Bissell ProHeat carpet cleaner

4 out of 5 stars

First, let me say, I love this carpet cleaner. I have two dogs and they make mistakes, that coupled with a cat who throws up, and you have a messy carpet. This shampooer does a beautiful job cleaning up the worst messes that have soaked into the carpet. We do a quick surface clean, then thoroughly vacuum, then use this shampooer. Still, there is some carpet fiber and dog hair that is unearthed by the shampooer, a testament to how deeply it cleans.

As you'll see in the pictures, the head pulls in those carpet fibers and hair, though most ball up on the carpet for removal later. The head comes off for cleaning; however, as you can see in the first picture it, the head gets pretty full of debris. The fatal flaw here it that you cannot open the top to remove the hair/debris. You can see in the second picture that I got a lot out with a pipe cleaner and a very slim tool I have. As soon as you hit the curve you're done. (If anyone knows how to take this apart to clean, please let me know.) Unfortunately, while it is superior in it's ability to clean pet messes up from the carpet, the shampooer is impossible to fully clean afterward.

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