New Products
A Steam Mop You Can Use (Almost) Upside Down
If you own a steam mop, I probably don’t have to tell you how great they are for keeping your flooring surfaces clean. Wouldn’t it be great if you could use their cleaning power on your windows and vertical surfaces as well? Unless your manual specifically states that you can use it for this purpose, [...]
Hoover Platinum Collection Carpet Cleaner Warranty
The Hoover Platinum Collection Carpet Cleaner, Model # F8100-900, will be released later this month. We are truly excited to see what this machine can do! With “Platinum” in its name, it should be no surprise that this machine is a little pricier than other noncommercial carpet cleaners. The suggested retail price is $449.99. Although [...]
Steam Cleaner Talk
Have You Heard About Capture Carpet Cleaner?
Have you heard about the Capture Carpet Cleaner brand? Among other things, this brand from Milliken & Company includes a dry carpet cleaner. Before we tell you more about it, let’s back up just a little… Recently we posted a review of the Oreck Orbiter, a multi-purpose machine that dry cleans carpets, as well as [...]
Rug Doctors Are Not Just for Renting…
When many people think of Rug Doctors, they think of the popular carpet cleaner rentals leased by their neighborhood grocery or home improvement stores. For a mere thirty bucks or so, you can take one home and use it for a day. Although renting is an inexpensive alternative to paying a professional to tackle the [...]
Recalls & Other News
Steam Cleaner Recalls in 2008
Luckily, there have been very few steam cleaner recalls in the past year. Actually, based on our search of the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s website, there has only been one in the past year – the H2O Portable Handheld Steam Cleaner by Thane (Model # YQ3888 with Product Codes 071025 through 080324). These units were [...]