Hoover PowerDash Pet Compact Carpet Cleaner, Shampooer Machine, Lightweight, FH50700, Blue

We got a new puppy, and accidents happen. Our house is half carpet and half hardwood. While the carpet is by no means great looking, we wanted to avoid creating spots that would attract more problems. Upon arrival, the machine was very easy to put together. Suction and drying seem to be exactly as advertised. Area and regular carpets are dry to the touch in 30 minutes. I did one of our area rugs, which as not been cleaned in 10 years. While I would not call the results amazing, or like new, I was happy with the results. Much nicer to look at now. I only gave 4 overall stars for two reasons. We have always had cats and dogs in the house, and it is amazing how much hair can be in a carpet and you not see it. I have a Dyson vac that I think does a great job, considering what I see in the catch bucket. But, when I cleaned with the Hoover, lots of balls of hair were showing up. They were not sucked up by the Hoover. They just kind of gathered up in golf ball sized clumps. Not a big deal, and some of the hair was being sucked into the machine. On the plus side, it WAS pulling the hair out of the carpet. The other reason was that the machine tends to dribble if it sits, turned off. Like, a tablespoon or two of liquid will be on the hardwood after 5 minutes of being off. So, be careful where you leave it, and be sure to take the bottle out if you are done. I keep the solution bottle filled, out of the machine, where I store it in the closet. When we have a mistake, it is easy to pull out, clean up, empty the catch container, and put away. Maybe 5 minutes for the whole process, which is a LOT better than getting on your hands and knees trying to sop the mess up with a towel. In summary, this is NOT a whole house rug cleaner. It could be, I guess, but there are better options for that. It IS an excellent spot cleaner. Light, easy to use, and effective. Update- 2 weeks later In the last 2 weeks, aside from cleaning mistakes, I have cleaned a 12x12 Area Rug, a 14x14 Herringbone (?) carpet in the computer room, and the plain short pile carpet in the bedroom. As I said earlier, this is not designed as a whole house rug cleaner. However, as I have learned, if you take a little time, and dont mind filling the bottle frequently, it does the same GREAT job on large carpets. Out bedroom was especially nasty. A few pet mistakes and 10 years worth of heavy traffic dirt and grime. I didnt move everything out, just worked around the bed and dressers. Probably a 14x14 area. Took about 6 bottles worth of mix (water and the small amount of cleaner, per instructions) and in the heavy traffic and mistakes area, I went over them and let them soak for 5 minutes, then went over them again. When the wife got home, she immediately noticed the difference, from the living room, 10 feet away. Wow, you did the carpet. It looks great! And, she was right. It does look great. Again, my only real complaint is how it handles hair. All those years of always having pets (3-4 pets) left a LOT of hair, and the Dyson didnt do as good a job of getting it all out as I thought it was. It looked hairless, but obviously not. The Hoover pulled out a softball sized glob of hair. Sometimes, clumps just came out as I was cleaning, the rest I had to rinse out of the brushes in the sink. Since the cleaner is so light, it is easy to just lift it over the kitchen sink and clean the brush out with the faucet. Sounds a lot worse than it really is, maybe 2 minutes to a clean brush. Then again, it IS pulling all that hair out. I can live with the cleaning the brushes aspect. So, for effectiveness, I would give 5+ stars. For the little quibbles about dribbles and cleaning, I only gave it 4 stars.

Brought this awhile ago, but never used. Finally used it and it cleaned great. What I like the most no dirty water. It clean up so much dog hair. Best purchase ever

I’ve had this product for over a year now, and let me tell you.. I ABUSED it (not literally) I mean I was using it everyday, as I have 2 dogs who I was still training on pottying. Of course, every now and then I’d deep clean it by taking apart the bottom, really cleaning the bristles, but man I’m really happy with how it’s still going. I’ve used it alot; I never tried it on bright “hard to get out” stain types although I think it would work maybe? it doesn’t work too well with old stains, so I advise using it as soon as you can after a mess! *had to refill liquid for every 20-25 sq ft area, best for small area clean ups* UPDATE 3/28/23: • so I bought a new one since the last one stopped working (smoke/smell everytime I turned it on) and this new one just broke the same way.. it’s only been maybe a few months, maybe 2 months. So I’m pretty upset I gotta buy yet another? After taking it apart, I found the motor was rusted. Apparently this is common in these cleaners because of water splashing back as you clean. So question is, how do I stop water from getting in? I dry my cleaner after each use, it sits on a dry towel surface each time. So I’m assuming it’s getting in while I use it. There’s a covering on the bottom that’s suppose to prevent that but it seems like it’s failing at doing so.

I had 2 big black stains in the areas shown above. I did not even have to pre scrub. The carpet cleaner took care of it beautifully. Am very very happy with my purchase. Also didnt break the bank to buy it. 100% recommend

I didn’t realize how big it was and I have a small apartment. I was wondering if I can replace it with a smaller one and when delivered pick up the one I have. I’m new at this so thought I would check. Thank Youize