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EDIC Galaxy 5: The 5-Gallon Box Extractor for Vans, Stairs, Upholstery and Small Carpeted Rooms
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.
Machine Only or Heated Kit: Which Galaxy 5 Should You Order?
All three are the same 500BX-HR extractor. The kits add the heater, the hose and a wand, so you can clean carpet the day the box arrives.
Machine only, 500BX-HR ($1,878). The extractor, a 25-foot power cord and the priming hose. No heater, no hose, no tools. Pick it if you already own Galaxy hoses and wands, or you mainly clean upholstery and plan to buy a hand tool and short hose separately.
Heated Glidemaster kit, 500BX-HRH-WK ($3,109). Adds the 2,000 W Heat N Run heater with its own 50-foot cord, a 25-foot vacuum and solution hose set, and EDIC's dual-jet stainless steel S-bend Glidemaster wand. The workhorse choice for carpeted rooms.
Heated Triton kit, 500BX-HRH-TK ($475 more than the Glidemaster kit). Same heater and hoses, with the lighter dual-jet Triton wand instead. Worth it if the same person pushes a wand for hours every day.
Neither kit includes an upholstery tool. For car seats, chairs and stairs, add EDIC's stainless upholstery tool or the Powermate powered wand; tell us what you clean and we'll match the tool. If you'd rather add heat later, the Heat N Run 2000 W heater sells on its own for $778.
How the Galaxy 5 Compares With EDIC's Smaller and Larger Extractors
Figures from EDIC's spec sheets and our product pages. The Galaxy 2000 also comes in 220 and 500 psi versions.
Not sure which size fits your work? Send us what you clean and how often, or call (855) 601-5678, and we'll tell you which extractor fits, including when the answer is the Bravo for half the money.
The Owner's Insights on the EDIC Galaxy 5
The Galaxy 5 is the machine I point detailers and small cleaning crews to when they ask for "a real extractor that one person can lift." At 57 lb it goes into a hatchback, and the 5-gallon tank cleans two or three car interiors or a set of stairs before you refill. The 120 psi pump is stronger than the pump in the bigger Galaxy 2000 SX, and the 3-stage vacuum, with 30 more inches of waterlift than the Bravo, is what keeps seats from staying wet. The body opens like a clamshell, so a clogged filter or a pump swap is a screwdriver job, and the "no drip" motor cavity means a spill on top stays out of the electronics.
Now the honest part. Four gallons of recovery means you'll dump often on a big room; if most of your work is open carpet, the Galaxy 2000 costs only a few hundred dollars more and carries three times the water. The heated kits need two outlets on two separate circuits, one for the machine and one for the 2,000 W heater. And the stock cord is 25 feet, so in a large building you'll be hopping outlets or adding a 12-gauge extension cord.
Why You'll Love the EDIC Galaxy 5
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.
Setup, Heat, Tools and Care
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.
Why You Should Consider an EDIC Carpet Extractor
EDIC builds its extractors in Los Angeles, and the Galaxy line is the box extractor you'll find on a lot of American carpet cleaning vans. Every Galaxy we sell is heat ready, every one opens for service without special tools, and EDIC covers them for 5 years on parts and labor with a lifetime warranty on the housing. We're an authorized EDIC retailer, so that warranty is yours from day one. See all our portable carpet extractors or the full EDIC extractor range.
EDIC Galaxy 5 Specifications
Lifetime on the housing
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