Picture a 90,000-square-foot store or distribution center with wide main aisles and a sealed concrete or VCT floor. On a walk-behind, that floor eats a whole shift. The ICE RS32+ is a 32-inch ride-on floor scrubber that lets one operator sit down and cover it on a single charge.

ICE rates it at 55,600 square feet an hour. Take off 30 to 50% for turns, refills and dumping and you still get roughly 28,000 to 39,000 square feet an hour of real cleaning. The 29-gallon tanks and a battery pack that runs 3 to 3.5 hours per charge are sized for exactly that kind of night.

One programmable button sets the machine to work, so a new operator is scrubbing on day one. ICE backs it with a 5-year parts and labor warranty and 3 years of travel, and you choose the batteries: flooded lead acid, sealed AGM, or none if you already own a set.

RS32+ or RS26+: Which Width Fits Your Building?

The RS32+ is the same machine as the ICE RS26+ with a wider deck: two 16-inch pads instead of two 13-inch pads, the same 29-gallon tanks and the same battery choices. Machine only, it costs $192 more and ICE rates it about 20% faster. On a big open floor, that's the easiest money you'll spend on a rider.

The catch is width. The RS32+ body is 36.5 inches across and the squeegee 40.5 inches, so it will not pass a standard 36-inch single door. Plan on double doors, an overhead door or a dock. It also needs a 75-inch aisle to turn around, against 71 inches for the RS26+. If the machine has to travel through ordinary doorways between rooms, buy the RS26+. Our guide to walk-behind vs ride-on floor scrubbers covers the rest of the math.

Lead Acid, AGM or No Batteries?

Every RS32+ runs on four 6-volt batteries (24 volts), and you choose how it ships:

• Flooded lead acid (305 Ah). The lowest price with batteries. Someone has to check the water level and top up with distilled water, and the seat should stay lifted while it charges.

• AGM (sealed). No watering and no acid spills, for $1,320 more. The safer pick if nobody on your crew will look after batteries every week.

• Machine only. For fleets that already stock batteries. ICE's manual calls for four 6-volt, 305 Ah deep-cycle batteries in the US. Talk to us before you buy them so they fit the tray and suit the on-board charger.

Want to stop maintaining batteries altogether? The ICE RS32L is the same 32-inch rider with an i-Synergy lithium battery and fleet reporting. Our guide to lead acid, AGM and lithium floor scrubber batteries compares all three.

How the RS32+ Compares With Our Other ICE Riders

Figures from ICE's brochures, manuals and web pages. Rated coverage is the manufacturer's theoretical figure; plan on 30 to 50% less.

If you strip floor finish or scrub grouted tile, look at the RS28-OB orbital rider instead. Not sure which one fits? Send us your square footage, floor type and your narrowest doorway, or call (855) 601-5678, and we'll tell you which rider makes sense, including when the answer is a walk-behind.

The Owner's Insights on the ICE RS32+

I'll be straight with you: the RS32+ isn't ICE's fanciest rider. It runs on lead acid or AGM instead of lithium, and it doesn't send the i-Synergy fleet reports you get on the RS32L. What it does have is the full 32-inch deck, the 29-gallon tanks and the same 5-year warranty for roughly $11,000 to $14,000 less than the RS32L. If you run one shift a night and someone will look after the batteries, that's real money kept in your budget.

Before you order, walk the route the machine will travel every night and measure every door on it. That 40.5-inch squeegee is the number that decides between this machine and the RS26+. Then plan the delivery: with batteries it weighs about 900 lb, so you'll need a loading dock or a liftgate truck. Once it's working, start on the lowest pad pressure and step up only where the floor needs it. That saves pads and battery.

Why You'll Love the ICE RS32+

• 32-inch path at up to 4 mph. Wide cross aisles and open floors get done in one sitting instead of taking a whole shift on foot.

• 29-gallon tanks. Fewer trips to the drain and the faucet, which is where a lot of a rider's time really goes.

• Three pad pressure settings, up to 165 lb. Go light for daily scrubbing of finished floors and heavy for scuffed, greasy concrete.

• On-board solution mixing from 1% to 5%. The machine doses the detergent into the water, so your crew stops guessing at dilution.

• Tool-free squeegee blades. The curved die-cast aluminum squeegee takes new blades by hand, so a worn edge gets fixed on the spot.

• Safety built in. Automatic braking and parking, a red emergency stop on the dash and a flashing safety light.

What's in the Box, Pads, Parts and Care

Why You Should Consider an ICE Ride-On Scrubber

ICE USA, a division of ICE Cobotics in Holland, Michigan, builds walk-behind and ride-on scrubbers and the Cobi 18 robotic scrubber. Its scrubbers carry 5 years parts, 5 years labor and 3 years travel, and we're an authorized ICE retailer, so that warranty is yours from day one. See all our ride-on floor scrubbers or every ICE Cobotics machine.

ICE RS32+ Specifications