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You might not notice that depending on type of carpet and stains and dirt you have to clean, choosing the right type of carpet cleaning machine will save your time and a sum of money. We will reveal you several basic types of carpet cleaners that are aimed for home using.

Portable carpet cleaner or canister carpet cleaner

This type of carpet cleaner is constructed as a cabin with a small motor inside. The portable carpet cleaner is more suitable for spot, stain and upholstery cleaning task. Although some type of canister carpet cleaner has a very strong motor, using this type for whole room cleaning is very laborious actually because the suction and cleaning pathway is very small.

Sometimes a canister carpet cleaner can be designed with cord or cordless. The cordless portable carpet cleaner is the best choice for auto and car cleaning. Remember that, the cordless carpet cleaner can only run for a short time only.

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Half-size upright carpet cleaner

This carpet cleaner is designed for room cleaning, apartment cleaning. Bissell is famous with a lot of half-size carpet cleaners.

The advantages of half-size carpet cleaner is very lightweight, compact and strong power.

The disadvantages of this type is that the cleaning pathway is only half-size, as it has named (about 6 inches generally). Therefore, this carpet cleaner is suitable for small room cleaning task, apartment cleaning, studio cleaning, student room cleaning.

The best half-size upright carpet cleaner is Bissell Powerlifter 1622, you will never find any one as good as this model, and it price is very pleasant too.

• BISSELL PowerLifter PowerBrush Upright Deep Cleaner, 1622

Full-size upright carpet cleaner

The full-size carpet cleaner is perhaps the best choice for home use because it can clean spot, stains, upholstery and bigger areas. Its cleaning path is about 11.25 up to 13 inches, so you can cleaning bigger room in a faster way.

Depending on the motor, the water tank size and the suction power, it can be subdivided into

Full-size carpet cleaner for regular home use

• Hoover- FH50150 Carpet Basics Power Scrub Deluxe Carpet Cleaner

Full-size carpet cleaner for commercial use

• Hoover- Max Extract 60 Pressure Pro Carpet Deep Cleaner, FH5022
• Hoover Max Extract 77 Multi-surface Carpet Cleaner
• Rug Doctor Deep Carpet Cleaner

This type is generally give more cleaning power than home use. However, due to the one for regular home use and this one does not have much difference in price, it is a tendency that most of users now choose the one for commercial use to replace the other.

Full-size carpet cleaner for pet mess treatments

• Bissell 1548 ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet Full-Size Carpet Cleane

This type of carpet cleaner has a small adding assembly to collect hairs so it won’t stuck into the machine. It is strongly recommended that you should use cleaning formula for urine treatment when you have to clean pet mess, because the urine will not go away with normal cleaning solution.

Full-size carpet cleaner for heavy duty, for rental and long lasting > 5+ year warranty

This type of carpet cleaner is very durable (over 5 year warranty time), strong power, does not need to maintain regularly. Despite its price is high, some people loves them because it save time and effort as well as it becomes a long time investments. Some users claim to use the same carpet cleaner for heavy duty up to 10 years without any technical error.

At the end, you should be aware of how often you want to clean the carpet, what type of carpet and type of stains you have to deal with, how long you want to use the carpet cleaner,…, answer these questions will let you choose the correct one without any cumbersome feeling.

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