I decided on a Hoover Steam Vac. I picked it up today.
Its fantastic. I cleaned my Family Room, Stairs, and a bedroom.
It did a fantastic job and my carpets look fantastic. The carpet cleaner
I got is the basic model with the hose and one non spinscrub upholstery
Tool. A little heavy, kinda loud, a pain to switch to carpet to tools, but I love
the blue sparkly color. Its nice, has clean surge which seemed to be effective.
I use it without the hose on it because it's clunky, and in the way. The hose will
be stored on board only when it's not in us. I vacuumed before and after
since according to the manual you are supposed to do for best results.
I do wish I could go back with just water without having to fill the
tank up with just clean water, and then go back over it to rinse all the residue
out of my carpet. I like the three brush settings, also. It only took about a 1.
hour for my carpets to dry completely, but I waited 3 before I vacuumed. I wanted
to make sure it was dry before I vacuumed it. Must of been the hot exhaust called heated cleaning
that made it dry so quick. Overall I'm impressed, I only payer 129 dollars, and it's
way worth that price.