I bought a Vax carpet washer about a month ago reduced from £169 (I think) to £100 from Amazon. Absolutely love it. I've had vax dual hoover and carpet cleaner for years and it's been fantastic. The new one just washes carpets and is fantastic. It's upright but it has a long tube for stairs and upholstery. The best thing is that just being a washer means no converting from a hoover. I have two grotty teenage boys, two grotty dogs and a husband who walked tar up the brand new stair carpet a week after it was laid. And it's cream. Because I like to disinfect floors we have laminate in every room except the stairs and landing. When I washed them the dirt that came out was disgusting. We live near a beach so it also picks up a lot of sand. Very easy to use and empty and very satisfying.

If your looking for the V125 currently £220 at amazon use www.vax.co.uk/offers/index.php?cmp=google&src=ppc&site=google&kw=vax&match=Broad&gclid=CMzgo4uUt5sCF ZgU4wodvBLUCQ and buy from VAX themselves for £164 saves quite a bit and its the best machine EVER comes with 2 bottles of Vax ULTRA and 2 bottles of Hard Floor cleaner and LOADS of tools etc.

Arrived today

Hall carpets already cleaned. Fantastic buy!

I didn't pay for supersaver delivery or anything, just went for the free option which should have taken up to a week.

This thread has just cost me £161.

Just bought the Vax V-125 from Amazon. Like Tibni said, there is an offer for 5 bottles of free cleaning fluid at the moment - see here for details.

I just added both items to my basket, and the discount came off automatically. Also, if you use the code LOWERVAT, it reduces the VAT to 15%.

Very Need to tell DH now! ... actually just rung to ask him, and luckily he said 'fine, go for it'!

I have a Vax, not sure what model, it was half price in January sales about 2 years ago. I love it.

I have beige carpet and it gets most things up and very good at getting the heavy tread areas clean

I used to use the Vax cleaner stuff too though one time the carpet really needed cleaning and I'd run out of the real stuff so used normal clothes washing powder instead and it worked fine.

I'm always horribly fascinated at looking at the dirty water when I empty it

BTW the Amazon is a really good deal - the Agility 1-2-3 is not one of the cheaper ones, it is just heavily discounted at the moment! It retails for £249.99 from Vax (I think JL sold them at £199 when we got ours though). It's second from the All Terrain in terms of being top of the range, go for it!

Got the Agility - its great. I dropped a whole bottle of calpol on a cream carpet and it totally sorted it out. 6 year guarantee is pretty reassuring too.

Sorry here's the link in clickable form: www.amazon.co.uk/Vax-Agilty-Upright-Carpet-Washer/dp/B000Y7WKVG/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=121 0596632&sr=1-6

I hope!

Amazon have them at the moment and they seem to be discounted, I was thinking of getting this one as it's the cheapest, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vax-Agilty-Upright-Carpet-Washer/dp/B000Y7WKVG/ref=sr16?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen& qid=1210596632&sr=1-6

Anyone got this one, or think it's worth paying the bit extra for one of the more expensive ones?

I agree about not buying the expensive Vax liquid. We have used Mr Muscle floor cleaner on our carpets and they have come up a treat (do do a patch test first though)