Rug Doctor Pet Portable Spot Carpet Cleaner | Rubberised Bristles for Pet Hair Removal - 2X Suction - Handheld Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner for Carpets, Sofas, Stairs, Cars and Soft Furnishings

We have a rug in the conservatory and one in the lounge that were looking a bit grubby after a few years of ownership. The stair carpet also the same - light colour, high traffic and probably not cleaned by previous owners. Thought at the price we'd give a cleaner a go. Didn't want a full size upright one as we have a corded Dyson and a Shark cordless for hoovering. After some research I decided for a portable spot cleaner the power was important in order to extract the liquid and dirt from the carpet/rug. This one has a 1100w motor compared to the 600w/700w of others I was looking at, and was approx £60 cheaper. Whilst the cleaner has a trigger that you can use to spray a fine mist on the carpet, and the implement has a rubber brush, I also used a normal spray bottle with a carpet cleaning solution, and a soft brush attachment for a cheap cordless drill I have. Spray the area well, then use the drill-brush to massage it into the carpet/rug, then do another spray-massage, then use the rubber brush on the implement to agitate before finally using the suction part to extract the liquid and dirt. This took longer overall but gave good results. This method means you can avoid using the spray feature on the device itself and not have to deal with a slightly cumbersome tank. We have used on stairs and 2 rugs - one is about 2.4 x 1.8m. We intend to use it on the carpet on the landing and part of the bedroom carpet where its a bit grubby. It does mean for a larger area there is a lot of time on hands and knees - for me I can handle that as it will only be a deep clean a couple of times a year, but consider this versus an upright if you intend to use it on a larger area. We found it really brightened up the carpets and rugs and given them a new lease of life. It would have been easy to throw the rug away and get a new one, but it would have been terribly wasteful especially when there is nothing wrong with it and an hour of time got it back to new. Pros: - The power cord wraps neatly around the back and the cleaning hose folds around the front to make a small footprint for storage. - It leaves the carpet/rug slightly damp. A few hours and its completely dry. It removes a lot of water/dirt - see photo of waste tank. - Only a single suction brush/implement that is fixed to the hose. No collection of different attachments to deal with. This single implement works fine. - Easy to transport with carry handle and a handle to wheel it around. - Gave great results on our rugs and stairs. Attached photo shows rug in progress. Bottom right is yet to be done, the light cream and green leaves were completely transformed from dull to vibrant. Cons - It is noisy. Its not whisper quiet by any stretch! Worth a pair of ear muffs or ear plugs for long use. - The tanks aren't the easiest to handle, would be nice if they had a handle. Its not impossible, but could be easier. - Although the clear tank holds a good amount, when spraying the carpet/rug it does go down quite quick. - There is a bit of a drip from where the spray comes out of so watch out for this. Not a constant dribble but drips a bit. - Air comes out of the back of the unit. On the photos on the product page it shows the back of the device up against the stair, so nowhere for the air to go and risk of overheating. So using it on stairs I had it side-on. Just watch it is balanced ok or keep hold of it! - For a large area you are on your hands and knees for a while. Am very happy we bought it and my only regret is that we didn't buy something like this 15 years ago!

Ideal for a house with pets, the rubber brush is great for lifting dog hair, one tank was enough to clean stairs and part of the landing. I sprayed stairs 3 at a time then sucked up dirty water, dog hair and silt! this works for me, with a window open it dried fairly quickly. This was a bit heavier than I expected but it's solid and not too heavy. It did leak slightly but I realised I hadn't pushed the seals in properly. I would recommend, needs a bit of practice to get angle right but not a problem

Great spot cleaner, suction is amazing and it's well designed with one exception be careful when removing the dirty water tank as the contents can spill out. Apart from that it's great.

Excellent product should have got one these years ago ,cleans carpet after my English bull terrier dribbles when he gets up ,old grubby carpets are now nearly new .

The rubber head is perfect for getting pesky pet hair from upholstery and floors. I used this on my sofa after a house move and my sofa looked great again. It picked up my frenchies hair from our beige sofa and has the best suction power conspired to similar machines I looked at. Definitely recommend!

This little machine does a stellar job at cleaning up after pets and human spills. We moved into a house with super thick white carpets installed in the ground floor living space… on a working farm. Pretty soon we realised we needed a quicker way to spot clean or spend hours each day scrubbing and dabbing. After renting a RugDoctor for hire we decided to invest in this smaller spot treatment vacuum. It’s easy to use, simple to clean, and does the job well. The only thing I would change is to make the pipe a little more flexible as it’s finicky to get it wound into place for storage, not impossible but not something you succeed with in a rush. The rest of the unit is well designed and easy to use. We’ve been using it for 4 months so far with no leaking issues, as experienced by some other reviewers.

Absolutely brilliant product. My carpet didn’t even look that dirty 🙌🏻🙌🏻

It cleans ok but needs an extendable pole when you use it, you’re literally on your knees. And make sure you put it in the bath to empty the wash tank of dirty water it goes everywhere when you try and pull it off to empty it. I wouldn’t recommend it.

Awesome product &easy to use - excellent service thanks