Rugdoctor. Worth it?

[belindarose]

The manky carpets in our house are particularly horrible but can't afford to replace at the moment. DD won't wear slippers and her socks are always disgusting! Fortunately it's mostly hard floors which I do keep clean. Are those rug doctor things worth the money to hire, or should I just be on my hands and knees with a floor cloth?

I used one for my bedrooms. The carpets were filthy and I was really happy with the results

I do hands and knees in between rug doctor-ing. It has worked really well in our house and the carpets feel nicer to walk on for days weeks after.

We need it again soon before we turn the heating off (carpets dry quicker!).

Are they quite hard work to use?

not really, but imo they do not get right to the edges and you have to make sure you go over it all carefully, overlapping iykwim so that you don't leave streaks...... this was v. visible on my cream carpet.

I now have my Mum's vax carpet washer on permenant loan and it is much better imo

You often see them on half price deals for under £100 so works out cheaper in the long run.

Or see if someone you know has one you could borrow?

Well worth doing in my opinion. I do ours twice a year, and it keeps our lovely rugs in good nick, and takes the edge off the tatty fitted carpets we can't afford to replace yet.:o

Yes worth doing, it made quite a differnce, be prepared to be horrified at the colour of the water coming out of the carpet though

i did this two weeks ago (when the weather was good). I have cream carpets in my living room which had been subjected to a 2 year old, a 9 year old, a dog and a husband. The carpet was disguisting. I was embarrased to have people around it was so bad. THe rug doctor machine brought it up beautifully. I do it about every quarter. Takes away the dog smell from the house and the carpets are dry in a couple of hours.

Thouroughly recommend it.

Ooh IguessIhavetosuckitup, I rate emptying the used water canister up there with blackhead squeezing when it comes to shite porn.:o

Popping in half way through my first rug doctor experience.
So far so good: it's picked up about half a cat full of cat hair and a load of mud. Not made much difference to the stains that no stain remover will shift, as far as I can tell, but it'll be an improvement just to get rid of the ground-in cat hair.

The first half of the room is now drying. Then I have to move all the furniture back, shift the furniture from the to-be-done half into the done half, hoover and then rug doctor. The rug doctor is heavyish - but all the furniture shifting is what makes this a really heavy job.

Now finished. Looking good, I think. Just waiting for the second half to finish drying.

Was worth the money - and I still have half the detergent left over in case I ever feel the need to do it again (in another 4 years...?).

I found it a right bugger to use and a waste of money. It was REALLY heavy for me to use on my own, and as I have a fairly small house it was difficult to maneuver round. It also left ugly streaks.

Recently I invested £60 in a good local company who did my entire house in under 2 hours, including a massive blob of wax I was hiding with a printer dithering about how to remove. They said they get a lot of work from people who were unhappy with the rug doctor.

If it's worked for you, excellent! :)