 "very loud, but does the job" | 2009-11-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1QGB990X849ZB |
| This machine is very loud, but did a GREAT job on our floors. The wand did a fair job on the stairs, but they are not as clean as the floor. Most of the water seemed to be removed, so it didn't take long for the floor to dry. It is heavy, but moves well. Much better than paying to have a carpet cleaner come out. Very fast delivery from Amazon! |
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 "Good carpet cleaner for the money" | 2009-11-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: ASPOXI2QT0ZDO |
| We've never had a carpet cleaner before and at first the directions seemed difficult, since this is not an "auto rinse" unit; this means you have to fiddle with switches for soap dispension, clean water rinse, and water pickup. But, it turned out not to be that difficult to do. Both my husband and I have used this machine, and we are both happy with it. We've used the detergent that came with it, and also some Simple Green. Both worked nicely. Be prepared to empty the dirty water container and refill the clean water container several times for a big room. Again, not a big deal. Loved how dirty the water was that came out of the carpet. Overall, very satisfied with the purchase. It's easy to clean, too. As an aside... I still can't figure out if it heats the water or not. Again, who cares? None of these units really use "steam", despite their names... |
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| "It Works!" | 2009-11-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: AZEI3CITGFU4V |
I have two dogs, one a 14 year old dalmatian with a bad bladder, so keeping the carpet clean is an endless chore in my house. For the past few years I'd just been using spray foam carpet cleaners and I knew they didn't do much. I've hired professional carpet cleaners in the past and twice was very disappointed with the results. One left the carpet completely sopping wet and it took two days to dry and it wasn't even clean - in fact, it looked worse! Another professional cleaner used a chemical "dry" method and the results left much to be desired. I was skeptical about buying a carpet cleaner but was convinced by all the good reviews here. Now that I've tried it out, this thing actually works! The reviews were right.
It shipped fast, was easy to assemble and it's very easy to operate and I'd never used a carpet cleaner before. I was shocked to see how much dirt was in the living room area rug after dumping out the tank. Liquid mud! My daughter's bedroom was even worse, with worn-in old stains, and now the carpet is actually presentable again!
I hope this product is durable because it's going to be put to use in my house! |
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| "Best steam vac" | 2009-10-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3REI7QLVJAL7V |
I just recently purchased the Hoover F7411-900 Steamvac.
I am very pleased with this product. It cleaned my carpets better than any professional carpet cleaners. |
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| "Wish I had before and after pictures" | 2009-10-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1EEC7G4TRFUA |
I just purchased this from Amazon and chose the standard ground shipping. Much to my surprise, the next day, I received a shipment email stating that it was shipped via FedEx and would be at my house the following day. I thought - well, it may be coming FedEx, but probably ground and it would be a couple of days - but even so, that would be great as I wasn't expecting it to even ship for another 5 days or so. Well as stated in the confirmation email, the next day I came home and found it on the front door step. I couldn't be happier about the shipping.
I had been thinking about purchasing a steamvac and had done a little bit of research, but not a lot until two weeks ago. Sometimes men get these "wonderful" ideas. Well my man's wonderful idea was to put the bag of grapefruit in our closet since it was dark, cool and would prevent it from molding before he could eat it. Well I'm sure you know how this "idea" is going to end - badly. That bag of grapefruit got "buried" underneath some things and of course it rotted. For some strange reason, it didn't smell - but when it was discovered (weeks later), my tan carpet had a huge yellow, green, icky, moldy, wet spot on it. Luckily I was headed out the door so he had to deal with the initial clean up. But now it was imperative to get a cleaner and get it quickly (and books on organizing are obviously next). So I stepped up the research. My research showed that Hoover seemed to have great reviews and this site (http://www.consumersearch.com/carpet-cleaners) said that the 5914-900 was the best cleaner, but that this one - the 7411-900 was also in the top. So I did some more comparison and kept leaning towards the 7411 - but thought I shouldn't stray away from the 5914. Well I went to the Hoover site and downloaded both manuals and reviewed them side by side to really see the differences. I quickly found out that to use the hand tools on the 5914 you had to pretty much disassemble the cleaner, whereas, with the 7411, you just attached it to the top. It became a no-brainer for me at that point and I purchased the F7411-900.
Just before I used it, I thought, maybe I should take a picture of the stain and I thought no - there's no reason to. This stain is so bad, I'll just be happy if I get the mold up and stop the damage and was thankful that it wasn't in the "visible" part of the house. This stain looked like 50 dogs had urinated over and over in the same spot for a long period of time. I purchased the Hoover 40321130 Premium Pet Formula Carpet/Upholstery Detergent, 128-Ounce bottle but it turned out they didn't have it and canceled the order, so I ended up using the sample bottle that comes with the cleaner which I think is the deep cleansing if I remember correctly.
We turned on the cleaner and pushed it forward while pressing the button to release the soap and then pulled it back, still pressing the button to release the soap (as it said to do initially). As we pulled it back, it was sucking up what it had already put down and you could see the yellow come through the clear front. As we pulled it back and "exposed" the spot, I was shocked, it was much, much cleaner and almost gone. So we did a rinse cycle and dry cycle and then did the cleaning cycle again. The book says don't do more than 4 times in one area. If it takes more than that - let it dry and come back and do it again. But we didn't need to do it more than 4 times - it worked WONDERFULLY!! I really could not believe it, nor could he. We just knew the carpet was ruined in that one area. I have had Bissell cleaners in the past and they worked OK - but nothing like this. Granted it's been years since I had one and technology has changed - but still I can't imagine Chem-Dry doing any better. And it really does pull a lot of the water out of the carpet - the spot dried in no time.
I haven't used it on the rest of the carpet yet, but will this weekend. Although we just got it, I am very satisfied with it. I'm just kicking myself for not taking a before picture so that I could post a before and after - you just would not believe it.
For the price, I don't see how you can go wrong - you can't even get a professional to come clean 3 rooms for the price of this cleaner. |
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 "Buyer Beware" | 2009-10-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1NIQ2265I7QNY |
This machine worked very well on my carpets. It has a major problem that has caused me to switch to Bissell. After a year and a half of use the brushes quit working.
I got rid of it and bought a new one. The brushes on the new one quit working after a year. I took it to a Hoover repair shop. I was told this was a common problem with these units. I had it fixed for $90.00. After 2 cleanings they quit again. I spoke with Hoover customer service. They told me I was not cleaning it properly after each use. I cleaned the machine as the owners manual directed me after each use. I told them your repairman said this was a common problem. Of course, They denied this. I will not purchase any Hoover products because of there inferior workmanship.
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