Belated Christmas Present

My mother gave dh and I some money at Christmas I popped it in the drawer and promptly forgot about it.  The other day I remembered about it as I wanted to buy a smaller hand held carpet cleaner.  I have the big Bissel upright carpet cleaners but they weigh so much.  I keep it in the basement, so it's to drag upstairs when I want to clean the rugs.  I figured a smaller hand held one would be ideal for small spot cleaning.

As luck would have it this model was on sale at Canadian Tire for $99.99  So I saved $40 there, plus I had some Canadian Tire money saved up.  I bought a bottle of the cleaner as well, so all in all I paid around $105 for everything.

On Tuesday I decided to give it a go.  Followed the instructions to put together and it was super simple.

I decided to spot clean the rug where we sit.  I think I spilled some coffee on it and also this is where we walk to most.  This rug was from Pier One and expensive, so I want it to last a number of years.

As you can see, something was dirty!

I can still see a brown spot, so I need to clean it again.

However from a distance it's not too bad, and this photo shows the true colour of the rug.

Overall I am very happy with how this machine worked.  It weighs 9lbs when empty and probably 10 or 11 lbs when it has water in it.  I found it easy to use.  I will clean the rug again next week to see if I can get that brown stain out.  Will probably pre-treat it as well.

This will be perfect for cleaning the car upholstery as well.