Mopped tile goes gray in the grout lines because a mop pushes dirty water into them and leaves it there. The Sandia Sniper 1200 PSI hard surface extractor blasts the grout with up to 1,200 PSI of solution and vacuums the dirty water back out in the same pass, so the soil leaves the building instead of drying back into the floor.
The pump adjusts from 400 to 1,200 PSI, according to Sandia. Turn it up with a turbo spinner tool for tile, grout, stone and concrete, or down with a carpet wand for carpet. Two vacuum motors, one 2-stage and one 3-stage, give 170 inches of water lift, and the 80-5000 comes with auto-fill and auto-dump built in, so it refills from a faucet and empties to a drain while you work.
Sandia sells the turbo tools and the wand separately. Pick your package below and the machine arrives ready for the floors you clean.
The machine is the same in every package. It comes with 25-foot vacuum and solution hoses, 50-foot auto-fill and auto-dump hoses, a 4-foot vacuum hose, a 13-inch priming hose, a clear in-line filter and two 25-foot cords. What you add depends on the floors.
A turbo tool for hard floors. Spinning jets inside a brush skirt clean grout lines evenly instead of leaving stripes. The 12-inch turbo tool is a stand-up wand for open floors, kitchens and lobbies. The 7-inch is a handheld tool for shower walls, counters, stairs, corners and tight spots. Crews that do both usually end up owning both.
A carpet wand. Sandia's 12-inch stainless dual jet S-bend wand (10-0861) turns the machine into a 400 PSI carpet extractor that uses the hoses already in the box.
| Package |
Best for |
Price |
| Machine only |
You already own Sandia turbo tools or a high-pressure wand |
$5,674 |
| With 7 in. turbo tool |
Restrooms, showers, counters, stairs and small tiled areas |
$7,372 |
| With 12 in. turbo tool |
Kitchens, lobbies, hallways and large tile or concrete floors |
$7,852 |
| With dual jet carpet wand |
Carpet first, hard floors later |
$5,990 |
| 7 in. turbo tool and wand |
Contract cleaners who do restrooms and carpet |
$7,688 |
| 12 in. turbo tool and wand |
Facilities with large tile floors and carpeted areas |
$8,168 |
Every add-on costs $100 less in a package than on its own. Bought separately, the 7-inch tool is $1,798 and the 12-inch is $2,278. Not sure which tool fits your floors? Call (855) 601-5678 or message us with your floor types and square footage, and we'll tell you.
Sandia's manual suggests about 1,000 PSI for tile with a hard surface tool and about 400 PSI for carpet with a 2-jet wand. You set it with the regulator knob on the machine while the tool's trigger is held open, and a drop of about 100 PSI under load is normal.
Start lower on soft stone, old grout and sealed surfaces and work up only as far as the soil needs. High pressure can loosen weak grout and wear through some sealers. On carpet, 400 PSI already cleans deeper than most portable extractors, so there's no reason to go higher.
Most portable carpet extractors top out at 500 PSI, and that's the reason this one exists. At 1,200 PSI a turbo tool cleans grout that a carpet extractor at 500 only wets. It's the same Sniper box I like on the carpet machines, with waist-high recessed controls and 10-inch wheels that climb stairs.
The auto-fill and auto-dump are what make it practical on a big floor. Connect a hose to a faucet and one to a drain, and the 12-gallon tanks stop being the limit on how long you can work. I'd point restaurants, schools with tiled kitchens and restrooms, and contract cleaners who sell tile and grout cleaning to this machine.
The honest part: it's cold water only, and it needs two circuits, one of them 20 A for both vacuum motors. Plan your outlets before the first job.
Adjustable 400 to 1,200 PSI pump. High pressure for grout and concrete, low pressure for carpet, all from one machine.
Auto-fill and auto-dump built in. Refills from a faucet and empties to a drain, so 12-gallon tanks never stop the job.
170 inches of water lift. One 2-stage and one 3-stage Lamb Ametek motor pull the dirty water back out, so floors dry fast.
7 or 12-inch turbo tools. Spinning jets clean grout lines evenly, with stainless steel components, per Sandia.
Stair-climbing 10-inch wheels. Non-skid and non-marking, so the machine goes where the tile is.
Roto-molded poly body. Resists dents, chips and cracks, with a lifetime body warranty from Sandia.
We sell all of these, so here's how the Sniper 1200 PSI lines up with the machines buyers usually compare it to.
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Sandia Sniper 80-5000 |
EDIC Endeavor |
Sandia Sniper 500 PSI 80-2500 |
| Pump |
400 to 1,200 PSI |
Up to 1,200 PSI |
500 PSI, adjustable |
| Heat |
No |
Optional |
Optional (-H models) |
| Turbo tool |
Sandia 7 or 12 in., package |
EDIC Revolution, kit |
Turbo tools not listed by Sandia |
| Starting price |
$5,674 |
$7,106 |
$3,658 |
In fairness, the EDIC Endeavor offers heat and complete touchless restroom kits, so it's the better pick if hot water or restroom spraying matter to you. If you only clean carpet, the Sniper 500 PSI costs $2,016 less. The 80-5000's case is 1,200 PSI, built-in auto-fill and auto-dump, and a starting price $1,432 below the Endeavor's. See every option in our carpet extractors collection.
Sandia ships the machine with antifreeze in the lines, so flush about a quart of warm water through the pump before the first job. Plug the left cord into a 20 A circuit (it runs both vacuum motors) and the right cord into a separate circuit, 15 A without auto-dump or 20 A with it. Prime the pump by spraying into the recovery tank for about 10 seconds, then connect your tool.
For auto-fill, connect the fill hose to a faucet and pick a metering tip from Sandia's dilution chart; the manual allows fill water up to 140°F there. For auto-dump, run the 50-foot hose to a sanitary drain before switching the waste pump on, and never run it without the hose attached. Keep defoamer in the recovery tank, avoid powdered chemicals, citrus acids and harsh degreasers, and clean the filters after every job. Every two weeks, run diluted vinegar through the lines to stop mineral buildup, and winterize with RV antifreeze if it could freeze where you store it.
Sandia machines come from Ultimate Solutions in Huntington Beach, California, and Sandia's sell sheet says the 1200 PSI extractor is manufactured with pride in the USA. The roto-molded body carries a lifetime warranty, and Sandia sells the 1200 PSI pump, its rebuild kits and the hoses through its distributor network.
