Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Let me start off that I have some sort of crazy obsession for vacuums and cleaners. Put it on tv and I about can't control myself. I have a husband, 2 kids (preteen and teenage... add their friends), 3 dogs (one which technically isn't ours but hasn't left here in year in a half, but I still wont claim him). I have the Shark Navigator vacuum which really has held up in my house along with does a great job (whole another review I need to do) so I was thinking this little machine would be the answers to my carpet/flooring dreams of being clean. I also read the several reviews for this on several sites and I knew I shouldn't buy it, but like I said.... it was on tv. I have an area rug in my living room. The rug looks clean, except two small spots that sit at the legs of one side of the table which if you look closely it has pee marks (from that dog that I wont claim, which I am sure you understand why I am not claiming him now). I figured this would get that out of the carpet and a huge plus is that I can switch over and do the hard floors with the same machine (what could be better, other than winning the mega millions). I vacuumed the rug (with the Shark Navigator) and I pretreated those 2 small spots. I spent a lot of time on the area rug and a lot more time on those 2 spots. I went at the area rug diagonally, horizontal, vertically, etc. and to be honest, it didn't help. The rug looks the same as it did beforehand. I also have the Rug Doctor Mighty but who wants to pull that huge machine out for a thin area rug? (It works great, but the cost is high). Today, I used the Sonic Duo to clean my kitchen and living room floors (no hardwood floors, it is vinyl and laminate flooring) and I have a small tiled bathroom and tile around the fireplace. It took me about 35 minutes and I don't have a large area downstairs. I felt that it did do a better job on the hard floors than it did the carpet. With that said, it is over priced by ummm lets say $150 to be nice. The pad was dirty when I was finished but if I showed you the water from the Hoover Floor cleaner you would be grossed out and I would be embarrassed. I also didn't like the fact that I had to take the pad off and rinse it, wringing it out in the sink under water was dirty but who wants to wring out dirty pads with their hands (you also can wash these pads but recommended you do them separately from other items so lint doesn't get caught up on the pads and I didn't feel like running a whole load for 2 pads). Comparing it with the Hoover Hard Floor Cleaner is the same. Sadly, I thought this product would bring an easier way to clean the carpets and if it did do that, I would have to give it a higher rating and recommend it to others just to be able to use one machine for both types but that isn't the case. I wouldn't recommend this product for carpets at all. I did a better job using a carpet cleaner with a hand held bristled brush. If you need a hard floor cleaner that scrubs, I would go with the cheaper Hoover Hard Floor Cleaner. For carpets, the rug doctor. For area rugs.... hands, bristle brush, and a cleaner.