Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jan 04, 2010 10:19 am Smartstrand IQ150 - created with genius technology. Smartstrand is without doubt the most advanced carpet fibre in the world. Has anyone seen it yet ? CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 2Jan 04, 2010 11:01 pm It is in Havey Norman stores. It is also known as (on this forum) , the Rhino carpet, after Ricko the Rhino. The manufacturer tested it for 2 weeks in the Birmingham Zoo with a Rhino living on it.
Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 3Jan 04, 2010 11:20 pm Just a footnote for WA readers. They don't have flooring sections in WA yet (Harvey Norman that is). so unless you bought it from the Eastern seaboard you probably won't be able to see or buy this carpet that Dianne is asking about. Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 4Jan 07, 2010 5:15 am Diane, I noticed that IQ 150 is known as Sorona Smartstrand in America, and if you google Smartstrand or YouTube it, you get a big selection of info. Looks like a great carpet. Ash, did you see the French mustard test from a guy from Dalton Carpets ? Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 5Jan 07, 2010 8:02 pm anthony_carter Diane, I noticed that IQ 150 is known as Sorona Smartstrand in America, and if you google Smartstrand or YouTube it, you get a big selection of info. Looks like a great carpet. Ash, did you see the French mustard test from a guy from Dalton Carpets ? No but I can imagine. But generally, I can see past such demos, which are designed to impress how 'stain resistant' carpet fibres may be. Consumers often don't know much better, and because 'stain resistance' is a big factor in their choices, sales pitches play this issue. The thing is, theoretical stain resistance of carpet fibres are only a small part of the overall performance of carpets. Whilst fibres with low absorbancy such as polypropylene, perhaps polyester and the newer 'smartstrand' fibres may boast optimum stain resistance, their performance may be poor in other ways. Here's an example.... In the last few days, I have cleaned carpets in two homes. Both around 2 years old. They were polypropylene cut pile carpets in a plush style, quite thick and dense. Now polypropylene is supposedly the supreme stain resistant fibre due to its non absorbancy. Well yep, the carpets had done ok in that they had no staining. But they were not doing so well generally, mostly due to severe texture change. In one place, the carpet in a study looked absolutely crap. The main reason I concluded was that the guy used the study all the time wearing socks. Polypropylene has poor resilience, and does not recover from compression. The ends of the fibres curl over, turning the carpet into a velcro-like texture, and every bit of fluff & lint gets caught in it. So around the mat under his chair, the carpet had a distinct dark grey appearance, which no amount of vacuuming and cleaning would remove. It was mostly due to fibres from his socks being embedded in the carpet. The other house had a similar affect. Although the home owner vacuumed almost every day, she can't stand how all the fluff & lint gets caught in the carpet. So these new smartstrand fibres are similar to polyester. In my experience, polyester suffers from similar problems as I just described. A right pain in the arse to clean! So I reserve my judgement on the new fibres until I se for myself that they perform better than polyester or polypropylene. Ash Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 6Jan 09, 2010 5:27 am The triexta or PTT is a alot diff than PET polyester. It has the same resil. of nylon due to it's structure. We will have to wait and see. Generally the polester thing was first put out by Shaws who were dirty that Mohawk and Dupont had a better fibre than there R2X fibre, which I think is marketed in Oz under the Total name (redbook). Cut pile polprops have always been a sad story and always will. I refuse to sell them or reccomend them. But then, you have quite a few cowboys in the game over in Perth who direct import whatever will turn a buck, regardless of ramifications. No naming though !!lol Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 7Jan 09, 2010 6:22 pm anthony_carter The triexta or PTT is a alot diff than PET polyester. It has the same resil. of nylon due to it's structure. We will have to wait and see. Generally the polester thing was first put out by Shaws who were dirty that Mohawk and Dupont had a better fibre than there R2X fibre, which I think is marketed in Oz under the Total name (redbook). Cut pile polprops have always been a sad story and always will. I refuse to sell them or reccomend them. But then, you have quite a few cowboys in the game over in Perth who direct import whatever will turn a buck, regardless of ramifications. No naming though !!lol Cowboys are all over I think! Yes, its a 'wait & see' thing about the Triexta carpets. I keep an open mind, but certainly don't accept sales pitches at face value. I agree the cut pile poly's are generally not good, I was quite impressed with the Sensitex yarn (polyprop) and carpet construction that Northstate Mills are producing. You would not pick it from a nylon in feel and softness. Ash. Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 8Jan 15, 2013 7:34 pm Would this carpet suit a family with young kids aged 2 and 4. Want something durable,stain resistant and definately not a shaggy one.something relatively shorter making it easier to vaccuum Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 9Jan 15, 2013 8:44 pm I've been selling a heap of the Eco plus range from Godfrey Hirst carpets and haven't had a problem. It's made from Triexta. Have done the red wine and red cordial test on them and it comes out with water no problem. Re: IQ 150 The carpet created with genius technology 10Sep 22, 2014 9:52 am As royalblue has alluded to, we really need to wait and see what happens with this carpet over a period of time. It may very well be true that some sales reps haven't heard about any of the problems with it - but as a carpet cleaner, we see this stuff all the time, and there are some cleaning challenges with triexta. I guess one thing the consumer needs to understand is the difference between stain resistance, and soil resistance. Triexta is very good at resisting dye stains. These include urine colouring, cordial, coffee, tea and softdrink colourings etc. But don't think for a minute that this carpet won't get dirty. It absorbs oil quite readily. Oils come from the bottom of feet (body oils), pet skin and fur, the bottom of shoes, food spills, air pollution etc. Place a drop of oil on your kitchen benchtop for a day, and have a look at how much dust it will accumulate - after only one day! Once dust/dirt/soil has "stuck" or bound to the carpet fibre by oils, it won't readily vacuum up. And don't let the sales people fool you into thinking water will clean it. Water "may" remove the dust - but water and oil don't mix, so the oils will continue to collect dust and dirt like a magnet until they are removed. The only way to do this is with detergents. I've written an article about the cleaning of SmartStrand IQ after encountering a number of carpet cleaners on various forums etc who were really struggling to either a) clean this carpet at all OR b) had multiple re-visits to customers homes due to re-occurring stains (usually within days or a week of cleaning). I helped out one of the recommended HN carpet cleaners as well, as he had gotten to the end of his tether trying to clean triexta and dealing with re-occurring stains. The article can be found on my blog at http://www.mightyclean.com.au and goes into some technical depth. Au revoir. Phil M. 1 10973 1 15706 they can, it's a fairly standard solution when the slab isn't recessed. the falls need to be in the main floor, if it hasn't been done then you need to ask them to redo… 4 6578 |