Hoover MaxExtract Dual V Carpet Cleaner, Black, F7412900
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Manufacturer: HooverBrand: Hoover
Edition: Kitchen
Release Date: 2008-03-01
Model: F7412-900
Color: Black
Publisher: Hoover
Studio: Hoover
Music Label: Hoover
Product features:
- 12 amp carpet cleaner with rotating brushes to clean and groom carpets
- Dual-V Technology produces equal suction across the entire cleaning path
- Direct heat; 3 speeds: Spill pick-up, gentle scrub, and power scrub
- 8-foot hose; removable tool caddy; powered handheld tool for upholstery and stairs
- Measures approximately 20 by 12 by 44 inches; 1-year limited warranty
Description of Hoover MaxExtract Dual V Carpet Cleaner, Black, F7412900
The Hoover SteamVac Widepath has the patented SpinScrub brushes that clean all sides of the carpet fiber. The brushes are easy to remove for easy clean up. And, there are 3 speeds for a variety of tasks. The Dual-V Technology provides equal suction across the entire path and removes more water than any other brand. The Widepath feature provides 20% more brushing and cleaning action on your carpet with a powerful 12amp motor. The Heat feature applies heat directly to the carpet.The Dual V also comes with a 8' hose that provides long reach and a tool caddy for easy storage as well as a SpinScrub Hand Power tool for those above the floor cleaning chores.Tools and Hardware Reviews of Hoover MaxExtract Dual V Carpet Cleaner, Black, F7412900
Customer Review: Won't work miracles, but it does work magic...
Summary: 5 Stars
With a 6 year old son around, floors get dirty. I'm on my second Dyson vac, and floors are usually pretty clean, but he has had a few spills. Up to this point I've been spot treating things as they happen, but some haven't come out very well. And I finally got to the point where I wanted to get the carpets cleaned. So I thought i'd try this myself first before having some company come in and do something.
Assembly was simple, two screws for the handle. Everything else just snaps into place.
In my last house I had a Bissel or whatever, and it was about the worst carpet cleaner that could've been designed. I used it once, was more hassle than it was worth.
This one is the opposite. Well designed, simple, and mess free.
Filling the water tank is a snap, and filling the detergent part is also easy, even with the large bottle of solution I purchased.
Definitely buy extra since the small bottle that comes with the unit will last for about a small bedroom and part of a hallway...
One thing I didn't like at first was the lack of anything solid when it came to snapping the water tanks into place. It all just felt LOOSE, like nothing was really there. I kept popping things off and on a couple times the first few refills/empties because it just didn't seem like things were really secured, but they are. The clean water tank goes right in and out, very easily, very quickly, with no mess or dripping, other than a little bit of liquid right on the bottom of the shelf where it sits, which is normal.
The dirty reservoir looks like it's not really all the way connected almost, since you can see the edge of the seal from the nozzle coming up the front, but it is. Two locking levers on each side and it's secured.
The unit rolls easily, and there was no water or soap anywhere it shouldn't be. Nothing oversprayed, it all went right where it was supposed to go. Little noisy, but that was expected since this thing needs to have good suction to pull the water back up out of the carpet.
I've uploaded pictures of the water I pulled out, which was amazing as this gets regularly vacuumed, and I had not expected it to be QUITE so dirty... I'm waiting for daylight now so I can see the results better than just with CF lighting...
A couple of spots that were old stains got a little cleaner, less noticeable, not gone, but better than I've ever been able to get it. What surprised me was that some of the other stains I had given up on DID come out.
They recommend to remove the clean water tank before dropping the handle to the floor to get at the dirty water tank when it needs emptying, but I found it much easier to just tilt the handle back a bit, not even as much as you do when it's in use, then pop the dirty tank out, and lock the handle upright again while you empty it.
The shape of the dirty tank doesn't give you any real good pouring location, so I just used the rear corner of it. Dumped it in the toilet, then I found to get some of the residue still in there from cleaned out (small fibers from carpet, grainy stuff like dirt/sand), I just used a small dixie cup with some water, poured it in, and dumped it right away, easy to do after there's not a lot of water in there again.
I did a great room, dining room, my son's bedroom, and the entire hallway in a little over an hour and a half, taking my time. Not any strain on the arms using the unit either.
Once I was all finished, I was pleased at how easy it was to clean the unit. No cleaning needed for the clean water tank obviously, other than I did rinse out the detergent part of the tank. Dirty tank is easy, one piece inside removes and I didn't have to do anything but put some water in there and woosh it around and dump it. The cover, however, is a little trickier, as it's "hollow". There's the bottom and top piece, and between them is the airflow for the water pulled from the carpet. So fibers and such get stuck in there, and there's not much access to get between them. I found that putting some water from a dixie up in there was enough to get most of the gunk out. About the only little bit of minute debris left is right at the edge around the circumference where the top and bottom join, that little tight space will probably keep the junk in there forever.
The nozzle on the front, the "V" where it gets pulled up, snaps right off, but again, it's hollow, no good way to get inside for almost any of it. Fortunately, the only place things really accumulated was the very bottom where it meets the carpet (easy to get at with a tweezers) and the small circular port where you can attach the hose (also easy to get with said tweezers).
Brushes pull right off, and the whole unit disassembles easily by popping three tabs on each side (see my uploaded photo for pics of the tabs). The housing for the brushes cleaned easily, some paper towel to wipe the fibers and such off, and rinsed in water. The brushes, on the other hand, were far tougher. They started out bright green, but they were black by the time I was done. And it wasn't just that they got discolored with dirt, the black was carpet fiber that got up in the bristles. So there was no easy way to just pull it out, but what I found was by using those tweezers again (handiest cleaning tool for this I've found), I could kind of start at the top where the bristles were secured to the circular brush, and work the "invading" fibers out as if I was brushing hair. Took a couple minutes per brush to get all the bristles cleaned, but by the time I was done, they looked just about new again.
Wiped the bottom of the vac where it also picked up dirt and fibers just from rubbing along the floor, and that was about it. No tools needed to disassemble for cleaning, all the parts just come off by hand. Except if you want to get as far as I did cleaning the brushes, then those tweezers again came in handy, were perfect for sliding in to release those tabs to pull apart the housing that holds the spinning brushes.
Easy to operate, easy to clean, and results that were far better than I had hoped. Granted, I would've loved the miracle if it got a couple of the spots that will never be removed, but I'm more than satisfied with the minor magic it worked on the rest of the dirty spots I had. Carpet hasn't looked this clean since I had the house built 5 years ago (Yes, this if the first time it was shampooed and wet vacuumed).
Biggest pain is, as always, moving everything out of the room, and having to move it back in again. My fan is going on the last spot, everything is dry already, saving the replacement until tomorrow through just to make absolutely sure there's no moisture I can't feel that will leave spots when I put things back and the wood and metal contacts it.
Far cheaper than the professionals would have been, and gives me more than just the one cleaning. Can't beat that.
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