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Review on ๐Ÿ’จ Tornador Velocity Vac ZV-200: Unleash the Power of the Velocity Vac! by Brent Gurney

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Great device BUT!

I do driveway cleaning but love detailing my cars Therapeutic and good practice. I have 5 cars, 2 of which stay outside. I like the black tornador you have to use with the zv 200. A few criticisms I've heard about the zv 200. In any case, the plastic tip must point downwards, otherwise it will not work. The plastic tip needs to be cut off. in short, so it doesn't interfere with the rotation of the tip if the carpet or upholstery is partially pulled into a cone with the suction on. Very inconvenient to use as the vacuum hoses face up while the solution bottle and air hose face down. Working under pedals and other tight spaces The very tricky sideways position of the solution reservoir creates leaks - the solution is to remove the large washer from the black screw cap and replace it with the washer from the threaded cap that comes as an option with the z020 . Tip rotation is slower unless the cone is mostly flush. in contact with the surface to be cleaned. It seems to me that the vacuum part removes significant airflow from the tip and you need a lot of airflow to make the tip spin fast for a tornado effect. Effective. I'm wondering if a less powerful vacuum cleaner than my top 5 horsepower would be better or worse? The vacuum hose adapter appears to be of non-standard diameter. I have a hard wet and dry vacuum which is a fairly standard machine. I couldn't find any suitable diameter reducers at Home Depot to connect the zv200 pipe to a rigid joint. with their parts I have an older rigid with a large diameter pipe. I bought a new hard vacuum with a smaller diameter hose but still couldn't get the supplied fittings to work nor could I find the right fittings to buy to make the connection work so I'm guessing that's the hose you are installing as need good - picked up a new vacuum cleaner. It's a learning curve once you get it up and running, but it works exceptionally well - both the vacuum itself and the vacuum and cleaner. This thing seems to use more CFM air than just black alone, so my 30 gallon industrial air compressor ran quite a bit to keep up with demand - make sure you have enough compressor and preferably one rated for continuous duty otherwise the compressor may wear out prematurely Several times within 2 hours of use the handpiece rotation has slowed down for no apparent reason / no obvious dirt in the cone or around the rotation of the set. After removing the taper, flushing the spin set and using a WD 40 sinus on the set, it was back to full speed. Now that I've got it I'll probably use it for some really dirty messes, but just using the z020 alone works wonders - Using this zv200 outside of the car on carpets and on flat car upholstery surfaces that the unit can easily reach seems the to be best use. I haven't used the zv240 but it's more like a super vacuum. looks like you can apply cleaning solutions and use that to extract. This device could be a little less fiddly to use, I can't say.

Pros
  • High marks for support and durability from testers
Cons
  • Good mostly, but...