are the carpet cleaners you can rent any good?

[mad4mybaby]

The ones you see in homebase etc?? I have a bissel but it is rubbish. Do i fork out on getting carpet professionaly done or hire one of the above? The carpet isnt very old but has alot of stains that just wont shift.

[DaisyBuchanon]

I've hired one from Homebase a few times and always been really pleased - if pleased is the right word for bucket loads of black water coming out of your carpet . They've never not shifted a stain and have attachments for the edges etc.

[pootleflump]

Is the one you're talking about red? I can't remember what it's called- Dirt Devil maybe? Anyway I've hired one before and thought it was fab, I'd definitely recommend.

[mad4mybaby]

do you remember how much it cost? Waiting for a quote from prof company. Also did it leave carpet wet? Did it get old stains?

[MaureenMLove]

Its a RugDoctor and I use them twice a year. Very effectively. IIRC, it was £21 forme to hire, which included enough shampoo for the stairs and landing and a 20ft sq living room. The carpets are slightly damp for a couple of hours, so if you can avoid walking on them, it's best to. You need to take 2 forms of ID with your address on and you can hire them for any length of time, but I usually get just a 24hr hire.

[mad4mybaby]

is rug doctor what you get from homebase? Does it get rid of old stains>?

[pucca]

I hired the rug doctor one, it did get loads of dirt out of my carpet but cost quite a bit and didn't get rid of any of the stains.

[MaureenMLove]

That's a shame Pucca. Yes, it is the one you hire from Homebase. I didn't think it was too expensive either and it did get out an old stain on the landing carpet. I won't go into what the stain was, for fear of blackening the good name of my paraletically drunk DH that night! I scrubbed that stain for weeks, but it kept coming back. The Rugdoctor took it out first time.

[expatinscotland]

We have a VAX one, well, it's the landlord's, and we're really impressed. It works great.

[pootleflump]

Rug Doctor- that's it! I was so impressed with it, I looked into buying our own but iirc they were around £500!