The Hoover F5914 cleans my carpets and upholstery really thoroughly. I have a few tough stains in the carpet in my living room and bedroom and the F5914 vacuum does as well as a commercial carpet cleaner. In order to get the full benefit of my F5914, I use boiling water to really get the temperature up. When the water hits the spray nozzle, it has really cooled off so make it hotter. Bissell uses a heater, but it can't be that powerful without reducing motor power. When I'm vacuuming, I slide the cleanr very slow to go over the tough to get out stain areas. No matter what you've read or heard, heavy stains need to be pretreated; even professional cleaners do so. I also vacuum often and with this Steamvac it makes the job much easier and more efficient. I made a mistake of waiting too long in between cleaning cycles and a patch of stained carpet area in my living room can't be removed anymore.

I also have two dogs and my grandchildren live in our home. After contacting a local carpet cleaner to do a wool area rug, I was quoted for $350. Forget that outrageous price, I can buy two of these Steamvacs. So, I decided that for that price, I could get a steam cleaner and do it myself. It's a great machine because of the turbo brushes. They get deep down into the fibers and really scrub and clean the carpet and upholstery. The colors popped as if new again. I did every rug in the house. I too boiled some the water I added to the machine so it would stay hot while I worked. It is pretty easy to set up and use as well.

I highly recommend the Hoover F5914 SteamVac and I am sure that you will use and like this vacuum cleaner and be very satisfied with it.

The Hoover F5914-900 SteamVac is a powerful home steam vacuum that saves you the expense and hassle of having to rent a steam cleaner that can keep rugs, upholstery, and bare floors (other than hardwoods) looking like new. Its powerful 12-amp motor combined with five spinning brushes that operate at either high or low speed lift the usual dirt and grime out of carpets. By pulling on the trigger in the comfortable upright handle, this deep cleaner releases the included carpet/upholstery cleaner and hot tap water.

For more stubborn stains or for high-traffic areas, this SteamVac also has a Clean Surge feature, which sends an extra blast of cleaning solution into the stain by simply pressing a button on the handle. When cleaning is complete, release the trigger and the SteamVac forces hot air into the cleaning path so you can do a few dry strokes over the stain. This deep cleaner has two separate water tanks to keep clean water apart from dirty water. The top tank holds the detergent and 1 gallon of hot water and automatically mixes the two so you don’t need to get your hands wet. The lower tank holds the dirty solution picked up from the carpet and unlatches to easily pour out into a sink without spilling. For cleaning stairs or upholstery, this deep cleaner has a long 8-foot hose and a special stair/upholstery nozzle that scrubs out spots.