Does Spotbot work on all carpet types -- Berber too? Spotbot sounds great, but can you use it on those looped berber carpets? I can't find any information on that.Thanks!
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I have the same question. Unfortunately for us both, I don't have the answer.
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We just got one of these a few days ago, so I can't speak from extensive experience, but we have berber carpet and so far it's worked great. I used it to clean two greasy shoe-prints (more than a year old), and they came out great using just the surface stain auto setting. If you haven't read this already, you will want to use the hand tool to get up the excess water after the auto cycle is done. You can also minimize the "crop circle" effect by lightly scrubbing the perimeter of the cleaned area w/ the brush on the hand tool before getting up the excess water.
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This machine has several attachments including a very powerful nozzle, a carpet and fabric attachment that would work on furniture, I think, and others besides. I'm not near the machine right now to be sure, but I think the flat attachment would be good on furniture. There is small bristle brush that fits over the nozzle that works on spots and I've used it on a carpet spot with success. Good luck!
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I don't know. I don't own one. I have a spotbot. I've gone through 2 bissell upright steamers though in a 3 year period. They are poorly made. I would recommend Hoover on the bigger ones. I since have switched to Hoover. The little spotbot upholstery tool should have lasted longer than 2 years with weekly use
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Hi Susan - About cat hair and your Berber carpet - If the hair is sitting on the surface of the carpet and not entangled in the hook of the Berber - Here is what I would do - spray water on the surface so the hair become damp and are more likely to stick together. Then I would use the flat side of this rubber broom. The flat side acts in the same way a wiper does to clear a window of water. You would be raking the fur into a pile..then physically picking it up. I love this broom...use it all of the time. Friends and family are amazed when then see how easy it is to scrape dust, dirt etc all into a pile. When you use a broom, debris gets lost in the straw of the broom and often gets redistributed. Back to your question. I have another Amazon purchase that I love. It is a Black and Decker 18 (I think) Volt rechargeable hand vacuum. It has a nozzle that would suck up dry cat hair. Then you would empty the plastic waste container...which is easy to do. What I think would work well is a damp sponge in hand... wiping the baseboard as well as the carpet. Tossing the hair in a trash bag. Remember the hair is on the surface and you don't want to embed the hair in the Berber. Just wipe it, clear it, vacuum off the top. I hope that this answer is helpful. Best regards, S.
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Yes, we have mid-grade residential carpet, so not short like berber and not super plush and it works wonderful on this type of carpet.
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Yes, though the carpet is closer to ivory. We have ivory Berber carpet in one room, and this light helped me find where the smell was coming from--a glowing area in the carpet behind a chair! I had to dim the lights a bit to see it clearly, but then it was easy to see. The only place it doesn't seem to always work is on some slightly reflective fabrics or on very absorbant fabrics (guess it soaks in too deeply).
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It isn't like a robot vac...it just means you can place the vacuum onto the stain and press a button to start the cleaning cycle and leave it while it cleans (which is different from their regular carpet cleaners that work more like a vacuum cleaner). It has a circular radius that it cleans so sometimes you'll have to run another cycle to clean a bigger stain. While it's cleaning, you can walk away from it, but after it's done it beeps and won't stop until you push the "Stop" button. I usually use the hose attachment to suck up as much extra moisture since it helps dry the carpet faster, but you could just move the Spotbot off the cleaned stain and let it air dry.
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I don't believe so, I have used carpet cleaners on regular carpeting and on Berber. As I understand it the Steam carpet cleaners apply heated liquid to the carpet to help loosen dirt "However" that doesn't do any good unless you can get that liquid back out. With the Max Extract and other models that apply "direct heat" to the carpet it helps wick the moisture up so that it can be picked up. I typically go over the carpet 3 times for removal only, this gets the carpet almost totally dry in an hour or so. I also don't use detergent in my cleaning liquid as detergent's job is to attract dirt - once you have your carpets cleaned if there is any residue in the carpet it will attract more dirt making your carpets look dirty faster. I use straight powder Oxy and mix it in the detergent dispenser, this also helps keep your machine from clogging up like a sticky detergent might. The Max Extract model is super easy to clean also - miles better than my old Bissell was. Hope this helps
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I use his both on wall to wall carpet and area rugs as small as 3' x 5'. I use it often on walk through areas as well. I had a hard to clean area where my cat had thrown up repeatedly from illness and this wonderful machine restored my carpet again. Can't say enough nice things about Bissell products. I also have their Spot Bot.
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excellent I have 2 French Mastiffs and 3 cats! but I also have a light beige carpet, if you have a deep color carpet test a spot in an out of the way area to make sure it does not harm the color...spray the spot or blot it with a sponge soaked in Instagone, after the stain is removed put about a tablespoon of rubbing alcohol, it will remove any residual odor and has the added benefit of keeping the animals away from that spot!
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I use the capture premist on stains and very little or none on low traffic areas. This is an amazing product and makes the rugs look clean so if you do not obtain the desired result you need to buy the premist also.
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I have not used it on rugs but it does not suction up anything, I think you are looking for the bissell spotbot.
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It very well might and it's worth a try. I haven't had trouble with it removing color from carpets or other fabric, but spot test first and then go for it.
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We used it on thin, indoor/outdoor carpeting, and Berber, small pile. if you have thick carpeting, not sure how it will work
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helloIIdo not own berber carpet but I have to say that the Oreck vacuum is a wonderful little machine it works well on all different kinds of carpet as well as their floor.
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I am sorry, we do not have pets in our house so I cannot speak to it. The problem we have with the machine is that the suction is so hard that it does not work well on our low-medium pile carpet. On a Berber carpet I think it would do very well. It is quite noisy compared to my Miele also. But I do like the weight of the machine. Hope this is somewhat helpful to you.
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Can't say. I have berber carpeting and regular carpeting. Works well so far. Only complaint is there's only one hose attachment so it's limited for hard to reach areas. Also to get to the belt you have to unscrew the cover of the base.