Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

One of our cats, if given the chance, will pee on almost anything left on the floor--clothes, paper, the dogs' toys, you name it. We have a Bissell Little Green that's fine for quick, shallow spots, but carpet is tough to really clean. I decided it was time to invest in something that was actually meant for carpet cleaning. This guy had good reviews and a good price tag, so I decided to give it a shot. So far, I'm really happy with it! If you take a look at the pictures, you can see 1) how much junk came out of the carpet after one cleaning; 2) what one section of carpet looked like before cleaning; and 3) the same section of carpet right after cleaning. You can still see some of the stains, but there's a huge improvement, and I think with another pass or two the rest of the stains will come out--and considering that stains are about a year old, that's not too shabby. For reference, we have all Berber carpeting. Pros: Lightweight, easy to assemble, easy to load and empty, simple to use and does a good job. Cons: Only covers 10-15 square feet per tank of clean water (but it's so easy to reload that this doesn't really bother me), inconvenient to clean brush and brush compartment (as some other reviewers have pointed out, you have to remove five screws to open the brush compartment, and then remove the belt from the brush itself to remove and clean everything). For me, the pros of this little thing definitely outweigh the cons! As far as cleaning the brush goes, I've just been smushing a rag up behind the brush and it gets most of the crap out. As another reviewer mentioned, it's difficult to completely empty the dirty water tank--but since the only thing that's going back in is more dirty water, this doesn't really bother me. And now if we catch our cat committing the crime, we can just quickly run this over the stain and get it right away. NOTE: If you let the dirty water tank get too full, the spray and suction functions will stop working!! It's not broken--just empty the dirty water tank and it should be good as new. As someone who plans to ALWAYS have pets, I'm very happy with this machine. I'd rather refill a water tank twenty times than rent and lug around a big machine, or pay for someone to come in and clean!