Really Good I'm running a small animal shelter and have constantly animals living inside my home as well. Home has lots of carpet and with 9 cats right now there is lot's of hairball vomating with lots of liquid. I tried many things already to clean this mess but the Dirt Devil Portable Extractor is so far the best product for this kind of mess. I have to say that I did not have to use it for removing urine yet so I can't rate that but for puke and stomache liquid this product is amazing. I also found out that you don't necessarily have to use warm or hot water to clean the mess as indicated in the instructions. It cleans very well with cold water which is important when you want the product handy and ready at all times. The water tank of this product needs to be filled with a water soap mix (easy to do and soap comes with first purchase)and you just don't use all the soap and water on all accidents the animals might have and so I tried if I can simply remove the water tank after use (with left over soapy water) and store it next to the Dirt Devil and it works. Even though the Dirt Devil is very easy to handle it is a pain if you have to fill up and mix the soapy water every time you have to use it (which is in my case almost daily) and because I found out that the Dirt Devil cleans my messes on the carpet also with cold soapy water it became as easy to use as a spray bottle. (Keep in mind that I did not try out Urine removal yet, for that kind of mess you might use the warm/hot water mix in the water tank) Also the waste tank is easy to remove and to clean. The only downfall I found so far is that the soaker pipe is leaking water after the use but I solved this problem by simply leaving the strong suction running for maybe two minutes or so after the use and then the leaking stops. If you use my technique and want to re-use the left over clean water you have to remove the water tank from the unit or it will leak as well. But since the Dirt Devil is so EASY to open and so easy with removing all the parts, cleaning it is a brease and is no proplem even if you have to use it daily. Another small flaw is for me that for very small messes the spray nossle sprays to wide and too much water (like for coffee spills on carpet etc.) It would be great if Dirt Devil would event an adjustable spray nossle but even with its small flaws I give this product two thumps up since it made my live with animals soooooo much easier. Money well spend so far. Regards E. Binder, Maryland
move on Do yourself a favor and do NOT buy this vaccuum if you plan on using it indoors. We've had ours for months and its a pain to use on carpet, the suction is not good and you can only pull the hose and attachment not push. Also it tends to shoot out alot of dust no matter how often you change the filter. For awhile I kept smelling what smelt like stinky feet and finally realized it was coming from the vaccuum. Its is very easy to knock it over while trying to move it and when that happens you have to turn it off and back on again because it will no longer have the suction.
It is useful for one thing though... sucking up bugs!
If your looking for a good quality vaccuum you dont have to spend a whole lot more money, I bought one of those Hoover Windtunnels for about $150.00 and I absolutely love it. it works just as good as my mother-in-laws Dyson if not better.
Not for hardwoods. I bought this model to replace an eight year old Hoover that had seen better days. My old model was such a great vacuum and I thought this one would be an upgrade.
I have all hardwoods with a few rugs and a canister vacuum is usually best for hard surfaces. This canister is the exception to that rule. There is no separate floor tool so cleaning hardwood and vinyl is through the bulky power nozzle. This nozzle will suck up almost nothing that is on a hard surface with the power nozzle turned off as instructed. If you try to turn the power nozzle on and go over the hard surfaces then it scatters everything around. The only way to use this machine to clean these surfaces is with the 4 inch dusting tool. I gave up after only one room.
This is great on carpets but the dust cup that looks large in the picture, only holds about two cups of dust so I emptied the cup twice cleaning one rug. This machine is going back after only one try. Sorry CONSUMER REPORTS. You were wrong about this one.
Small package, great power I used to lug a 16 gallon vac around the garage, just because I wanted all that suction power. But this little guy almost rivals that. It really works great, and as I've always said, sometimes you can't make everyone happy. The power is great, the size perfect, and the price right. It may be a little messy cleaning it out, but I do it over a trash can, and it's fine. I also use the paper sleeves that go over the foam filter, to make cleanup even easier. For around $3 for a pack of 3, they last a long time. I only don't give it 5 stars because the hose is expensive to replace. My wife stepped on our old one and cracked the end. Rather than spend about $15 with shipping on just a hose, I just bought another vac. I had the old one for about 5 years, and it's really been great.
Awful, awful, awful... I bought this to use on a couple of cat created nasty spots on area rugs. IT DID NOTHING!!!
Though I carefully followed the directions, this machine neither cleaned, extracted, nor did anything the booklet said it would--the spots are just as nasty--the cleaner just added to the horridness by spraying out liquid which was not picked up as promised, and I am SO disappointed.