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.

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!

I was on the fence ordering this when I saw it on sale on Amazon. So glad I bought it. I definitely did about six hours of work on two areas. One was an 8 x 6 rug. The other was the main bedroom. Both I used at least Two clean buckets of water for each wash and rinse rounds. I did three of each in each room. So as long as you don’t mind emptying the dirty water bucket and refilling it, this is ideal. The dog smell is finally out of my room. I never got the water actually clean after rinsing. It lightened up some, but nowhere close to clear in the dirty bucket. I just pooped out and my wrist hurt after 6 hours. I wouldn’t have preferred having someone do it for more than what this machine cost. Be sure to buy extra cleaner because the one tiny thing they send with the machine was only enough to clean the carpets one round on one area. So I had to go to the store and buy a bigger one. I ended up getting diesel cleaner the second time. Honestly can’t tell you which one seemed to do a better job. I did use the pet version, but the smell was not exactly fresh. It was deodorized though. I believe next time I’ll try something with OxyClean. Be sure to watch the levels of soap or water. If you are out of either, it does not do the job correctly. It was easy to grasp how to hold the button to add soap and water each time. Very happy with my purchase