Carpet Conspiracies!! ??

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Can I just say we all used to be young and Cool and now here we are getting excited talking about a vacuum 😂

a reply to: JAGStorm

My mom succumbed to the Kirby salesman back in the 80s.

That thing outlasted 2 boys, countless belts and brushes, bags and 30 years.

Only reason we scrapped it a few years ago was because parts were scarce.

a reply to: JAGStorm

Thanks to your post, I learned something today. I learned I've been looking for the wrong thing!

Previously, I was looking for carpet "cleaners" when what I should have been looking at is carpet "extractors". This distinction has opened up a whole new world of cleaners I knew nothing about! Awesome!

originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: JAGStorm

My mom succumbed to the Kirby salesman back in the 80s.

That thing outlasted 2 boys, countless belts and brushes, bags and 30 years.

Only reason we scrapped it a few years ago was because parts were scarce.

I have a kirby G6. Bought it second hand from a lady that did not use it even one time!
She bought it and then put in tile floors. Sold it to me for $100. It's now in my basement!

originally posted by: Nyiah
Damn, that pro one is niiiiice. Way, way too pricey for me to justify to hubs, but still nice < drools >

I used to have two of the clunky Hoovers, but the two different models I had over the years had loss of water suction issues that always ended up sinking them. Other than that flaw, they were decent enough machines, did what was advertised.

Right now, I have a Bissell Pro-Heat, and hate it. It's the kind with a clean water bladder, inside the dirty water tank (an ok enough system, but not the same as the separate clean & dirty reservoirs kind everyone else uses)

It doesn't suck for crap unless it's weighted down, so once some of the water's out, well, make sure you have 10 lbs of rice on hand to weight it down with or it won't suction much up.


It's not like I didn't do my research, I did my reviews & specs research diligently. I'd been looking at a Rug Doctor when I decided to buy the Bissell.

I should have bought the Rug Doctor. Buyer's Remorse on my part, bigger than hell. I really hate this Bissell.

Oh hell, I've at least gone through 5-6 consumer brands over the years and Bissell does suck and not in a good way, leaky too small, and not effective.

originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Can I just say we all used to be young and Cool and now here we are getting excited talking about a vacuum 😂

LOL!!!

I know I am!!

Wife freaked out when I suggested spending $1,900 for a carpet 'extractor'. She perked right up when I told her it does vehicle carpets also! She was like..."Really???? Hmmmmm, maybe that might be worth it." Now, she's all into researching them too!

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

I have one of the Bissel carpet extractors. It's about 25 years old and has worked pretty good. The old house I lived in had wall to wall carpeting and my 2 presa canarios were quick to dirty the carpets up. The bissell BG10 did a good job. The house I've lived in for the past 10 years has hardwood floors and a couple of area rugs, so I don't use it that much now.

I took a look online and if I were to buy a new one today, this is the one I would get: Bissell BG10 Commercial Carpet Extractor

BG10 extractor

originally posted by: tamusan
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

I have one of the Bissel upright carpet cleaners. It's about 25 years old and has worked pretty good. The old house I lived in had wall to wall carpeting and my 2 presa canarios were quick to dirty the carpets up. The bissell upright did a good job. The house I've lived in for the past 10 years has hardwood floors and a couple of area rugs, so I don't use it that much now.

I took a look online and if I were to buy a new one today, this is the one I would get: BISSELL ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet Pro

AH...that was the one I was looking at too, UNTIL (I discovered the following):

a.) "ProHeat" is an outright lie. This machine has no onboard heat. If you put hot water in it from your tap, you'll get 'sorta'-hot water out of it. It does not have its own heater.

b.) There are numerous reports of the unit only being able to fill 1/4 of the already small dirty water tank before a level switch cuts off the suction feature of the vacuum. This means numerous trips to empty the dirty water for even small carpets.

c.) There are many, many, reports of the machine not being heavy enough to stay in contact with the carpet after the water level goes down even a little. People (like Nyah) have reported needing to put bags of rice or large bottles of detergent on top of the unit to keep the suction working on the carpet.

Item b.) seems to be the thing people complain about the most, and I think this is a legitimate complaint.

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: Nyiah
Damn, that pro one is niiiiice. Way, way too pricey for me to justify to hubs, but still nice < drools >

I used to have two of the clunky Hoovers, but the two different models I had over the years had loss of water suction issues that always ended up sinking them. Other than that flaw, they were decent enough machines, did what was advertised.

Right now, I have a Bissell Pro-Heat, and hate it. It's the kind with a clean water bladder, inside the dirty water tank (an ok enough system, but not the same as the separate clean & dirty reservoirs kind everyone else uses)

It doesn't suck for crap unless it's weighted down, so once some of the water's out, well, make sure you have 10 lbs of rice on hand to weight it down with or it won't suction much up.


It's not like I didn't do my research, I did my reviews & specs research diligently. I'd been looking at a Rug Doctor when I decided to buy the Bissell.

I should have bought the Rug Doctor. Buyer's Remorse on my part, bigger than hell. I really hate this Bissell.

Oh hell, I've at least gone through 5-6 consumer brands over the years and Bissell does suck and not in a good way, leaky too small, and not effective.

Despite the name, that's pretty much what I've been able to determine as well. Rug Doctor also seems to be selling mostly based on the name also. Both get knocked really, really, hard on warranty unresponsiveness and customer support.

I have a newer Hoover one that works really well for our needs. We only have carpet in the bedrooms and the basement (around 1800-2000 sq ft of carpet) and I have two kids and 1 dog but it has gotten some good stains out and it really helps get the dirt/dust out of the carpets to maintain them.

This is the one I have
hoover.com...

We used to have a pretty decent carpet shampooer that we picked up at spring cleanup. I fixed the switch and we used it about twenty times before it had something break that we could not get a part for anymore. The machine was old when we got it for free on side of the road and lasted maybe ten years. After that we bought one for two hundred bucks and it lasted about two years, maybe five rug cleanings and the motor fried and a cheap plastic part had cracked and repaired with duct tape.

Want a good machine, get an old well made one, the new ones are junk.

Maybe those machines they used to rent out at the hardware store...commercial ones, might be worth renting or buying. It used to cost forty bucks for a weekend, figuring everything in,. it was cheaper than buying a cheap homeowner shampooer because they suck and it costs about the same anyway. I don't know if the commercial ones you can rent are any good anymore though, I used to rent one a couple times a year, I would do rugs for my customers some times if they wanted me to on occasion.

Carpets in a ranch home?!

🤔😬😱

We've never had carpets in our homes precisely because of this. I much prefer tile or - as in our current place - a simple concrete floor. Easy to clean, no worry about tracking in "occupational hazards."

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Oh you yankees..

I am imagining your entire floor is covered with this "carpet", correct?

i can not understand how people live with those things, especially when it gets wet and muddy outside, i would imagine they would get moldy?

What happens when a dog has a stomach bug? just cut a square out from it and trash it?

Regular carpets are the best choice, you know those smaller versions that you can throw around where you like them, they are pretty easy to scrub clean, usually i wash them in the ocean or in a lake, gives a nice and fresh smell to them.

Or like last winter, the dog did a number two on one in the middle of the night, i thought the carpet was a goner but incredibly i managed to clean it by scrubbing it with snow outside for a couple of weeks, was really impressed how well you can clean with just snow.

You really need 2 products imo.
link
Check out that page.
There is a brush type device on there. You really need the mechanical cleaning heavy brush, followed by steam and extract.
Steam and extract basically pulls the dirty water up and the brush
removes the stain.
It's really 2 processes that neither machine can do very well on it's own.
That's the mistake everybody makes/the marketing problem.
I would use the scrubber on that page and a big green. I know you read some bad reviews, but it's solid.
That combo would get best results imo.
Dual head commercial scrubbers are best imo, they don't walk all around and cover a bigger area.
The whole carpet cleaner 1000 do it all thing is a racket.
Scrubber, then extractor.
The stronger suction thing is big on the extractor too, it will pull from the pad better, so you don't get a mold breading ground under it.
The job could be done with a scrubber and wet dry shopvac, which has better extraction than a rug doctor, but the final dirty water cleanup w the steam is really nice, otherwise you can get a residue.
But the point is the cleaners don't really clean, the scrubbers do. If that makes sense.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

I could watch this all day... yes I have a problem!🤣


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I'm a diehard believer in Kirby vacuums. First, vacuum to remove the dirt..then you shampoo. When you mix water with dirt, we all know you get mud. Buy a complete Kirby system (new or used) with all the attachments and the shampoo system. You'll appreciate it until the end of time.