This powerful home steam vacuum saves you the expense and hassle of having to rent a steam cleaner and keeps rugs, upholstery, and bare floors (other than hardwoods) looking like new. The powerful 12-amp motor combined with five spinning brushes that operate at either high or low speed lift the usual dirt and grime out of carpets. By pulling on the trigger in the comfortable upright handle, this deep cleaner releases the included carpet/upholstery cleaner and hot tap water. For more stubborn stains or for high-traffic areas, this SteamVac also has a Clean Surge feature, which sends an extra blast of cleaning solution into the stain by simply pressing a button on the handle. When cleaning is complete, release the trigger and the SteamVac forces hot air into the cleaning path so you can do a few dry strokes over the stain. This deep cleaner has two separate water tanks to keep clean water apart from dirty water. The top tank holds the detergent and 1 gallon of hot water and automatically mixes the two so you don't need to get your hands wet. The lower tank holds the dirty solution picked up from the carpet and unlatches to easily pour out into a sink without spilling.

Excellent cleaner

I'm writing the review to echo the comments so far...very good carpet cleaner!^M
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I waited 8 months to share reliability with you, and can report this machine works as well as the day I bought it. No leaks, no breakage. ^M
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I have a houseful of cats and a small child...this machine is a lifesaver (and a money-saver!)^M
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I use hot water from the tea kettle for most stains, and cold water for pet accidents. I NEVER use chemicals. They just arent neccessary, especially with this machine. I have used dish soap in light quanity before using the cleaner, if I had a stubborn stain.^M
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I also recommend using the hose attachment on spots/ stains. I feel I have much more control on the water placement and also on the suction placement.^M
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I also notice that the two tanks stay even as in water out/ back in. My carpets are always dry quickly.^M
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Excellent machine at an excellent price. Worth every penny!

Excellent product, and I received it free!

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Cleans very well; slight hassle to clean it.

This cleaner works very well. It has excellent suction and leaves the carpet very clean and fairly dry after a couple of soak/scrub passes and a couple of suction/scrub passes.^M
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Assembly was fairly easy, and required only a #2 Phillips-head screwdriver.^M
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Loading the unit with soap and water is OK. The cap for the soap/water resevoir doubles as a measuring cup. The line on the inside of the cap that indicates the correct amount of soap to use can be hard to see, as the cap is black. It would be nice if the line was colored bright white or yellow, or if the cap was clear. The shape of the soap resevoir makes it tough with our sink to get the hot water in without angling it under the faucet. Placing the resevoir back on the cleaner is simple but doesn't provide any sound or feel feedback to let you know that the resevoir is correctly seated before you lock it down. But it does seem to just somehow go on correctly anyways.^M
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Cleaning the carpet is simple: one slow soap run out, one slow soap run back, one slow dry run out, one slow dry run back. The clean surge seemed like a gimmick but is pretty handy for stains. The cleaner seems to go through the soap/water resevoir quickly, but the dirty water resevoir fills up about the same time as the soap/water one runs out (our old Bissel always filled the dirty water resevoir just a few passes early, so we had to stop twice as often or guess at how much soap to add for a partially filled resevoir). The cleaner knows to turn off the suction when the dirty water resevoir is full, and makes it obvious that it has (the motor speeds way up and this yellow disk appears in the dirty water resevoir).^M
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Cleaning the cleaner's parts is a bit of a hassle. It's handy to have a towel around to "park" the cleaner's nose on while taking it apart and cleaning it. Still, easier than the old Bissel.^M
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The cleaner seems well designed and rugged. If it didn't go through the resevoir so fast and was a little less hassle to load and clean, I'd give it 5 stars.