I had a smell in my one room I could not pin down. A major clean was required. I looked into hiring a machine for a weekend, but it was going to cost me the best part of £100. I shopped around and purchased this from Costco for £100 + vat I could have got it cheaper, but the return policy from Costco is brilliant and I did not want to wait weeks for delivery. The machine comes in a box and needs some screw driver constuction, but this is basic and takes about 10 minutes. The instructions are clear and from opening the box to geting it working took about 15 minutes. The machine is like a slightly noisy vacuum cleaner, but it did not wake the children, but holding a detailed conversation is not possible. It takes no time to cover a large area even going over twice, although it disappointingly does not go right up to the front edge with the detergent dispensing which is just behind the suck up bar. ( I think I am going to get a garden spray bottle to spray the edges) I have to agree with the other reviewer that the dirty water box is clear and has a poorly designed dirt traps which are near impossible to clean convensionally, but it does not detract from the effeciency of the machine. I wanted it to leave the carpets a little drier, so went across again appling a liitle extra down force on the suction bar which really made a big difference, although higher synthetic content seemed quicker to dry the one 40% wool dried within 2 hours. The upholstry tool was the most disappointing it over wet and underdried the surfaces. My sofa took 24 hours to dry as did the surrounding carpet where excess cleaner ran off....but I need the attachment for the stairs which again was really too wet afterwards. Overall though it did what I wanted it too and that was make my room smell fresh, and reduces dust levels in the house. I purchased an extra bottle of fluid from Asda but it was under £3 and the trail bottle is enough to do most small houses.
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We have the big orange VAX, which does allow you to get right up to the edges of carpets, which then take around 3to 4 hours to dry depending on the weather, best way round this is to keep all your windows open. We went onto the VAX website and purchased a separate tool for the stairs, it arrived within 3 days and really does a good job.
Rows of powerjets for greater cleaning performance. 700 watts. 2.5m hose length. Cleans ... more
carpets only. 4 litre clean water tank. 2.3 litre dirty water tank. Manual on/off control. Includes hand wash tool for use on stairs and upholstery. On board tool s...
Postage & Packaging: £8.49 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Advantages: Cleans as well as a professional carpet cleaner, carpet dries quickly. Easy to use Disadvantages: Can only use Vax brand detergent, may need to use twice for best result
Advantages: Cleans as well as a professional carpet cleaner, carpet dries quickly. Easy to use Disadvantages: Can only use Vax brand detergent, may need to use twice for best result
Oct 13th, 2007
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