Carpet Cleaners and Sweepers

[Janet]

Quite some time back on all the forums it seemed, everyone was writing about how wonderful the bagless sweepers were. So I found a nice one, it wasn't real expensive, but it worked great. Even picked up stuff after I ran my old sweeper. But ya know.....I've come to really dislike the bagless sweeper very much. First off even though it does a great job of picking up the dirt from the carpet, it has to be emptied all the time. I know that makes it sound like my carpet is horrible, but I sweep usually every other day, at least some rooms, not all. Next, it's so dirty and dusty when I have to empty that plastic container. Then besides that....I have to clean all the parts and sponge type things all the time. I've decided I'm going back to the bag sweepers....so much cleaner to work with.



Okay now the cleaners. I have the Bissell ProHeat 2X (the blue one). For the most part I love it. Works very well at shampooing the carpet and gets it very clean. The part I do not care for is the carpet still feels so wet after I'm done. It does take awhile to dry and I have to put down towels for us to walk on.

I also have a Bissell steam cleaner that I love and it seems to not leave the carpet feeling as wet. Problem with that is the head is so small (about 10 inch width) it takes forever, it seems to clean one room. It's nice to have the cleaners for me to use at my own will, but I've heard that the professional cleaners leave the carpet almost dry. Guess I'm mostly complaining....lol, but more than that, I'm wondering what your opinions are for sweepers, bag or bagless and the cleaners.