BissellTurboClean PowerBrush Pet Carpet Cleaner, 2987

This carpet cleaner was easier to use than I thought. It got the carpet really clean.CLEANING FLUIDBissell makes several types of cleaning fluid. I used “Pet Pro Oxy Urine Eliminator”. Make sure you get the kind for upright carpet cleaners. (There is a similar fluid for spot cleaners.) It was about $22 at Walmart and seems like enough for about 4 rooms. It has a pleasant smell.There was a small sample size cleaning fluid included in the package with the carpet cleaner, but it will not be enough for what you need.INSTRUCTIONSThe carpet cleaner comes with a small booklet of instructions. This is good, but it’s even better to go to the website they specify in the booklet and watch the videos. The videos gave me confidence that I knew what to do.THE PROCESS1. As they tell you, you need to vacuum the carpet before you start cleaning.2. You fill the clean water tank with hot tap water and then put in some cleaning fluid. There are lines on the tank for the water and for the fluid.3. The cleaning is a lot like vacuuming. You make one pass holding the spray lever so it sprays the carpet. Then you make a pass without holding the lever, so the machine just sucks up the water into the dirty water tank. In the video it shows the person doing this 2 step process with every pass of the machine. But I found it a lot easier to do a whole row of “wet” swipes with the lever pressed, and then go over the whole row again with “dry” passes. That saves a lot of switching back and forth. I did the whole wet/dry thing twice with each section of carpet.Afterwards, I took the clean water tank off and just passed over everything dry to suck up more water. But I didn’t get a lot more water sucked up, so I don’t think this step is really necessary.4. As others mentioned, the machine does spit out some clumps of pet hair onto the carpet. But it was just a few big clumps that were easy to pick up with my hand. I didn’t really mind. It’s worth it for how easy the process was.5. The carpet was damp when done but not sopping wet. It was drier than I thought, and it probably will dry completely in a day or two.AREA RUGSI had 2 big area rugs on top of the carpet, and I was wondering how that would work. It went fine. They were washable rugs anyway. The rugs got clean. I don’t think the carpet underneath the area rugs got cleaned. I think you would have to remove the area rugs to clean the carpet underneath.The carpet under the area rugs did get a little damp, so I am not sure how well it will dry. I may have to pick up the area rugs a little to let the carpet dry underneath.TIPS1. If you are taking a break between rooms, put the carpet cleaner on a floor, not a rug. After taking a break, there was quite a wet spot under the cleaner. I guess I could have taken the water tanks off instead.2. Be sure to follow the instructions for cleaning the machine when you are done. It’s not hard, but you have to rinse the tanks and stuff and wipe off the pet hair. They don’t tell you this, but be sure to turn the machine over and wipe the pet hair off the bottom. Also wipe out the pet hair from the area where the brushes are.RESULTSI got a new dog that was not house-trained, so she peed on the carpet a lot at first. I did treat the stains with Nature’s Miracle, but there were still some stains and smell. I could see the stains with my black light flashlight. After cleaning, there was no more smell, and I could see hardly any stains with the black light. I did still see a couple, but I got close and smelled them and there was no smell. I’m sure future cleanings will get rid of the rest of the residue. Or maybe I should have done more than 2 passes. But I didn’t have the patience for more, and everything seems very clean. I am very happy with the results.This is a really good cleaner. It is lightweight and easy to use. The price is very reasonable. To me, it’s a lot better to have my own cleaner than to have to rent one or to get a professional carpet cleaning. This way, I can do it as often as I want. They really do make the whole process pretty easy.

This carpet shampooer was delivered 4 hours ago and I am writing a review. That should say a lot. All I can say about this carpet shampooer is WOW !! I have paid for professionals to come out and clean my carpets before and I just had a roommate move out, so I thought I would buy this little machine to clean his room. The professionals come in and drive their machine like a race car and they're in and out of my house in 20 minutes, for twice as much what this little unit cost. So I thought, why not give it a try.The whole time I'm cleaning my carpets, I'm saying to myself, yes yes yes, thank you thank you thank you. When I dump out the dirty tank, I'm saying to myself, oh, that's just disgusting. This is what I've been walking around and kicking up as I do? I posted a picture of a dirty strip in the middle and clean 1961 carpet all around it. Yes, it's probably the original carpet as you can see by the color design.The tank is small and you will change it out a few times if you're trying to do a bigger area. Like most rental carpet shampooers I've used, it does leave a little water behind and it's a good idea to go over it just another pass or two, picking up the water.With all that said, I highly recommend this and gave it five stars. Here is my only complaint and it has absolutely nothing to do with this Bissell unit. I did not see they have a 2025 version for a very small price more. I absolutely wish I would have bought the 2025 version because that's how I roll.I thought about boxing this unit up and returning it to buy the newer version, but when they asked for a reason why, all I could think of was, because I'm a dummy. There's absolutely no complaint with this unit.The next time my boss at work yells at me, I'm going to smile, quit my job, buy several high-end Bissell units, and start my own carpet cleaning company. That's how happy I am with Bissell. I don't know if they have a theme song, but I will be whistling it while being My Own Boss shampooing other people's carpets.