DIY Carpet Extractor Build List
This is hands down my favorite carpet extractor I’ve owned so far. I’ve tried just about every Mytee unit out there — the 8070, the Spider, and pretty much all of them in between. While they do work, they’re insanely expensive, and every single time something breaks you’re looking at $100+ just to get it fixed, if not more. Between repair costs, downtime, and chasing parts, it gets old fast.
This build, on the other hand, has been a complete night-and-day difference. It extracts faster, works more efficiently, and overall lets me move through interiors way quicker than any Mytee I’ve used. I spend more time detailing and less time dealing with equipment issues. It’s been far more reliable, easier to maintain, and honestly just makes more sense for real-world mobile detailing.
Another big plus is how flexible the setup is. If you want heated water, you’ll need hot water installed in your garage. If not, you can run it off a standard garden hose with cold water and it still works perfectly fine.
The biggest difference for me is repairs. With this setup, if something ever does go wrong, you can literally walk into Home Depot and have replacement parts the same day. The worst thing that can realistically fail is the vacuum, which costs about $89 at Home Depot. Compare that to replacing a Mytee vacuum motor, which can easily cost $100+ every single time. All the fittings and hoses are cheap, easy to source, and simple to fix if they ever break.
Below, I’m attaching a list of links for the hose setup. I’m including one option you can buy prebuilt, and another option that uses 100% locally sourced hardware-store parts (minus the quick connects). That way you can choose whether you want convenience or to build everything yourself with parts you can grab the same day.
Build 1 - Mytee Stock Hose + Adapter.
The benefit to this build is it uses stock hoses/fittings for the most OEM/Clean look. No zipties needed, no special adapters, just tighten some fittings and your good to go!
Build 2- Cheaper option, non stock hoses.
You still will need a few parts from amazon- but this will work if you need an extractor hose that you can fix same day as needed with parts from Home Depot. Also a much cheaper option than the first build.
Build 3- Prebuilt
This is by far the fastest option to get up and running. I cant say if the parts are as easy to replace, You may have to buy a whole new hose if anything does. However, if you are not confident in your DIY skills, this is the best option.
