Bissell pro heat

ellie14

has anyone seen these carpet washers on offer anywhere or any codes knocking about,fancy the Bissell proheat.

andrew-b

Excellent machines...we bought one shortly after we got our dog for cleaning up his muddy pawprints. Ours was a reconditioned one that came directly from Bissell with 1 year warranty... i ordered the Powerwash Proheat and actually received the Aromapro worth about £50 more.

Links: http://www.bisselldirect.co.uk/products/reconditioned and http://www.bisselldirect.co.uk/products/deep-cleaners

Only downsides i can think of are it's weight and the cost of cleaning formula ...i'd be interested to know of cheaper suitable cleaning solutions for bissell deep cleaning machines?

Hope that helps

Andy

ellie14

I borrowed one couple of years back ,loved it the lady used B&Q own shampoo it worked a treat and not expensive I will plan to use that .

paddy's_mum

andrew - we must stop meeting like this - folks are beginning to talk!

I too have the ProHeat and swear by it. Bought ours two years ago from the reconditioned site you link to above and have been more than happy with its performance.

I use a tablespoon of Stardrops* to the container of water and find it economical and efficient.

* Stardrops is a little known (outside of mse, that is!) liquid detergent that can be used for a multitude of tasks. Think of it as better than Fairy liquid at half the price and you'll know why it has its own section on the Old Style board. Never seen it in Tesco but often buy it in Wilkinsons. Hope that helps.

dawnydee73

I used Ariel Liquid for colours last time I used mine, carpets came out great and smelt lovely too, so much cheaper than the stuff Bissell say you should use

andrew-b

Heh...yes we do keep bumping into each other! Thanks for the suggestions. I'll send OH to track some Stardrops down.

So far i've only used Wash & Protect (for pets) but can't really justify using it everytime the puppy comes running in leaving muddy pawprints (especially likes doing this just AFTER i've cleaned the carpet!). I've been trying to use it sparingly by setting the smartdial to use it more dilute than the "Normal" setting but obviously this is a compromise in cleaning power. Bissell Wash & Protect has the advantage of ScotchGuard but i don't really see the need to use it all the time. Incidentally my reconditioned cleaner also came with an extra bottle of Wash & Protect (rather than the cheaper Fibre Cleansing solution advertised at the time).

Andy

paddy's_mum

My personal view is that you use whatever detergent solution comes most easily to hand. Does it really matter if you use top-notch, custom built stuff or, as dawnydee suggests, a bio washing liquid.

When you think about it, you may buy top-of-the-range body creme, or el-cheapo shower gel or filch some multipurpose detergent from the last hotel you stayed at. Are they really that different, one from another or are they all pretty much based on a basic detergent?

My feeling is that so long as you own the machine, it is your choice what detergent you use in it. Experimentation will often show you which way to go - if you use cheap shampoo and the carpets are dirty again a fortnight later, then you upgrade by one degree?

andrew - I really, honestly, don't mean to be critical but is there no way you can either intercept your muddy puppy at the door, or redirect him to a carpet offcut and 'soak towel' bed, or just lift your good carpets for a few months until he is older and more trained? We have three dogs, plus an acre of grounds and all our dogs go instantly to their beds at the dining room/back door lobby whenever readmitted to the house (and Lord knows, I'm nobody's idea of houseproud!) We line their beds with offcuts of wool carpet (chuck out when really dirty) charity shop dog towels, chopped to size charity shop duvets ... whatever is cheap and cheerful, or easy to clean or quickly wash and dryable.

Only my own ideas to cope with wet/muddy/hairy dogs but it works for me - can't be doing with wielding a heavy cleaner when one bellow from eyes-in-the-back-of-her-head me gets the dogs skittering into their beds. "Me, Mum? Leave muddy footprints on your clean floor? Nah - must've been the cat!!"