Thanks to floor scrubbers, the way we approach cleaning, even in small spaces, has changed. The advanced technology of these machines allowed for impeccable cleaning results, making the process more efficient, fast and environmentally friendly. For this reason, here on the Comac Blog we state that floor scrubbers have taken on a centrale role in professional cleaning operations. Therefore, choosing the best floor scrubber is a crucial aspect that needs to be addressed with the right information. From here, the idea of publishing a guide to choose the best floor scrubber, aimed at helping you buy the perfect machine for your needs.
The best Comac’s floor scrubbers
To assist you in choosing the best floor scrubber, we have decided to start with a list of Comac’s best-selling floor scrubbers. In this guide, we mention the most appreciated Comac models that we want to use as a reference to understand the characteristics and functionalities that make a floor scrubber excellent. However, it is important to keep in mind that, as we will see later, the final choice depends on your specific need and the conditions of the environment in which the machine will be used. From compact walk-behind scrubbers to industrial ride-on, here are the best Comac floor scrubbers:
Vispa 35
The revolutionary Vispa 35 floor scrubber is the best choice if you are looking for manageability and reliable performance in a small space. Don’t be fooled by its compact size: the Vispa 35 still offers powerful cleaning action that ensure impeccable results in spaces up to 1.000 sqm. It is perfect for cleaning small shops, offices, canteens, restaurants, wellness centers, hair salons, medical clinics, nurseries, and schools. The Vispa is available in both battery-powered and corded versions in the scrubbing model, and only in battery-powered version in the sweeping model.
Technical characteristics:
| Solution tank capacity: | 8-10 l |
| Cleaning path: | 35 cm |
| Recommend for spaces up to: | 1.000 sqm |
| Battery autonomy up to: | 1 h |
Vispa EVO
The Vispa EVO floor scrubber represents the evolution of Comac’s compact models, combining agility and power in a single machine that can deal even with the toughest dirt. It is suitable for maintenance cleaning of small and medium spaces, even in cluttered conditions, of up to 1,300 sqm. Available in the battery-powered scrubbing version, the Vispa EVO is the ideal solution for cleaning floors in the Ho.Re.Ca., cleaning companies, retail, wellness, and sports sectors. It can also be equipped with lithium-ion batteries to offer advantages in terms of performance and convenience. Additionally, with the ECO Mode function, by pressing a single button, you can lower the noise level, reduce consumption, and increase the autonomy of the Vispa EVO, ensuring an efficient and environmentally friendly cleaning experience.
Technical characteristics:
| Solution tank capacity: | 15 l |
| Cleaning path: | 35,5 cm |
| Recommend for spaces up to: | 1.300 sqm |
| Battery autonomy up to: | 2 h (ECO Mode) |
Antea
The Antea floor scrubber is appreciated for its combination of high performance and ease of use. It’s perfect for professional floor cleaning in a wide range of environments, including offices, hospitals, shops, public facilities, restaurants, hotels, sports centers, supermarkets, and production facilities. Antea stands out for reliability and robustness and is chosen for both maintenance and deep cleaning of spaces up to 2,200 sqm. It’s available with cable (E) or battery-powered with traction (BT) or without (B). The scrubbing-sweeping version with 2 cylindrical brushes (BTS) and the orbital version (BTO) are also equipped with traction.
Technical characteristics:
| Solution tank capacity: | 40 l |
| Cleaning path: | 50 – 50,8 cm |
| Recommend for spaces up to: | 2.200 sqm |
| Battery autonomy up to: | 4 h |
Innova 55
The Innova 55 is the ride-on floor scrubber designed by Comac to maximize efficiency. This model offers incredible convenience: with the same investment as a walk-behind floor scrubber, the Innova 55 is more comfortable and faster, allowing you to cover larger areas. That’s why Comac users consider it the best compact ride-on floor scrubber. Its compact size makes it maneuverable in narrow spaces, easily overcoming obstacles and quickly completing cleaning tasks. The Innova 55 is ideal for maintenance cleaning of spaces up to 4,500 sqm in environments such as hospitals, nursing homes, schools, sports centers, supermarkets and offices.
Technical characteristics:
| Solution tank capacity: | 65 l |
| Cleaning path: | 56 cm |
| Recommend for spaces up to: | 4.500 sqm |
| Battery autonomy up to: | 3 h |
Innova Comfort
Innova Comfort is the ride-on floor scrubber chosen for its great convenience and ease of use. It’s perfect for maintenance cleaning because it guarantees speed, effectiveness and discretion thanks to its standard noise reduction devices. This professional floor scrubber is preferred by operators because it’s equipped with innovative systems and technologies for resource preservation, waste reduction and consumption containment. Therefore, it’s a floor scrubber suitable for working in environments with a large flow of people such as public facilities, schools, swimming pools, gyms and supermarkets. The Innova Comfort is perfect for all situations requiring professional cleaning of surfaces up to 6,000 sqm.
Technical characteristics:
| Solution tank capacity: | 120 l |
| Cleaning path: | 75 – 84 cm |
| Recommend for spaces up to: | 6.000 sqm |
| Battery autonomy up to: | 3 h |
Optima
The main feature of the Optima ride-on floor scrubber is to offer excellent performance in both commercial and industrial environments. Characterized by a robust design, thanks to its technical features, it can successfully deal with both deep cleaning of hard floors, such as those found in warehouses and logistics centers, and the cleaning of more delicate surfaces, such as those in shopping malls and supermarkets. The comfortable seat ensures that the operator maintains an ideal position to have complete control of the machine. Additionally, the large tank capacity ensures high working autonomy, while its quiet operation allows for daytime use without disturbing people, ensuring maximum operational efficiency and productivity. Available in both scrubbing and scrubbing-sweeping versions, Optima is perfect for ensuring perfectly clean surfaces even under heavy dirt conditions on areas up to 10,000 sqm.
Technical characteristics:
| Solution tank capacity: | 160 l |
| Cleaning path: | 85 – 101 cm |
| Recommend for spaces up to: | 10.000 sqm |
| Battery autonomy up to: | 3 h |
C85
From the cleaning professionals’ perspective, the C85 is considered the best industrial floor scrubber in the Comac range. Equipped with the most advanced technology, this scrubber boasts a robust design and intelligent features, allowing the operator to maximize the use of its functions to optimize work times and reduce costs. Why is it chosen? For its extraordinary performance, power and safety, all without compromising ease of use and versatility. The various configurations, options and accessories available offer the extraordinary opportunity to customize the C85 with maximum flexibility, allowing it to work in any environment and tackle any type of dirt, whether in production areas, warehouses, shopping malls, supermarkets, or logistics centers. Thanks to the perfect combination of productivity, performance and reliability, the C85 proves to be ideal for both maintenance and deep cleaning, even in the presence of very heavy dirt, on medium to large spaces up to 12,000 sqm.
Technical characteristics:
| Solution tank capacity: | 180 l |
| Cleaning path: | 85 cm |
| Recommend for spaces up to: | 12.000 sqm |
| Battery autonomy up to: | 4 h |
How to choose the best floor scrubber?
Floor scrubbers have become an essential element in daily cleaning operations. Whether you are looking for a solution for a small or large space, choosing the floor scrubber that best suits your cleaning needs is crucial. Here on The Comac Blog, we have already seen what a floor scrubber is and how it works; now it’s time to understand how to choose the best floor scrubber for your needs. To do this, it is essential to consider and evaluate these 6 factors:
- Floor scrubber type
- Technical characteristics you should evaluate
- Type of dirt
- Intervention type: maintenance cleaning or deep cleaning?
- Dimension of the washable surface and obstacles
- Presence of ramps and minimum passage size
The different types of floor scrubbers
The first major distinction to make regarding the types of floor scrubbers is related to the operator’s use. Floor scrubbers can be categorized as:
- Walk-behind: the operator walks behind the machine and controls it using the handlebar.
- Ride-on: the operator sits on board the machine and controls it using the steering wheel and pedal controls.
Next, we can look at the brush base type to distinguish the floor scrubbers:
- Disc brush base: with one, two or more-disc brushes.
- Cylindrical brush base: with one or two cylindrical brushes.
- Orbital brush base: with pads installed on an orbital scrubbing head that employs micro-vibration.
Finally, floor scrubbers can be distinguished according to their operations:
- Cable-powered: usually for small-sized machines.
- Battery-powered: both for small and large-sized machines.
- Power supply with an endothermic engine fueled by gasoline, LPG or diesel: for larger machines.
Technical characteristics to evaluate
We have already discussed this when listing the 8 things to know before buying a floor scrubber, but it is worth revisiting some technical features to consider on a floor scrubber. It is indeed crucial to consider:
- Ergonomics: an essential aspect, as we have seen in this post is related to the design of floor scrubbers. When choosing a floor scrubber, consider its safety, ease of use, simplicity of maintenance and ergonomic design.
- Available optional and accessories: choose a floor scrubber that has features and accessories that are truly useful in the environment where you will use it. A fleet management system, for example, is an essential for managing multiple machines but may not be needed if you only have one.
- Battery and battery charger: if you choose a battery-powered floor scrubber, you can use it regardless of the presence of a power source. Make sure the machine is equipped with maintenance-free batteries and the possibility of installing an onboard charger, which is extremely convenient in certain situations.
Type of dirt
To choose the best floor scrubber, the first thing to do is to analyse the type of dirt to be treated:
- Free dirt: when it does not adhere to the surface and is fine or coarse. Usually, in the presence of this type of dirt, it may be necessary to use a sweeper to eliminate it.
- Adherent dirt: that remains anchored to the floor surface. It can be dry, greasy, organic or inorganic dirt. Floor scrubbers are the best solution for removing adherent dirt.
- Free and adherent dirt: in this case, it should be assessed whether a scrubbing-sweeper (with a cylindrical base) is enough or if it’s necessary to remove loose dirt with a sweeper before using the scrubber.
Maintenance cleaning or deep cleaning?
If you want to choose the best scrubber for your type of operation, you need to evaluate your cleaning needs. So, check if the interventions are for:
- Maintenance cleaning: when the intervention is frequent and involves washing and drying in a single pass on surfaces with light dirt, traditional floor scrubbers are the ideal solution.
- Deep cleaning: when it’s a cleaning and drying intervention on surfaces with heavy dirt, it’s essential to choose a floor scrubber with power and brush pressure suitable for the dirt being treated.
Dimension of the washable surface and obstacles
To choose the best floor scrubber, it’s essential to also evaluate the surface on which you need to work. However, be careful not to make the mistake of choosing the scrubber based on the total surface area of the building. The machine should be chosen based on the washable surface, which is the space free from obstacles that can actually be cleaned. If you’re unsure how to calculate the washable surface area of the area you need to clean, you can read the post where we published the formula.
Presence of ramps and minimum passage size
Another important aspect to consider is the presence of ramps in order to choose the floor scrubber that can overcome them. This aspect is important if you need to use the machine in different environments and therefore need to move it easily and quickly. Also, verify that the floor scrubber has the right dimensions to pass through any narrow passages such as doors or elevators.
How to use a professional floor scrubber?
Now that you have all the knowledge to choose the best floor scrubber, do you know how to use it? Using the floor scrubber correctly is essential to achieve excellent cleaning results and preserve the investment over time. That’s why we’ve published a post explaining how to use a floor scrubber. Let’s briefly review here the fundamental operations for proper use:
- Preparation of the cleaning area and the floor scrubber.
- Cleaning, which involves the actual use of the machine and choice of the cleaning path.
- End of work: the maintenance steps for the floor scrubber at the end of the shift.
Bonus tip: rely on experts to choose the best floor scrubber
At the conclusion of this guide to choosing the best floor scrubber, we’d like to give you one more tip: rely on experts. Consulting professionals in the field will not only help you select the machine that best suits your specific needs but will also provide you with access to personalized advice and, above all, after-sales support. Experts can help you distinguish between various options, ensuring that you make a correct and lasting investment. Remember, the right choice today can mean significant time and resource savings in the future. That’s why a network of authorized Comac dealers is at your complete disposal: contact us to find the nearest one.
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