I have seen this machine at numerous demos that I arranged for Cyclone. It is nice that there aren't any vacuum hoses to drag around and it is quieter than vacuum recovery. However, the wastewater needs to be cleaned after a few cycles, depending on how dirty the surface is. Also, the speed could be better. We can walk with two 30" spinners faster and clean more surface than you can clean with the Cyclone Unit. We demonstrated cleaning surfaces at an enclosed parking structure, driving lanes in front of an airport terminal and sidewalks.
The best application overall was cleaning the busy, high traffic drive through lanes in front of the airport terminal, due to the low noise, no hoses being dragged and the fact that it does recovery 100% of the water and leaves a clean, dry surface.
It also works well for cleaning the flat surface of a parking structure. However, after only a few cycles, the washwater was dirty enough to start leaving tracks. Also, you still need hose wands for detail work, stairwells, celings and walls, etc. It seems the investment may be a little high if compared the cost of two or more jetters with vacuum recovery.
When they washed sidewalks, there was alot of sand that was picked up and the washwater loaded up quickly, within 5 minutes, even tho there is multi stage filtration on board which allows for recycling.
Consequently, it does reduce the amount of water being used, because it recycles and reuses the wash water, which is good. But, the washwater does have to be treated on site once it is spent prior to sewer discharge in most jurisdictions in CA or it needs to be drummed and hauled by a licensed hauler.
