Too rent or buy.

[badmomma]

I am not speaking of homes I am speaking of things like rug scrubbers or power washers.

We end up having to use these products at some point but should we rent the machines or buy them.

I own a rug scrubber and reallly love having it handy. I would rent a professional one if I had really nice carpeting.

Generators are another item on my should I buy one or rent if possible. In the state that I live in it is most likely that we will loose power at least once per season.

Buying really does sound like the better option to me. Do any of you have any opinions on the subject? What would be the determining factors for your choices?

[homealone]

Personally I prefer to purchase items like generators and carpet scrubbers. Actually I do own both. I like owning that type of stuff because when I want to use it I dont want to have to go and pick it up and then worry about making sure its returned on time.

If it is on hand then I know I can use it when ever I need to. Having it on hand like that just seems to make better sense to me. Granted most of the time when you want to rent something like this its going to be there, but there is always the chance that it may not be.

When it comes to cleaning my carpets, I have a large family that is always comming and going. I tend to clean my carpets every 3 months or so. The cost of renting would have been just foolish for me. Buying my carpet scrubber was the better choice for me.

[flip_it_fast]

I also would rather own than rent but I guess it just depends on how much you use those items. As far as the generator goes, if you can buy one I would because what happens is you think if you need one you will be able to rent it but if there is a power outage, those things get rented faster than you can blink and then there are none to rent. I think having a generator handy is always a good idea.