#CARPET CLEANER STEAMER MACHINE PORTABLE#

This machine has continued to prove itself and confirm our initial positive assessment, and we've found it to be just as easy and efficient at home as it was in The Lab.

#CARPET CLEANER STEAMER MACHINE PORTABLE#

All in all, this carpet cleaner is highly effective, easy to use, and more portable than similar machines, so it's well deserving of our best overall spot and a place in your cleaning closet. It's also relatively quiet (similar to an average vacuum) and lighter than other models we tested. It also has a small floor head for concentrated cleaning, so not much is left to be desired. There are no hoses or other special attachments, so the cleaner isn't the most versatile, but it works so well with the two available settings. An included brush helps clean the tank, but we found we didn't need to use it. Compared to the other carpet cleaners we tested, this one is small and by far the easiest to use.Įmptying the dirty water was easy and mess-free. This one quickly turned and maneuvered almost on its own, which really impressed us.

The only thing it didn't pick up was the synthetic hair that was mixed in with the wet potting soil, but you could easily vacuum that up before or after your clean.Ī floor head LED light helps illuminate any stains that might be hard to see, and the machine self-propels, so you don't have to put in a ton of elbow grease to have clean carpets. We did note that the carpet was still damp two hours after we ran the deep clean function, so you'll want to keep pets and children off of any spots you clean for at least a few hours. In our test, the unit sucked up the fresh coffee stain in one back-and-forth swipe and a set-in orange juice stain in two back-and-forth swipes. This cleaner also comes with a storage mat and collapsible handle for stowing it away in a small closet when not in use. In addition to the simple and straightforward setup, the cleaning modes were labeled on the machine (an express clean setting for surface cleaning, a deep clean setting for stains, as well as a CleanShot feature to pretreat tough stains). It was a cinch to fill the water tank and add solution, with clear lines indicating how much of each to add. The instructions weren't the most thorough, but we did find them to be pretty simple. It's easy to get started with this machine, with parts intuitively snapping together. It's portable and easy enough that you'll actually use it in your home to suction up stains, dirt, and more. It has multiple cleaning modes, a pretreatment feature, and an LED light on the floor head. The Bissell Jetscrub 25299 Upright Pet Carpet Cleaner remains our top pick for a carpet cleaner-hands down-after multiple rounds of testing in The Lab. Get ready to discover which ones made our list! We did all of that to figure out the very best models. Then, we tasked each with removing orange juice, ketchup, wet potting soil, and coffee stains and noted how noisy or quiet the appliance was while operating. We evaluated effectiveness, portability, and attachments.

To find the best out there, we tested dozens of carpet cleaners at The Lab and at home. Those are the times when a carpet cleaner shines!

That's true, but sometimes a spray isn't enough, especially if there is an entire room waiting to be deep cleaned. Marilee Nelson, certified building biologist, environmental consultant, and co-founder of Branch Basics, notes that the simplest method for removing stains is 'to spray the affected area with your cleaner of choice, and let it sit before scrubbing the area,' making sure to test the spray cleaner on a tiny, hidden area first. It's the best way to remove embedded dirt, stains, and smells from any wall-to-wall carpeting and large area rugs. Then, you'll want to pull out a trusty carpet cleaner. What to do? Act quickly, for one, and don't let the mess soak in. So, you accidentally spilled a plate of saucy spaghetti all over your beige dining room carpet.

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