Criteria To Consider When Choosing a Floor Scrubber or Auto Scrubber - Centaur Floor Machines

What Are Some Distinguishing Features of an Auto Scrubber?

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#1 - Cleaning Path:

The first would be the size or the cleaning path of the auto scrubber. In other words, how big your brush or pad is that you can use on your auto scrubber.

Auto scrubber cleaning paths range from 15 inches to up to 38 inches but the most common cleaning paths are in the 20-to-24-inch size range.


#2 – Power Source:

The second type of distinguishing feature of an auto scrubber is the power source.

The most common power source is the battery. But some of the smaller units still come corded and are less expensive than battery-powered machines.

The battery-powered floor scrubber gives you much more versatility in terms of how far and where you can go.

The one limitation to consider with a battery-operated auto scrubber is how long you can run it before it needs to be recharged.

Typical battery runtimes go anywhere from two hours to four hours, but with cleaning efficiencies of 20,000, square feet to 40,000 square feet that's a lot of square footage you can cover in two to four hours.

#3 – Machine Operation:

The third major feature would be how the machine moves.

The most basic types of machines are pushed from behind where human force is needed to propel the machine forward and control the speed of that motion.

One tier up from that would be machines that have traction assist. What this means is that a human being is still pushing the machine, but the onboard motor traction is helping to propel the machine forward.

And then the third is a fully ride-on operation, where you've got somebody actually sitting or standing on the machine and steering the auto scrubber which self-propels itself.

#4 – Machine Size:

The fourth distinguishing feature would be the size of the onboard tank.

This is important because the size of the tank determines how much cleaning solution and how much waste (dirty pick-up) you can carry onboard.

This in turn will determine how much square footage you can cover.

#5 – Brush Formats:

And then finally there is the format of brush that you want to consider.

There are typically two types of brushes used on an auto scrubber. One is a cylindrical brush that runs perpendicular to the floor, and the other is a circular brush that runs flat on the floor.

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