Hoover PowerScrub Deluxe Carpet Cleaner Machine for Carpet and Upholstery, Deep Cleaning Carpet Shampooer Machine with Multi-Purpose Tools, Pair Carpet Cleaner Solution

I am really impressed with this carpet cleaner. Not only does it do the job of cleaning, but a lot of reasonable thought has gone into how this is going to be used, and how the end user needs to interact with it.First, assembly is a breeze; I had it up and running 10 minutes after it arrived. You need a Philips head screwdriver for two screws and that's it.Second: it really cleans well. I emptied several tanks of nasty brown water from carpets that looked pretty clean to the eye. The included shampoo has a pleasant odor that dissipates quickly as it dries. The suction is really good, although you will want to take your time and watch whether water is still coming up before you stop, which is easy, because they made the waste water tank clear and gave you a straight shot to see where the water being pulled out of the carpet is coming up into the tank. My low pile wool carpets were dry to the touch 3-4 hours after being cleaned; my deep fiber nylon carpet is taking a bit longer.Third: the entire assembly cleans up really well. Every bit of this device that handles water, especially the waste water, comes apart easily and smoothly so it can be cleaned. I was incredibly impressed. The only wet part you can't get to are the lines that run the cleaner or the rinse water to the head of the vacuum. That should be fine, since they shouldn't be in contact with waste. But the entire suction head of the device lifts away with a single release lever, the waste tank splits in half, with enough access to get to all parts of it, and the filters are all easy access. This is wonderful, because a thorough cleaning and drying after use is how you prevent mildew, which is the bane of any cleaning device that uses water.It is not a light piece of equipment, but that is actually a good thing. The head stays down no matter how far away from yourself you push it, which is good when you are trying to reach a place but you don't want to step in the wet carpet you just shampooed. I had the best of intentions of planning out my cleaning pattern, but inevitably there was a bit that go left out, or needed another run to help dry it, and it is nice that the weight of the head stays down so that it maintains suction at all times. It is also pretty big -- it is bigger than any other cleaning device in my home. If you live in a small apartment, say with just one closet to store your regular vacuum cleaner, mop, and other things, this beast is going to evict everything else. And you can't let that happen -- you do need to vacuum your carpets before you use this guy -- it uses very narrow suction to get the water back out of your carpet, so if you have long pet hair, long human hair, heavy dirt, or similar, it could clog it up. While it does clean out nicely, its going to be a long day if you have to stop every 5 minutes to remove a wet lump of afghan hound hair.And a final tip: when you go to remove the tanks, or when you are starting to clean it so you can put it away, I recommend moving to a hard surface, like kitchen tile. It uses water, it is going to leak some of that water when you take it apart. The waste water tank doesn't leak, but there is likely to be a little bit of dirty water that comes back out of the nozzle. And there is going to be a little clean water where the clean water tank sits. I found I could handle everything with just one-half of a paper towel, so it is pretty minor. But better and easier on tile than on your freshly cleaned carpet.

I need to spot clean three bedroom carpets. The carpets are light brown and five years old. One room has cats. One room had a mentally ill son and the other my spouse who is cat averse and messy. I cannot particularly afford a person to clean the rugs and due to cat vomiting I need a way at two AM to clean up. A spot cleaning.So the price was a third off and I decided to give this a try. I’ve assembled -which took almost nothing and cleaned two rooms. First report-it did great.I got burned by a leaking hand held Bissell, so this was great because it took up a lot of the dirt. That’s something that I couldn’t handle in my son’s room. Areas he walked in had tracks and oil stain. He would wear these old boots and had oil from a shop floor he worked in and no ability to remove boots I guess. That’s looking pretty good.now. No not perfect but far beyond my expectations. I did go over it for a long time on shampoo and rinse. The vacuum allows you to switch between rinse and clean. So you can really get to business with great suction. I am extremely sure no cleaning person would work on that rug for hours. But I now can.I’m going to store in my laundry room. Yes, it’s very easy to clean up and I feel confident I can use this to make my house look much better over the next month. I’d say a very good purchase and the discount from Amazon was a good one. Thank you.

The media could not be loaded. I am extremely happy with this carpet cleaner!It was so easy to use and didn’t hurt my back like other carpet cleaning machines do, especially the large, huge professional ones. And this one works just as good as a professional one does! And the price of this machine is so beyond reasonable! Honestly, it cost less to purchase this machine, than to rent a professional one or have someone professionally clean your carpets.(I didn't mention in the video about the attachments that came with the cleaner. But they came with a nice bag of attachments. I probably won't even use them.)In the video, I did mention you could hold down the lever to dispense the cleaning solution and then go backwards to lift the solution off the carpet. in a way you could do it that way, but I found a better way to do it. I just hold down the lever and pretend like I’m vacuuming the entire carpet holding down the lever the entire time. This dispensed suds all over the carpet then I went back and I just vacuumed it several times and it suctioned up all the solution and dirt. The process was… I first laid down the soap and then I went through about three times to suction it up for a total of going over the carpet about four times. Then, I just put hot water in the machine and turned it to rinse. I put the lever down and put the hot water all over the carpet like I mentioned before. Then I went through and I vacuumed it all up with the machine about three or four times suctioning it all out of the carpet.After I finished that, I actually repeated the process all over again. My carpets were pretty dirty. I’m going to be sure to clean my carpets every six months now and hopefully they won’t be as dirty as before.In the video, I also mentioned that you could completely take the cover off of the dirty water container to dump it, but after using it and refilling it several times to get a good clean I realized that dumping it through the spout is much easier and I can see why they have that spout now. You will need to completely take it apart to clean it when you’re completely finished using it. I cleaned several bedrooms and it’s better than a professional job! I’m so happy.It did come with a small free trial bottle of cleaning solution, but that was only enough to do one bedroom. So keep that in mind when you buy this to have a large amount of cleaning solution also on hand.I actually went through and cleaned and re-cleaned the carpets about four times! It’s hard to believe how dirty carpet gets but that’s all the reason to buy a carpet cleaning machine. People don’t normally think about cleaning carpet but only vacuuming it. Imagine all the dirt and germs that accumulate over time.Again, I am so happy to have this machine and it was worth every penny! I highly recommend. I would give it more than five out of five stars if I could!