Picture a detail bay with three cars waiting, or a hotel with 40 chairs and a stairwell to clean before check-in. A 12-gallon extractor is more machine than the job needs, and it won't go up the stairs. A spotter is too weak to pull the water back out. The EDIC Galaxy 5 sits between them: a 5-gallon portable carpet extractor with a 120 psi pump, a 3-stage vacuum motor and 136 inches of waterlift, in a box that weighs 57 lb.

It's heat ready, so you can start with the plain machine and bolt EDIC's 2,000-watt Heat N Run heater onto the back later, or order it in one of the two heated kits below with a 25-foot hose and a carpet wand. The heater hangs outside the body, so heat never cooks the vacuum and pump motors, and it comes off in seconds if it ever needs service.

EDIC builds it in Los Angeles from rotomolded polyethylene and backs it with 5 years on parts and labor and a lifetime warranty on the housing. The handle folds down, the rear wheels are 7 inches, and the whole thing fits behind a van seat.

• 120 psi pump and 136 in waterlift. Enough pressure to flush ground-in soil from car carpet and enough suction to leave it damp, not wet.

• 57 lb and a fold-down handle. One person loads it, and it stores upright in a closet or behind a van seat.

• Heat ready. Buy the plain machine now and snap on the 2,000 W Heat N Run heater when the budget allows. No internal changes.

• External heater keeps the motors cool. Heat lives outside the body, so the vacuum and pump last longer, and the heater comes off in seconds for service.

• Clamshell body and upright motors with an intercooler. Fast access for cleaning and repairs; motors that run cooler on long shifts.

• Silencer baffle system. Quiet enough for hotel corridors and offices with people still in them.

Fill the 5-gallon solution tank with properly mixed solution plus defoamer, push the vacuum hose cuff onto the port at the top rear, click the solution hose onto the brass quick-connect at the bottom rear, and close the drain valve. On the first run, or after the machine has sat dry, prime the pump with the short hose that ships inside the solution tank: it takes 5 to 25 seconds. Switch on the vacuum, then the pump, one at a time so you don't trip a breaker.

With the heater fitted, run water through the wand before you switch the heater on, and never run it dry. The manual caps fill water at 135°F, and the heater takes solution the rest of the way, to about 190 to 200°F by EDIC's figures. Plug the machine and the heater into outlets on separate circuits.

The Galaxy 5 uses EDIC's Glidemaster-family hoses and tools: the 15 ft (1040AC-HP) and 25 ft (2540AC-HP) high-pressure hose assemblies, the 10-inch stainless wand (330-11003FB), the stainless upholstery tool (1039-9502FB), the crevice tool (1038-8002FB), the pre-spray wand (323ACH) and the 12-inch Powermate power brush (1204ACH). EDIC's manual is blunt about it: use EDIC wands, because other brands' tools can over-wet the carpet and starve the pump of pressure.

After each job, flush a gallon of clean hot water through the wand, rinse the float screen and the solution strainer, empty the recovery tank and run the vacuum for 3 to 5 minutes with the lid open to dry the motor. Once a month, flush the solution lines with one part white vinegar to three parts water. Don't store it anywhere that freezes, and don't dry vacuum with it; there's no dust filter.

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