amtraksebo1997
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For a good part of my childhood, my mom had an extremely beaten up Hoover SteamVac Ultra that I think she's had from new. According to her, it'd gone through multiple users (and abusers), and was returned to her the way it was. Pretty much all my life, the only thing that worked on it was the hose, and she despised using it. Eventually, it either completely died on her or she got too fed up with it, so either way it hit the curb. I kept the Powered Hand Tool from it, and still kind of miss it (even though I was terrified of it as a kid). She then went out and bought a Bissell Little Green Proheat spot cleaner. That has been our ONLY deep cleaner for the past few years (aside from a Dirt Devil Spot Cleaner that has horrendous suction), and now the tables are flipped. Now I'M the one who despises the carpet cleaner. So, now that we've had a 5 Y/O Pitbull in our house for almost two years, I think we're overdue for a new carpet cleaner.
Our house is almost entirely carpeted upstairs, and floored downstairs. Ever since she got rid of the SteamVac, she despises full-size carpet cleaners due to their weight. I'm thinking if I did get one, it'd live upstairs in my room most of the time, and the Little Green would live in the Laundry room. Despite this, I'd still want it to have the option for tool use. A semi-wide cleaning path would also be nice, as there's lots of somewhat open space in my upstairs.
As for what machine I want to get... that's where I'm kind of lost. I want something that's obviously gonna last, but not a commercial extractor or rental for home. The problem is that I kind of don't trust the stuff in big-box retailers to be built well, as I do with their vacuums. At the same time, however, I'd prefer not to buy a used one, because it's one thing to buy a vacuum with someone else's dirt and dust in it, it's another thing to buy a carpet cleaner with someone else's grime, puke, urine, and other nasty stuff caked in it (and I think my mom would share the same sentiment, anyways). So far, the machine I think I've considered the most is the Proheat Pet Turbo, as it's the only modern Bissell to still use the Powersteamer/Proheat tooling from the late 90s and 2000s, and the Dirtlifter Power brush seems like it'd do a good job scrubbing out dirt and stuff.
If anyone has any recommendations, I'd love to hear them.
Our house is almost entirely carpeted upstairs, and floored downstairs. Ever since she got rid of the SteamVac, she despises full-size carpet cleaners due to their weight. I'm thinking if I did get one, it'd live upstairs in my room most of the time, and the Little Green would live in the Laundry room. Despite this, I'd still want it to have the option for tool use. A semi-wide cleaning path would also be nice, as there's lots of somewhat open space in my upstairs.
As for what machine I want to get... that's where I'm kind of lost. I want something that's obviously gonna last, but not a commercial extractor or rental for home. The problem is that I kind of don't trust the stuff in big-box retailers to be built well, as I do with their vacuums. At the same time, however, I'd prefer not to buy a used one, because it's one thing to buy a vacuum with someone else's dirt and dust in it, it's another thing to buy a carpet cleaner with someone else's grime, puke, urine, and other nasty stuff caked in it (and I think my mom would share the same sentiment, anyways). So far, the machine I think I've considered the most is the Proheat Pet Turbo, as it's the only modern Bissell to still use the Powersteamer/Proheat tooling from the late 90s and 2000s, and the Dirtlifter Power brush seems like it'd do a good job scrubbing out dirt and stuff.
If anyone has any recommendations, I'd love to hear them.
