You know that feeling you get when you find pet urine or poop stains on your previously spotless carpet? This is every pet owner’s nightmare, but their is help and hope. In this case, investing in a good pet carpet cleaner is your best bet to avoid permanent stains and nasty smells and odors that come with it. Below is our review of the 5 best pet carpet cleaner models in the market and the features that make them awesome.
1. Rug Doctor Deep Cleaner
The Rug Doctor Deep Cleaner is a high quality home carpet cleaner that has won lots of praises from pet owners. It’s durable quality and excellent cleaning performance stand out. The machine works well with the Rug Doctor Pet Pro carpet cleaner formula for stain and odor removal.
A Domestic Use Rug Doctor
Unlike the traditional Rug Doctor machine that you see rented out at supermarkets, this newer model has a more compact upright design to make it suitable for frequent home use. It’s lighter weight and large wheels allow the cleaner to be maneuvered around the room with ease when cleaning.
Oscillating Brushing Motion
The motorized brush utilizes an oscillating mechanism for scrubbing and carpet brushing. This ensures thorough deep cleaning of stains and messes on your carpet from your pet. The machine also has high suction power, allowing for dirt that is brushed out to be suctioned into the waste tank.
Brush Tool Suitable for Pet Spot and Stains Removal
The package also comes with a hose attachment and small brush head. This brush head can be used for more focused cleaning of pet stains and odors, whether these stains are on the floor carpet or on a sofa (upholstery cleaning).
Clean Water and Waste Tanks
The clean water tank can hold up to 1 gallon of water which is typical for upright home carpet cleaners. You can definitely get a lot more cleaning done when compared to smaller portable units. The waste tank can hold just as much and it comes with an easy to remove cap for tank cleaning purposes.
2. Hoover Carpet Basics Power Scrub Deluxe FH50150
The Hoover Carpet Basics Power Scrub Deluxe is a easy-to-use and able to remove even tougher pet stains. Many users with home carpets soiled by their pets were impressed by how this Hoover upright carpet cleaner model worked out the stains. Designed with the end-user in mind, the cleaner machine not only cleans well but comes with a bag of accessories for spot deep cleaning.
Design and Weight
This popular Hoover carpet washer has an upright design. It features several tools including stair, upholstery and crevice tools that are perfect for reaching pet fur and other pet related stains in inaccessible spots. It weighs a mere 19 pounds, before adding water, which makes it very easy to carry around room to room.
Cleaning Mechanism
The model utilizes special and validated Spin Scrub Technology with a 360 degree scope. The cleaning process involves loosening of dirt by spinning and scrubbing and suctioning using the powerful suction pumps.
Detergent Mixing System
This allows mixing of the clean water and the carpet cleaner with the right proportions to allow effective pet stain clearing.
Water And Waste Tanks
The pet carpet cleaner has a dual cleaning tank system. One holds the soapy water for cleaning while the other holds clean water for rinsing. In addition to this system, the unit has a waste water tank where the dirty water is collected for disposal.
Power Scrub Elite Pet Version: In early 2017, Hoover introduced an enhanced version of the Hoover Power Scrub, called the Hoover Power Scrub Elite FH50251 Pet Carpet Cleaner. It has a similar design and build quality as the original Power Scrub Deluxe, but comes with additional features to make the carpet cleaning experience more convenient for pet owners.
Besides the standard benefits of a Hoover Power Scrub machine, the Power Scrub Elite also comes equipped with antimicrobial brushes, edge cleaning brushes, and dual quick and deep clean modes. Check out the full Hoover Power Scrub Elite FH50251 review here >
3. Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet Carpet Cleaner
Design and Weight
The Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet Carpet Cleaner has an upright design and weighs 17.5 pounds for easy and convenient maneuvering during use.
Cleaning Mechanism
The Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution uses Bissell’s proven DirtLifter rotating brush technology. The Dirtlifter power brushes loosen and lift dirt from the fibers for easier scrubbing and more effective suctioning. This comes in especially handy when you are dealing with pet urine and fecal stains.
Express Cleaning
For faster cleaning, it comes with an Express Cleaning mechanism that ensures vacuuming, scrubbing, cleaning and drying is done efficiently. You and your furry little friend will be able to enjoy a clean and dry carpet in less than one hour.
Pet and Non-Pet Models
The Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution comes in multiple product packages, some are labeled “ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet” and others “ProHeat 2X Revolution” without the word pet. These are all the same upright machines, but the “ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet” label implies that the cleaner package will include either a pet stain cleaning tool accessory or cleaning formulas that are more suitable for pet owners. It can get a little confusing when shopping. To compare exactly, do read the product listings before you buy.
Bissell 2X Pet Stain & Odor formula
Bissell recommends using their branded formulas with their machines. For most effective pet stains and odor removal, check out the Bissell 2X Pet Stain & Odor formula. It’s designed to combat bad odors and tracked in dirt by your pets. Some dog and cat owners have also commented that this formula was able to clean out their dog or cat’s urine stains and remove the odor. Others said that the urine stains were cleaned out, but some residual odor remained.
4. Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner
Unlike it’s upright counterpart, the Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner has a smaller and more compact design that makes it easy to be taken around and used. A lot of pet owners opt for a portable design rather than an upright design, as they are lighter, requires less storage space, and does all that they need: clean out the pet stains and spots.
Design and Weight
It has a compact portable design and weighs 20.2 pounds. It has an ergonomic handle that makes carrying it from spot to spot a lot easier.
Brush motion
Like other Rug Doctor models, this pet carpet cleaner utilizes a motorized oscillating motion during cleaning. This ensures that no spot or stain is left behind during the cleaning process.
Maneuverability
The handle is flexible and retractable making maneuvering very easy. It also features carpet friendly wheels with the same effect. This ensures that you don’t have to burn out all your calories trying to roll the cleaner from one end of the carpet to another.
5. Bissell SpotBot Pet Spot and Stain Deep Cleaner
The Bissell SpotBot does what no other spot carpet cleaner does – it features an automated cleaning mechanism. Pet owners who are tired from dealing with dealing after stain can set their Bissell SpotBot on a spot and walk away while the machine cleans out the spot. It also works with Bissell formulas that eradicate both the stains and odors.
Design and Weight
It has a compact portable design. It also happens to be the lightest model on this list weighing around 14 pounds.
Cleaning Mechanism and Tools
The spot cleaner uses an a spray-scrub-suction mechanism for effective spot cleaning on your carpet. The suction power on this model is 5.7 amps, which makes it one of the more powerful portable spot cleaner machines. The model also includes a 6 inch stair cleaning stool allows you to clean stairs and other ordinarily inaccessible spots.
Water And Waste Tanks
The clean water tank can hold up to 96 oz. of water. The waste water tank exists as a separate unit and can easily be removed for waste disposal and for easy cleaning of the tank.
Final Verdict
Each and every one of the pet carpet cleaners on this list has earned its spot. If you like an all-in-one cleaner that cleans both the entire home and isolated spots, an upright cleaner (ie. choices 1, 2, 3) would work better. If you prefer a small compact unit, choices 4 or 5 would be a better fit. And yes, some households have both upright and portable spot cleaners, using the upright for more extensive cleaning, and the portable for more frequent spots cleaning.
Whether it is pet vomit stains from your cat or urine stains from an untrained dog, you there will be less stress and hassle in cleaning up on the nasty stains and odors with these cleaner machines. They free you up to enjoy all the other wonders of being a pet owner.
Need more information? Check out our Ultimate Pet Carpet Cleaner Machines Guide
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