Home Carpet Cleaners
Nothing makes your house feel like less of a “home” than dirty carpet; luckily, there are home carpet cleaners on the market that can allow you to get professional carpet cleaning results without calling out the pros. In fact, for the price of a whole-house cleaning done by professional cleaners, you can usually purchase a home carpet cleaner that will be yours to use whenever you need it! The most obvious advantage to owning your own home carpet cleaner is that you can take care of spots and accidents as they occur, thus lessening the number of times that your carpet will need to be cleaned in its lifetime – which also extends the life of your carpet.
Types of Home Carpet Cleaners
There are many, many home carpet cleaners that do a superb job of cleaning carpet. Let’s look at the most popular:
• Full size upright and steam machines. The home carpet cleaner that powers away dirt from your carpet with the use of steam is the best option for most folks and for most carpets. These machines are available with multiple features and on-board tools that will help you make quick work of an often dirty job. These machines start out at around $100 and can go up to about $600. There are, of course, higher end models out there that are priced well over $1,000.
• Portable, hand held machines. These machines are more for spot cleaning, and thus are made in a portable version that you can grab when you need to and quickly clean up spills and other messes that might stain your carpet. With this type of home carpet cleaner, you have the added advantage of being able to use the machine on your car’s carpet – and many of these machines also feature upholstery attachments that can be used for cleaning your sofa, etc. This is the best machine for cleaning carpet on stairs and is small, compact, and easy to store.
• Rental machines. If you aren’t quite ready to invest in your own home carpet cleaner, there are some great rental machines on the market – many of which can be rented at stores throughout your neighborhood. With these machines, however, you only get to keep the machine typically for twenty-four hours, and the cleaning solution that is needed to effectively clean your carpets is very expensive and not included in the rental price.
One thing is for certain, the right home carpet cleaners can really breathe new life into what seems to be “dead” carpet.