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I’ve owned all kinds of carpet machines, from little hand-helds to a monster commercial RinseNVac (that cost a small fortune) and I have to say, this relatively inexpensive one handily outperforms them all. I wouldn’t say that it’s up to commercial use because *everything* that could be made of plastic *is* plastic, however with normal household use, I don’t expect to have any problems with breakage. It’s robust enough to stand up to normal handling.
There are a few things that are important to me in carpet cleaning: 1) Does it get the carpet clean? Yep. If you use hot water and the right amount of detergent, you’ll do as well as any more exotic machine with this one. (While this has nothing to do with the choice of machine, I find that premixing some detergent with some Clorox-2 and applying to problem areas with a brush (don’t soak it) will often get things out that the machine in normal use will not.) 2) Is it easy to fill and drain? Yep. Very easy if you just tilt back the handle against a wall or table while you’re changing tanks. The top tank snaps in and out in a second. The bottom tank unlocks with two easy to use tabs. The two tanks stack securely for easy carrying. Even more importantly, IT DOESN’T DRIP EVERYWHERE!! This is the first carpet machine I’ve had that doesn’t make a mess dripping everywhere during tank changes. The dirty water tank lid comes off for easy dumping. The detergent tank fills through a large hole. It couldn’t be easier. 3) Does it have enough static vacuum to pull the water out of the carpeting? Yep. They don’t specify the static water lift of the motor/fan, but it’s strong enough to extract nearly all the water that goes in. If the atmospheric dew point is reasonably low (40s or less, let’s say) and you use a fan to circulate air over the just cleaned area, you should expect to be able to use the area in a matter of two or three hours. That’s just outstanding. 4) Even without the squeegee, it does a reasonable
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