Vent: I used to think a cheap knee kicker was fine, but after a job in Spokane last fall I'll never go back.

Honestly, I fought buying a good power stretcher for years, thinking my old manual kicker got the job done. Then I took on a 400 square foot living room with a thick berber and spent half a day fighting wrinkles and bad seams. Ngl, I rented a ProKnee power stretcher for the next day and finished the room in under two hours with a perfect stretch. The difference in tension and how clean the edges laid was night and day. Now I own one and it's paid for itself three times over. Anyone else make the switch and find it changed their speed and quality that much?

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the_uma2mo ago

Hold up, you spent half a day on one room? Sounds like a technique problem, not a tool problem. I've done plenty of big berber jobs with a solid knee kicker and never had that much trouble. A power stretcher is nice, but calling it a total game changer feels like a stretch, no pun intended. Maybe some guys just rely on gear to make up for a lack of skill.

elliot_hall2mo ago

Been there, that upgrade is a total game changer for sure.

robin6581mo ago

The uma has a point about skill mattering, but man, that gear makes a brutal job way less brutal. Try stretching a tight berber in a big room solo with a knee kicker, your whole body is wrecked the next day. A power stretcher gets it done in half the time with way less strain on your back and knees. It's not about replacing skill, it's about saving your body so you can actually work tomorrow.