Hoover PowerDash Pet Advanced Compact Carpet Cleaner Machine with Above Floor Cleaning, Lightweight Carpet Shampooer Machine, Pair with a Hoover Carpet Cleaner Solution for a Bright, Refreshed Home

Overall, I'm pleased with this Hoover carpet cleaner. We have several large area rugs in our newly built home that haven't been cleaned (only vacuumed) since we moved in 18 months ago. We were thinking about getting a professional rug cleaner to do the job, but saw that this carpet cleaner would cost less than a one time cleaning by a professional. The reviews were good so we decided to give it a try. Unpacking and assembly was very easy. No tools required. The quick use guide was good if you're the kind of person that doesn't want to take the time to read the entire manual. The manual itself goes into just the right amount of detail to tell you everything you need to know. The machine is very easy to use. Just put warm water into the tank up to the first fill line. Then add the cleaning formula up to the second fill line. The two fill lines take the guess work out of how much formula to use (as long as you're using the correct formula for the machine). Dumping the waste water is easy... just squeeze the handle on top, lift out, dump and reinsert. The machine is very light and easy to handle. It's a very easy machine to use. As far as cleaning, the machine does a pretty good job cleaning my rugs. The waste water was a very dark brown, so it definitely sucked a lot of dirt out. Visually, it was apparent that our rugs looked much cleaner after cleaning them with this machine. So, I am pleased with the result. Especially considering that this machine only cost us $99.00. There were a few spots on our rugs the machine did not get up. So I used my Bissell spot cleaning machine to get those out. Some dirty spots just require a little more muscle and time. One cleaning note - the warm water, formula and scrubbing this machine does will definitely loosen the dirt. But if you rush going back over the carpet to suck out the dirty water, the results won't be as good. I found that a couple of extra passes over the carpet with just the suction on to suck out all the dirty water possible will bring better results. Does this machine clean as well as a professional cleaning? Probably not, especially on deep rugs and carpet. But I don't believe there is much difference between the effectiveness of the two options. If you're willing to purchase this thing and do the work yourself as opposed to using a professional, you'll save a lot of money. The question now is, "how long will this machine last"? Some of the reviews indicate it could die within a year or two. I guess it depends partly on how often you use it. But if I get two years out it, it will be worth the purchase. What would I change about this little rug cleaner? First of all, I wish the electrical cord was longer, but it's not a big deal. Second, I wish the two tanks held more water. You have to empty the waste tank and refill the clean water tank often. To clean 5 large rugs and 4 smaller rugs in my home, I refilled the clean water tank a dozen times. I dumped the waster water tank 7 times. It's a bit aggravating to have to refill and dump so many items. But I guess it's a trade off to make the machine lighter and easier to handle. I only found one problem with the machine. The machine is designed to stop vacuuming whenever the waste tank is full. There is a "full tank line" on the waste container. The problem is that the machine stops vacuuming before the "full tank line" is reached. It took me a little time to figure out what the heck was going on when it stopped vacuuming. Once you know it will stop vacuuming a little short of the line, it's not a big deal. But I want to mention it in case those reading this review experienced the same problem. So, I do recommend this machine. It's does a nice job cleaning carpet and rugs. It will save you money if you're willing to do the work yourself.

Love this Hover carpet cleaner. Cleans great and light to use. Great price also!

This is a solid machine for cleaning up after pets, spills etc. I spilled hot chocolate on the carpet and pulled out the carpet cleaner and got rid of the stain before it even had a chance to settle. Good value, works well, light weight. I have had other carpet cleaners in the past that were heavy and hard to maneuver so we never wanted to use it, this makes cleaning up a breeze. 4 stars only because there is one part that can be tricky to clean if you get carpet threads in it. Watch my video for a demo

We've got white carpeting in our living/dining area and upstairs in the hallway and master bedroom. The carpet was not new when we bought the house, but had been cleaned, and looked great. We moved in with our three dogs and our two cats, and somehow, we haven't figured out what caused it, the carpet began to get a bit dirty, especially in areas where our biggest dog (Zeus, an 85 pound teddy bear) prefers to sleep. Then, a few months ago, my elderly mother moved in with us, and she has two small dogs who decided to come along for the ride. One of those two dogs (Katie, a Feist dog who looks like a tiny deer more than anything else,) isn't housebroken. Is. Not. Housebroke. Not at all. Not even a little bit. She *was* housebroken at my mom's house, before Mom moved in with us, but Katie is a shelter dog, and we don't know if she was abused or just severely neglected before the shelter got her, but "timid" doesn't even begin to describe this dog. She's not afraid of *us* anymore, and gets along great with the other dogs, but fear is her steadfast companion, and for whatever reason, she has decided that one thing to be afraid of is the very idea of going outside without my mom. The people who owned this house before we did also had a small dog. I don't know how well housebroken that dog was, but, I used to work for a carpet cleaning company, and one thing I learned there is about "wicking." What can happen is, let's say that your dog--or our Katie--pees on the carpet and happens to pee where some other dog once peed on the carpet too. Not only can Katie leave a stain, but, the moisture can actually cause the stain from the *old* pee to get wicked back up to the surface, just the same way that oil is wicked up in a lantern to burn by the .... well, by the wick. So apparently Katie is pretty good at finding old pee stains because very often, where she chooses to pee we not only get her new pee stain, but another stain as well, with brown edges. Nice, right? Our white carpet quickly became white, yellow, brown, and ugh, colors. And yes, in this case, "ugh" is a color. I was desperate. We can't afford new carpet and no one in their right mind would buy new carpet before the final dog was housebroken anyway, but if anyone had come over to visit with the carpet looking like this... okay, I was about to say I would have died of embarrassment but that would be overstating my degree of concern about what other people think by about a million degrees. Still, we're pretty fond of this house (a mid century modern) and its looks, and we wouldn't want the carpet to be the thing people remembered the most about the house, especially not when there's a backyard with 5 dogs pooping in it for them to remember instead. (Flies. We have flies. Even though we scoop, we have flies.) Enter this little machine. For the price, I have to tell ya, I wasn't expecting *too* much. Then again, I was expecting *something* or I wouldn't have bought it. What I got was, in fact, a lot more than I was expecting, I can tell you that. I followed the quick start guide and put it together; all very simple. I filled the water tank with water and a little of the detergent that came with it, plugged the machine in, and fired it up, after first tempering my husband and mother's expectations by letting them know that it was possible that it wouldn't do anything except make the wicking problem even worse, and advising them that for that reason, I was going to test just a small area. Listen... well, no, just read. No wicking problem. New stains are gone. Old stains are gone. Does the carpet look brand new again? Well, no. But it looks as good as it does when we moved in here. The machine spits the water into the carpet, rub-a-dub-dubs it however much you want it to, and then when you're ready, it sucks the water back out again, and applies some heat to help start it on its way to getting dry again. Easy as can be. In fact, I'm afraid to say this because we ARE talking about housework here but it's actually kind of.... well.... fun. I don't SAY that about housework. But the thing is that it's not housework I hate. In fact, I *love* housework when it's not overly strenuous, doesn't make me sweat, and I can look at what I've just done and really tell that I DID something, and this machine covers all those points. And for the price? Well. All I can say is that it's one of the best purchases I've ever made, and if you could see my buying-history, and thank god you can't, you'd realize what a huge statement that is for me to say. There may be some carpet cleaning jobs it wouldn't be recommended for, but not any carpet cleaning jobs that *I* would ever do. That's a fact. I love this thing. I love it so much I'm going to name it. I just haven't chosen the perfect name yet. I'm thinking "Slosh," though. Even though it doesn't. Slosh, that is. Oh yeah, emptying out the dirty water so that you can put in some nice clean water and clean more carpet is easy as can be, also. And be sure and vacuum first if you have pets. I didn't because I was in such a hurry to try this bad mofo out, and I was rewarded by having the machine spit out a couple of (quite clean!) hairballs while I was doing my test area. So yeah. Vacuum first. Buy this. This is the droid you're looking for.

Much easier to clean than the older version, which I loved. Spend the $50 or so extra bucks to get this one. Works great for area rugs!

This was a very recent purchase for me so I just use this carpet cleaner for the first time . It did an outstanding job. I was stunned at how much dirt it pulled up out of my carpet. The size makes it very easy to use and maneuver. When I was finished, I took the entire cleaner apart to clean it. That was not a difficult task. Took me about 20 minutes to thoroughly clean it so that it looks like it has never been used. As far as the design goes, it's just about perfect. My only minor issue with the unit was when cleaning it, there was a bit more to taking off the front to clean the roller and underneath the roller than I would like. I think it would be very helpful if the lower cover would snap on and off, or possibly be attached w only one screw, giving easier access to these areas as well as the cover. The cover needs to be removed and rinsed. All in all, this carpet cleaner, in my opinion, gets 5 stars. Great unit for the price.

Purchased without really knowing what to expect, I've never owned a carpet cleaner before but the price was right. I must say I was very impressed with the results. I have three rooms with carpet and each one has an area off heavy traffic that gets dirty. So I thought that I would try this cleaner and focus on those areas. The tank is small, only about 10-15 minutes of operation before it needs refilling. But for me, it worked great. The heavy traffic areas are as clean as the rest of the carpet. After going over the areas with the normal operation of applying water with cleaning solution in it and then vacuum up that water. I then went over the areas with just clean water, I did this a few times to make certain I got up all of the cleaning solution. The results were impressive and I would highly recommend this product. It is small, but the unit has strong suction to recover the solution/water from the carpet. The build quality seems very good even though most components are plastic. The cord length is just right and there's a place to wrap it on the unit for easy storage. For the price of renting a carpet cleaner, I now own one that does a great job.

Bottom line: this is a solid, affordable carpet cleaner that's pleasant to use. You shouldn't expect commercial-grade results, but it's great for everyday household messes. I bought this mostly to clean my toddler's room. We have some ground-in Play Doh, washable paint stick stains, and a few hastily cleaned potty accident spots. The carpet in there also hadn't been cleaned in a few years and just generally had some grime that the vacuum wasn't getting. We also had a hastily-cleaned dog puke spot on the low pile rug that I wanted to clean. This was easy to set up. I opened the box and had it going within a few minutes without really reading the instructions. It took a few passes to get the paint stick stains out, but they did all come out (probably would have been easier if I'd pre-treated them). Some of the Play Doh came out, but I have a few bigger chunks it missed; that's ok though, I didn't expect anything was going to get those out short of scissors. It pulled out tons of dirt too, and a surprising amount of fuzz - I'm actually a little bit horrified at what this removed that the Dyson was apparently leaving behind. I cleaned the room at about 4, and it was 90% dry by bedtime a few hours later, so it did a good job pulling the solution back out of the carpet. (I use unscented laundry detergent because I can't stand the strong smell of the cleaners these things come with, so take the review with a grain of salt for that). This is really lightweight and easy to maneuver - so much so, in fact, that my 2.5 year old claimed it as "her vacuum" and has been pushing it all over the house relatively easily, despite the fact that it's taller than she is. It was relatively easy to clean, too. The only part I struggled with was cleaning the brush roll, and I think that was only hard because I didn't find the plastic brush roll cleaning tool in the box until after I had already cleaned it. My only two gripes about it are that: (1) the cord storage is kind of wimpy. The top cord storage holder has a nice big rotating lever like you're probably used to seeing on these things. The corresponding bottom cord storage wrap holder is a short and stubby flap, and it's not quite long enough to hold the fully wrapped cord securely. (2) the dirty water reservoir doesn't seem to come apart for easy cleaning. It's got a hole in the side where you can add water and shake it up and empty it, but I don't see a way to really get your hand in there and scrub it. Maybe I need to read the instructions though.