Carpet Cleaner Recommendations?

[JQ]

We're looking at getting a carpet cleaner / shampoo'er for cleaning our household carpets, but also for cleaning car seats, so it must have a good upholstery tool as well. Budget is £100 to £150, but don't mind secondhand or graded stuff from Ebay.

Anyone got any recommendations?

[Sixpackpert]

For that money I really wouldn't bother tbh. The cheap ones usually leave the carpets quite damp and don't really do a good job of cleaning them either. Did it once and never again. I usually get a pro in once a year to do ours now.

[Stu R]

Now and then Bissels come up on special offer for £100 or £150 quid, I think mine came from Makro. It's been superb, the colour of the water it drags back up is testament to it's effectiveness IMO, and it's saved my arse a couple of times (red wine on cream coloured carpets for one).

[davido140]

tiny weeny hi-jack sorry... if the budget was a little bigger what would be recommended?

I saw some pros do a frankly filthy office carpet (food, drink etc all over the bloody thing) and it came up like new, wasnt a vacuum type affair like the bissels though, just a big swooshy round scrubby thing... they might have followed it up with a vacuum though... I got kicked out as they wanted to do my corner of the room.

[AndyT77]

I borrow my sisters Vax machine once a year. Its big, round and orange. As mentioned earlier, the colour of the water after washing is testament to how effective it is.

[fatboy b]

I've just bought one of these. Very pleased with the results.