Buying a carpet cleaner

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Peachy

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Hi there
Was wondering if anyone has any recommendations about buying a carpet cleaner. Have just two large rugs and stairs carpeted, rest of the house has wood floor or tiles, but they are getting very lived in looking since our son started toddling!
Was looking at the VAX-V020 as it's compact enough for easy storage. On another thread here I saw that the VAX cleaners can be a bit leaky. Any other opinions? How wet do they leave the carpet? How long would they take to dry?
Any advice welcome
Thanks!
 
The one and only time I tried to use a Vax it nearly broke my heart. Just get the carpets cleaned every couple of years by a professional. That's my advice anyway
 
You can also hire a carpet cleaner in most DIY stores. I'd try that first and if your carpets need frequent cleaning, consider buying one. have used friend's VAX once and I wasn't overly impressed. My carpets were soggy for days.
 
I used one from a hire shop and to get the carpet clean I found I had to really wet the carpet (in fact i went over it with a watering can which might be a bit extreme, but the carpet was pretty manky from previous occupants.
Dirt won't come out on its own, needs to have the shampoo and water to carry it out if that makes sense. I hadn't time / patience to go over it several times (the basic concept of the wet vac is that you spray out water /shampoo mix from the vac, then suck it back up).

Anyway, this got lots of dirt out, the waste water was BLACK. Wasn't 100% by any means tho, carpet still stained. MAybe another run would have helped.

But the carpet was damp for a couple of days, left lots of heating on and alternatively left doors and windows open.

None of that is brilliant if you have a toddler.

Suggest you buy / hire a dehumidifer as well. No point turning up the heat if you are not getting the damp out of the air / house.
 
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