COMPARISONS
Purchase Price vs Total Cost of Ownership
Purchase price is the easiest number to compare, which is why it dominates equipment decisions. It is also the one number that says least about what a machine will cost you.
What the invoice leaves out
- Operator hours over the machine's working life
- Consumables: brushes, pads and squeegee blades
- Scheduled maintenance and unplanned repairs
- Battery replacement
- Downtime and the cleaning that does not happen
Building a defensible comparison
Use your own utilisation figures, your own labour rates and quoted consumable and service costs. A comparison built from your numbers stands up in a procurement review; a generic industry claim does not.
The Gadlee position
Gadlee equipment is designed with whole-of-life value in mind: commercial-grade construction, serviceable design and accessible replacement parts, at a competitive purchase price. We will supply the cost inputs we can verify so you can build the comparison yourself.
Talk it through with someone who knows the machines
Tell us about the floor, the cleaning window and the constraints. We will tell you what suits the site — including when a smaller machine is the better answer.