A church hall, a dentist's waiting room, the hallway outside a hotel elevator, the two carpeted offices in a warehouse. Jobs like these don't need a 12-gallon machine or a van-mounted truckmount. They need something one person can lift out of a closet, fill at a utility sink, run for 20 minutes and put away. That's the EDIC Comet 419TR: a 3-gallon self-contained carpet extractor that sprays, scrubs with a 2,500 RPM chevron brush and vacuums in one 12-inch pass, in a body that weighs 40 lb.

The Comet is the economy version of EDIC's Fivestar. Same chassis, same 7-inch wheels, same fold-down handle, same patented lift-off bucket with the bladder that keeps clean and dirty water apart. What you give up is some vacuum lift, the hard-floor option, and three years of warranty, for $168 less than the Fivestar 401TR.

EDIC builds the Comet in the USA from polyethylene and covers it for 2 years on parts and labor, with a lifetime warranty on the body and tanks. Remove two screws and the machine opens like a clamshell, so a belt, brush or pump swap is a ten-minute job, not a trip to a service center.

• Spray, scrub and recover in one 12-inch pass. Four rows of chevron brush strips at 2,500 RPM lift soil that spray-and-vac extractors leave in the pile.

• Patented lift-off bucket with bladder. Clean solution goes in the bucket, dirty water into the bladder inside it. No pouring into the machine, no lifting a full recovery tank to dump.

• Self-adjusting, self-leveling brush and vacuum shoe. The head follows the carpet, so low loop and medium cut pile clean the same way and the brush lasts longer.

• 40 lb, fold-down handle, 7-inch non-marking wheels. Stores in a janitor's closet, rides in a trunk, goes up a flight of stairs with one person.

• Side extension cleans to the baseboard. Fewer edges to finish by hand.

• Clamshell service, two screws. Upright-mounted vacuum motor with an intercooler for long shifts, and quick-connect wiring so a repair is a screwdriver job.

• Takes the same tools as the Fivestar. Add the upholstery tool kit for chairs and stairs, or the 15 ft hose and 10-inch wand kit for closets and landings the machine can't drive into.

Vacuum the carpet first; the Comet has no dust filter and must never be used as a dry vacuum. Pre-spray traffic lanes and spots, then mix your extraction detergent to the label, pour it into the smaller opening of the bucket to the fill line, and put 2 oz of defoamer into the recovery bladder. Set the bucket on the machine, close the lid, and plug into a grounded 120 V outlet (12-gauge extension cords only, and no longer than 25 ft). Start at the far end of the room, hold the activate trigger, and pull the machine backwards with 3-inch overlaps, releasing the trigger 6 inches before the end of each stroke. Water hotter than 140°F will damage the pump.

For upholstery and stairs, add the 357AC upholstery tool kit ($307 with the 8 ft hose, $379 with 15 ft). Pull the vacuum hose cuff off the lid and the solution line off the back, click the kit's hoses on instead, and flip the switch to the upholstery position. For carpet the machine can't drive into, the 330AC-CM kit ($324) adds a 15 ft hose and EDIC's 10-inch stainless wand. If you already own EDIC 1.5-inch tools, the 341AC hose assembly on its own starts at $93. No tools ship with the machine.

After each use, pour a gallon of clean hot water into the bucket and run the pump for a minute to flush detergent out of the lines, rinse the lid filter screen and the bucket, and pull lint and string off the brush and vacuum shoe. A shot of silicone spray on the quick-connect coupler keeps it from sticking. Store it indoors where it can't freeze.

EDIC's Fivestar video: the bucket, bladder, brush head and handle shown are the same parts used on the Comet.

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