StainPro 6, 20096

Oh, how eagerly I awaited for this item! After a lot of research, and a very bad vax rapide carpet cleaner experience, I settled on this carpet cleaner mostly based on the name, the reviews and the price. The fact that it would allow me to clean my stairs, made it the winner.So, after being informed that it would be arriving today, I shifted some furniture and hoovered the room in preparation. Anyone who lives in an old, rented house can probably understand my excitement. It arrived with no excessive packaging, boxed as you would see it in a shop with some added cellophane (So if you're ordering it for a surprise, it won't be).I unpacked all of the bits, all present and correct, though it did take a lot longer to put together than it probably should have. Either I was being particularly special or it was the instructions. Though, it is possible for two things to be true. Anyway, the written instructions are kinda vague (attach a to 4 as shown in picture type of deal) and the illustrations are very small, very grainy and I still didn't care because I finally had my carpet cleaner.I finally got it all put together and filled with water (Very easy lift out tank) and used the detergent provided to go over some stained areas on a browny gray carpet that I had used the vax rapide carpet cleaner on just 5 days ago.Firstly, the noise was less of that screaming mechanical undertone that a lot of carpet cleaners have and more like a standard vacuum cleaner level.Secondly, it was blatantly obvious from the first pass with the cleaner that it was hugely more effective than the last. After a slow and steady session, the area cleaned felt almost dry to the touch and some stains had already been removed, with just a couple extremely stubborn ones remain though not as obvious. As the carpet is not quite dry yet, I'm yet to be able to see if there's much of a colour difference between the cleaned area and the next to be cleaned one. If the colour of the dirty water is anything to go by, it'll be a good couple of shades. The detergent provided a nice, fresh smell to the room.The true test will be a thick, once-cream rug. If it brings that up, then it's a bargain.Quick update, the gray (but once-cream) rug has now had 2 goings over with this cleaner (using the same detergent as was supplied) and we couldn't believe the difference. One added bonus was how the cleaner spits out any hair that is removed from deep inside the fibres. Even after a very thorough vacuuming, this bad boy was still coughing out hairballs quicker than my Persian cat! The rug is now cream in all but one or two stubborn spots and is definitely a lot cleaner, not just cleaner looking. I can't recommend this product enough.

Been debating with myself for a while wether to invest in a carpet cleaning device as the carpet started to show trail marks in the high traffic areas, despite me getting on my hand and knees with a brush and carpet solution.Husband helped with assembly, easy to put together. It comes with a small bottle of carpet cleaner (3-4 tank fills), but I had bought a bigger one.As you can see from the picture, the carpet doesn't seem to be too dirty, I pushed the sofa back a bit, you can see the demarcation line in front of it. As I started cleaning the dirty water in the tank appeared just slightly grey and I thought it wasn't doing much lifting the dirt, but when I went to empty the tank -well, the picture speaks for itself.The after picture didn't catch the difference very well but the dirty water shows how much dirt it picked up.I expected for one full tank to last longer than it did, only covered a section of around 3 square meters going over twice, had to fill the tank 6 times to clean my living room and 3 times for bedrooms. I ended up going over more than twice to extract more of the water back in. Carpet left slightly damp, but no more trail marks around the room 🙂.It feels pretty heavy but I didn't find it too difficult to push around, though my arm hurts a little after doing 3 rooms at once.Overall, I am pleased with my purchase, hope it lasts.

Very easy to assemble. Lightweight. Water capacity is quite small. You need to make 2 or 3 fills to clean a carpet but this helps the machine to give a brake to cool down. The cover of the water tank opened while taking it from the machine so be careful when taking and carrying it.I have used big rental machines before, this does the same job. This one is even better. It sucks the water back very efficiently. Did not left a wet carpet. It cleaned the carpet nicely, gets the pet hair (I have a cat). Removed some stains as well but not all the stains. Overall I am happy with the job.Having a small water tank is quite bad. And the material did not seems to be very high quality so I am not sure how long it will be working in good condition. Well you won't use it everyday, so, in total it was a happy purchase.