carpet slippers give off black marks when you walk over the wet carpet after cleaning. I always wore trainers with WHITE soles and only buy WHITE sole carpet slippers. When you tried to fit the hose had you wet the rubber 0 rings it could have been easier. I was thinking of Buying this machine but was very disappointed with the amount of dirty water it had recovered given the shortness of the carped pile. so will check other manufactures now.

@221b-Maker-Street

9 ай бұрын

Yes, the extraction is poor unfortunately, meaning it's leaving a lot of dirty water behind, which rather seems to defeat the object of cleaning one's carpet. Roger did a demo of Bissell's *Big Green Cleaning Machine* a while back, and I thought the extraction on that far superior to the Vax Platinum, if you've not yet plumped for a new machine... It's that, or use a separate wet and dry style 'shop vac' just for the extraction...

@blackgown7485

4 ай бұрын

Hiya I was wondering did you manage to buy a vacuum?

I clean the carpets at night ! So much better and is untouched until the next day!

@Headloss

Ай бұрын

Poor neighbours 🙉

Great demo, thank you

Hiya I found your video to be be extremely informative and interesting.

Thanks for the tutorial very informative

Thank you for this video - couldn't work out why mine wouldn't dispense water..... I now know why!!!!

Thank you God for this video ..i just opened my box and have been sitting here depressed for hours looking at all the bits!

Top work. Very useful video

Thank you for your video, very helpful.

Roger i have been waiting

Congrats on 120 000 subs roger

Thanks soo much Ur video really helped me

I got one over 2 years ago now its great carpet cleaner amazing mashine

Very helpful

Thank you

I have this carpet cleaner washer it’s amazing machine for washing the carpet

Brilliant!! Thank you for explaining the solution, I was putting 40ml in the separate tank, as you have clarified, it makes no difference as the machine mixes for you!! Many thanks 👍👍👍

Just got today . Works quite well , not a commercial machine. Only real complaint is cleaning the rotary brush assembly. You have to undo all the screws and pull down and slide out of belt.

@grahamepolley8808

Жыл бұрын

I took mine outside and cleaned the rollers and brushes with a hose.

@chuckmaddison2924

Жыл бұрын

@Grahame Polley That would make like a lot easier, thanks.

shocking how much water it leaves behind and a great way of demonstrating this, good practical video I have just bought one and hate reading instructions Thank you. I would be interested to know how et your sock were :)

Very good

Nice roger 😃

It was very useful thank you. Can we use for the tiles too or just carpet . Thank you

Just got mine fantastic little machine, have you used it on hardfloors yet we tried it and its so hard to push the suction really grabs onto the floor

How do you remove and clean the clear brush screen. I have removed screws but cannot get it off?

Really helpful. Thank You very much! It's a shame vax does not sell in Poland. I had to import from UK.

great video thank you! do you have to use the vax cleaning fluid or can you use another make and can you use hotter water?

I love your mums house she’s got it lovely

There is something about black and grey contrast on a device which makes it look really appealing for me.

@221b-Maker-Street

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Blimey, it looks miserable af to me! Why does everything have to be so bleak-looking? 😂

@elliotcarver6606

2 жыл бұрын

@@221b-Maker-Street Just reminds me of Darth Vader 🤣

Thanks for this video, it helped me much more than the manual. Did you do a separate video on cleaning down the machine. If so I would love to see it.

@ibaisaic

Ай бұрын

No, I sold this machine soon after filming the video. I filmed a video cleaning a very similar model to this.

A quick silicone spray or a little olive oil not cooking oil will make it very easy to fit the hose attachment and won’t damage the neoprene seal.

great cleaner i have ome and it usually pulls abut 70/80 pct of the water from the carpet,,would well reccomend people to buy

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

I have not found this Vax to be very effective at picking up the water. I sold this long ago as I don’t want to wait over a day for the carpet to dry.

Hello. I need a carpet washer that can be stored under the bed, so the maximum storage width would be 27cm. Can you please recommend one?

SEBO vacuum cleaner noted. The king of vacs.

Hi, did you find that this cleaner pilled the carpet as it did mine badly and left the carpet quite wet . Could you recommend another brand that is very good at drying after cleaning

Do those spinscrub brushes work better than the normal contra rotating ones in other Vax models?

I have this!!

i really like your honest youtube demos. i normally check them out before purchasing a large product. I need a carpet cleaner and looking at your video sugguesting i can look and see how the squeegee works on the Vax plat power max. Can you send me a link. Thank you

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

I probably didn’t make that video as I got rid of this Vax as it left far too much water in the carpet.

I have had to replace the spinscrub brush bar twice on mine. Other than that, I am very pleased with mine

@idiotslayer6419

Жыл бұрын

My bar lasted 10 mins before the smell of burning and the gray drive bar melting the plastic and shearing off did yours do the same

Have you got a video on how to put new belt on it pls?

Excellent Video and many thanks . I was also looking for the video you promise on this clip to do with the hose rather than the carpet clean section . But I cannot find it .

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, I got rid of this before I made the video of the hose in use as it turned out to be faulty.

hi, i bought this machine and i’m stuck with turning the handle button to attach the handle, it won’t budge. what am i doing wrongly? thanks in advance.

This looks like a smartly designed cleaner. I don’t believe we have a Hoover equivalent of this in the USA, at least I’ve never seen one that’s looks like it. Kinda looks like a hybrid of the Hoover Smartwash and Power Scrub machines, but I like this better than both of those.

Should i opt for this or the Shark Carpet Xpert for the same price?

I really don’t like mine. I do use a separate wet and dry cleaner to get the access water out and no surprise there’s normally loads however using both makes for clean carpets and pretty dry

george is best imo

Thanks for video, very useful. Being a single mum, i struggled trying to figure it out! 😂 also i didnt receive the caddy to put spinscrub tool on! 😔

@chelseasmith2346

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I've just bought it and I didn't get a caddy either 🤷‍♀️

@susannahreynolds5337

Жыл бұрын

Nor me!

Yeeeeeeeeess

Hi Thank you for your very helpful video. We just tried our new carpet washer following your guidance 😁 it's good however we noticed that the washing liquid was disappearing really quickly. We even thought that the machine is using more than it should. Is that normal? We put 250 ml washing liquid and it nearly finished. We cleaned only 5sq.m ?!

I did that test on dirty vs clean water tank on my Bissell Compact and it was about 50% returned. That is woeful!

@shanghainesetv3992

Жыл бұрын

it depends on the area you are using water. Roger sprayed water on a large area

@The-Elfin-Knight

Жыл бұрын

@@shanghainesetv3992 and why would that matter?

@shanghainesetv3992

Жыл бұрын

@@The-Elfin-Knight Simple. It’s like washing your clothes and spinning to get dryer. There is certain percentage of water left in the clothes.(then you take under the sun to dry). But if you have 1 sock or a full load of clothes, the water left is obviously different

@The-Elfin-Knight

Жыл бұрын

@@shanghainesetv3992 yep and I did it on probably a larger area than Roger and got 50% up on a "compact" machine. My point stands

How do you clean the hand held cleaners

I like the features on that as it has the wash and rinse option, pre treat, dual styles of brushes. Too bad it doesn't pick up as Wheel as other products under the Vax/Hoover name. Shopping Hoover here in the United States as I am sick of the bladder tank system on my Bissell.

So I purchased one today and the clean water tank won't click in, I've spent ages trying and getting nowhere, can anyone help me

Can we use other brands solutions?

Hello Roger. Is that separate hand tools video still planned, please?! I wait with bated wossnames for its arrival! Thanks 😂

@221b-Maker-Street

9 ай бұрын

*Jiggle McJiggle-Face.* 😬 Not sure if perhaps the moment has now passed for this extra video and you've perhaps moved on to brighter and better things! I enjoyed your more recent *Bissell Big Green* video, and am rapidly coming to the conclusion that it's a far superior machine to this.

Just unpacked my machine and have watched your very useful video. One thing - I can't turn the handle lock from unlock to lock, will it matter? Thanks for your advice

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it will matter because the handle will probably come off during use and the solution trigger may not work properly. Make sure the lock is in the unlocked position before putting the handle on the machine. The dial should turn fully to the locked position, if it doesn't you may have a faulty cleaner.

@jangoodyear-mw5pu

Жыл бұрын

@@ibaisaic thanks, I'll try again

i cant get the machine to suck up the dirty water as i dont no what to so i cant use my carpet cleaner need help please

Solution runs out quick!

I have just bought this machine your demonstration has been invaluable, using it for the first time I noticed the rotating brush and the spin scrub brushes don't spin or rotate! Does this mean I have a faulty machine or have I forgotton to do something? Please Help!

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

They will only spin when the machine is in the operating position. It is normal for the brushes not to rotate when the cleaner is upright. If the brushes don’t spin with the handle reclined, then yes your machine is faulty.

@annettecharchafchi3636

Жыл бұрын

@@ibaisaic

@annettecharchafchi3636

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks

Hi Please could you tell the make and model of the vacuum cleaner you used before using the carpet washer?

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

Sebo E3 Premium

Hi Roger it's a nice looking machine and seems to a good job but I still think the Bissell X2 Pro Heat Revolution beats it hands down in cleaning power and water extraction

@serrendiptiy

Жыл бұрын

Maybe yes, maybe no. The Bissell drives me crazy with its small waste tank - what's the point of only being able to suck up less than you can put on? Also, several other points i don't like with the Bissell. The Bissell X2 PHR has a very silly spray which dribbles out a miserable stream of fluid mix - quite useless, whereas the VAX has a decent spray of pure formula. Also the Bissell does not pick up much of the liquid.

@shanghainesetv3992

Жыл бұрын

the most efficient and effective way is to spray water with a large spray yourself with a big tank, while you only use the machine to pick up water.(so water is not from the machine tank)

Lots of fluff caught under brush guard, not the nozzle, don't know how to remove it, any ideas

I just like it

Great video, after watching I purchased but was disappointed to find that spinach caddy is no longer supplied with machine, uou can buy it separately for £9.99. Penny pinching from vax

@ibaisaic

10 ай бұрын

Mine didn’t come with a spinach caddy either, but I’m not sure why I would want to carry spinach on the machine.

does anyone else have trouble with the handle when cleaning? Mine keeps unlocking. any ideas appreciated. TIA

I have this machine, it requires cleaning the brush after each use. It didn't really clean my carpet as I expected.

I’ve just bought this and am not very happy with it. The plastic at the front doesn’t touch the carpet hence it’s not sucking up the water. It took my carpet 2 days to dry even though I went over it many many times. I found the only way to get the water to suck up properly I’d to lean my hand or my foot onto the top of the front plastic bit. Also. You can’t clean the brush area properly afterwards. Dirt gets stuck in the brush but that you can’t reach.

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

Make sure the front nozzle is properly attached as it’s very easy to put it on wrong and sometimes they are not fitted properly at the factory. I did show in the video that it was very poor at sucking up the water. If you are able to return it, I would.

I have tried pulling out the spin brushes but no luck. Is there a clip to release first?

@ibaisaic

8 ай бұрын

There is no clip, you just have to pull the Spinscrub brushes out by holding both sides and pulling firmly. I’m sure it will show you what to do in the instruction book but I can’t try it myself as I sold this machine soon after I made the video.

What vacuum is that?

Hi just bought the vax machine and its a very helpful video , but I have to question the amount of cleaner you say to use........ the bottle says mix 40ml with a litre of water.........I put approx 200ml of the small bottle of cleaner (250ml) that comes with the machine into the top water cannister, and put it on quick clean...so put about 2 litres of water in....I then spent 15 minutes or so cleaning the hall carpet and before all the water had disappeared the cleaning fluid had gone... So thats 200 ml in 2 liters of water which is 100 ml per litre......2 and a half times more than that recommended. I feel if I had put 250ml in that would have gone as well....should I not have put 80 ml of cleaner in the machine? EVERY other video on KZread says put 40ml for each litre you put in the machine...It will be very costly if you fill the cleaner section aand it is used at this rate.....for a deep clean it would have used half a litre of cleaner solution.....is that correct?

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

Every other KZread video that says put 40ml of water per litre is wrong. The 40ml per litre of water is printed on the Vax solution bottles, but it does not apply to machines using the automix function. If the machine has automix with a small separate tank for the cleaning solution, you pour the solution in neat. It gets diluted automatically with the clean water as you use the machine. I have explained this countless times under all my videos of Vax carpet washers that have automix. I have checked the instructions and for this carpet washer they say to pour the required amount of cleaning solution into the solution tank. There is no mention of diluting the solution first. The instructions also state that any unused solution can be poured back into the bottle, so obviously it means neat solution. If you poured diluted solution back into the bottle, it would be further diluted when you used it again. Vax need to make this clear in the instructions that it is neat solution that goes into the solution tank on automix models. This Vax is very greedy on solution so it is normal that you will have to keep refilling the solution tank, especially when using it on the deep clean mode. If you want to follow the dilution rate on the bottle, then mix the solution in with the clean water and don’t use the automix function, though when used in this way, you can’t use the rinse feature unless you refill the clean water tank with water only. I have used many carpet washers on my channel that have an automix function and in every one, you put the solution into the automix solution tank neat. Only follow the dilution rate on the Vax solution bottle when using a Vax or another brand of carpet washer that does not have an automix function.

@philipcoates9185

Жыл бұрын

Yes I understand putting the solution in neat, but you said put the whole 250ml bottle in the solution tank which I did thinking any unused can be emptied back in the botttle. But I was only cleaning a short hall way carpet and 15 mins later the solution tank was empty but there was still half of the original water in the tank. So I used 250ml of solution in only 1 or 2 litres of water...in other words the solution was mixing at much much more than the recommended 40ml per litre maybe thats why other videos are saying if there is 2 litres of water in the tank then put 80ml of neat solution in the solution part of the tank, otherwise you will end up using all 250ml... it would appear when it mixes, it doesnt mix at 40ml per litre

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

@@philipcoates9185 The auto mix system is not sophisticated and is unable to detect how much water you have put in the clean tank. In future I suggest filling the water tank to the max fill line and discard any unused water.

@philipcoates9185

Жыл бұрын

@@ibaisaic OK I understand all that...how do you limit the amount of solution used....If it is going to use 250ml of solution with only a couple of litres of water then it is going to be a very very very expensive way of cleaning a carpet....if there is nothing to limit the amount and flow of the solution then it will be much much cheaper to mix the solution as described on the bottle, 40ml per litre and pour direct into the container and not use the rinse function which would need pure water...crikey this stuff isnt cheap at £22 for 1.5 ltrs

@ibaisaic

Жыл бұрын

@@philipcoates9185 There is no way to limit the amount of solution used. I have found all carpet washers with an auto mix system to be very greedy with solution. As you say, the best way to avoid using too much solution is to dilute it per the directions on the bottle and put it in the clean water tank. For lightly soiled carpets, you could use less solution, say 30ml per litre.

The handle release section was smoking on mine. Do you think something is seriously wrong with it?

@ibaisaic

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, smoke coming from an electrical appliance is never good.

how many watts please

Is there a video of the Spinscrub brush?

@ibaisaic

11 ай бұрын

No, I sold this machine before I filmed another video as I wasn’t happy with how much water it left in the carpet.

The Vax100 is 1200Watt, while Bissell 2066f is 800Watt. But some people said Bissell is better suction. I double it. But surely Bissell has a more well-known brand in Australia and US, while Vax is the name in Australia 🇦🇺 and Hoover is the name in 🇺🇸 USA

Hello my one has stopped sucking up water can you help me it doesn’t suck any water at all

@ibaisaic

10 ай бұрын

Check there are no blockages and the front nozzle is fitted correctly.

I feel as though you are moving the machine a bit too quickly. When i use mine, I pull it back ultra slowly, giving the brushes a lot of time to agitate and also the machine more time to extract water. I feel like when using that method, it removes a LOT more water from the carpet. Also, i know i shouldnt have to do it, but i put a small amount of pressure on the top of the brushes with my foot, thus creating a better seal on rhe carpet. That twinned with pulling it back VERY slowly helps to extract a lot more water.

Can you use this cleaner on a loop pile carpet without damaging the pile?

@ibaisaic

5 ай бұрын

Probably not as the brushes are very stiff. If the carpet manufacturer says not to use an upright vacuum, then I wouldn’t use this carpet washer.

@mariamorris4752

5 ай бұрын

@@ibaisaic thank you. I couldn’t find this information anywhere