Commercial Cleaning Machines: Hire or Buy?
Commercial cleaning machines can prove an invaluable asset for businesses.
By investing in these professional cleaning tools, you can ensure your site is kept immaculately clean, with a fraction of the time and effort required.
But, the big question is, to hire or to buy?
These machines are a great investment for businesses, and are available through a range of flexible hire options, or for direct purchase.
To help you determine which would be the best fit for your business, below, we’ve outlined a complete guide to hiring versus buying a commercial cleaning machine for a business.
Hire vs Buy – Which is better?
Both hiring and buying have many benefits, and are available through flexible solutions.
As a result, the best-fit solution depends on your specific context, including the size of your business, the industry you’re in, your intended use plan, the traffic within your site, and so on.
Generally speaking, the main difference between these options is cost. By hiring a machine, you can avoid the upfront cost that comes with purchasing a machine. However, by buying a machine outright, you can make this machine more cost effective over the long term (as you won’t need to pay regular rental fees).
With these associated costs, comes different degrees of flexibility. If your business isn’t ready to make a big outright purchase, then the flexibility of hiring a machine (and arranging schedules to suit your usage requirements) would be a better fit.
But, if you know that you will be using one of these machines for the foreseeable future, and you would like the predictability of long-term ownership, then buying may be the more advantageous choice.
Machines for Hire Machines for Sale
Pros & Cons
Let’s delve deeper into the benefits, similarities and differences between these two options.
At Alpha Power Cleaners, we offer both hire and buy options, across all of our state of the art commercial cleaning equipment. These are available through tailored packages, allowing us to provide the best solution to suit your specific context.
We will always recommend and advise customers on the best options for their specific requirements – as this may mean we recommend a customer to purchase a machine, or recommend they are better hiring a machine. Instead of your typical pros and cons list, let’s look at the pros of buying and hiring.
Buying: Pros
- Long-term Cost Savings: After the initial investment, owning equipment can be cost-effective
- Immediate Availability: You own the equipment, so can do with it, and use it as you please
- Ownership: You have full control over the maintenance, repairs, and condition of the equipment
Hiring: Pros
- Lower Initial Costs: Clear, monthly payments, reducing upfront expenses (+ servicing contracts)
- Latest Technology: Access to the latest models and upgrades
- Flexibility: Easy to change equipment based on cleaning requirements
What do you get with Alpha Power Cleaners?
There are many different types of commercial cleaning machines available, but the main difference between hiring and buying, is that if you buy a machine, you own it. So if your needs change, or you need a different machine, you will still have the machine you purchased.
However when you hire a machine, you can always swap to a different model to better suit your requirements, or upgrade to a new model for better performance.
But that’s not to say that buying a machine is a bad idea, as it might be ideal for the long-term requirements of your business. Plus you will have an asset with a decent resell value (if well maintained).
Servicing Contracts
At Alpha Power Cleaners, we offer servicing contracts for both hire machines, and those bought directly from us. SO no matter your choice, you can be sure your machine will be maintained for optimal performance.
By implementing a regular servicing schedule, you can keep your machine in optimum condition, extend its lifespan, and ensure the maximum return on your investment.
Breakdown Service
We offer a full breakdown service for all machines bought or hired through us.
This ensures that, in the event of a breakdown or a malfunction, you can get your machine back to full working order, without delay.
Repairs & Spare Parts
We have access to various spare parts from multiple manufactures, and can provide repairs when required.
Whether you have hired or bought your machine, you can be certain that any issues will be fixed by a highly trained, fully qualified specialist.
Training
For both machine hires and purchases, Alpha Power Cleaners can provide certified machine training for you and your staff.
This includes hands-on training and group sessions, with certification also available. It’s a great way to ensure your team are using the equipment safely, efficiently and confidently.
Priority Breakdown Response
One of the biggest advantages of hiring machines through Alpha Power Cleaners is access to priority breakdown response.
This means that, should you experience an issue with your machine, our team will provide you with a next day – or even same day – repair service. That way, any disruption to your business will be kept to the absolute minimum.
Replacements for Repairs / Maintenance
When you hire commercial cleaning machines, you will also receive a replacement machine, while you wait for repair or maintenance to be completed on your unit.
Both hiring and buying machines are options that provide their own specific advantages. At Alpha Power Cleaners, we can work with your business, to talk you through your options, and find the solution that best ticks all your boxes.
To find out more about the strengths of each option, or to explore our wide range of commercial cleaning machines, contact our team.
