All in all it's about the easiest to use, easiest to replace belts and refill, just an all around good machine. Read full review A few weeks ago my cat vomited and I needed to apply the SpotBot 3 times to cover the stain. I realized I had taken about half an hour to clean up the mess, and it didn't do that great a job. And the spotbot leaves very characteristic circular swirls in the carpet that are not very attractive. I realized that if I had an upright carpet cleaning machine, it would probably have taken less time and definitely would have done a better job. So after a lot of research I bought the Bissell Big Green. We have 3 large canine kids all who reside in the house, where they belong. Of course, most of the carpeting in our home is an off white berber style carpet. We have tried everything over the years from professional carpet cleanings to various rental carpet cleaners and we have owned a number of machines ourselves. Recently, our neighbors allowed us to borrow their new Rug Doctor Mighty Pro X3 to clean our carpets. It worked well and I decided it was time to buy our own machine (again). I am a cat owner and my cats seem to have a passion for soiling my carpets with vomit mainly but also occasionally feces and urine. I have been a SpotBot Pet owner for many years and I have always liked it because it's a "set it and forget it" thing. It usually didn't get the stain all the way out but it did as well as I would do if I was scrubbing the carpet by hand with the benefit that I didn't have to apply so much elbow grease.

It's been 2 days since I did this and spots have NOT magically returned. This is a major win. I will try to update this post after a total 1 week has passed to see if it still holds. If so, I'd call this an absolute winner, where other products have completed the job or professionals have left and within two days spots have returned. That has not yet occurred in this case. Heavy-duty suction power works extra hard to extract dirt and odours from your carpet and upholstery Now, I did follow the recommendation of at least one reviewer in this review group that doubled up on the solution, and it worked. I'm not recommending that for you. Just telling you my experience and what worked for me. We have SEVERAL pets to which I won't mention how many but I will say I don't have enough fingers to count them all. We love our fur babies and other pets. We also like having a clean floor and clean house. The floor is the biggest battle in our household. The Big Green™ Deep Cleaning Machine is BISSELLs first Professional carpet cleaning machine designed to withstand the rigours of everyday use, designed to give professional results.This carpet cleaning machine seems like a commercial grade machine, in the same class as the Rug Doctor machines you can rent from the grocery store. However, it cleans better than the Rug Doctor, it vacuums better than the Rug Doctor (leaving less water on the carpet), is mostly easier to use than the Rug Doctor, with one exception -- the Big Green works more like a vacuum cleaner in that you push it out in front of you with the handle, but this means you need more room behind it because the effective length of the machine is longer. There's no way they could make it shorter and still make it as easy to use, though. Powered by an incredibly strong 1400W motor, the BISSELL Big Green Carpet & Upholstery Washer features 8 rows of DirtLifter Powerbrushes to provide professional results. The Rug Doctor we borrowed from the neighbors worked better than the upright Hoover Pet Machine and another similar upright "vacuum cleaner" looking carpet cleaners we have owned. Usually, the biggest flaw in these upright machines which are styled like vacuum cleaners are that they don't extract the water and cleaning solution well (weak suction) which leaves the carpets wet. Also, they have small water holding tanks for both clean water and extracted water. Small tanks mean a lot of filling and emptying of those small tanks. Every minute spent filling or emptying dirty water tanks is a minute NOT spent cleaning the carpets. You can spend more time emptying and filling those small tanks than you actually spend cleaning the carpets. The 2.8 metre hose with an attached stair tool gives you the flexibility to handle spot stains or deal with those above ground areas such as stairs, upholstery and even car interiors. Last minute decided on this, and we love it. It does a great job, and once the carpet is looking clean I go over it all once more with hot water and a cup of peroxide to extract extra soap. This unit blows a lot of hot air under the machin e so I leave it set in the middle while running empty to speed dry.

Once I was done with the cleaning process, I emptied the dirty and clean water tanks and rinsed thoroughly. Then I put about 1/2 gallon of plain water (No solution) in the fresh water tank and ran that over the clean floor by spraying the water just as if I were cleaning the floor. I didn't use the full half gallon. I ran enough water through until I felt the solution was pretty well cleaned out. Probably a total of 1-2 minutes of total trigger squeeze. This was to allow fresh water to run through the machine to clear out the solvents in the lines that carry the solution from the clean tank to the sprayer nozzle. I can't confirm this was or was not long enough. Just going on experience to avoid damage of the unit while in storage. Once that was all done. The carpet was completely dry by the time we went to bed. So probably 4 hours or less. The Big Green Bundle comes with 4 bottles of full sized formula (4 x Wash & Remove Pro Total, 1 x Pet Stain Eraser Pre-Treat) for those tough to remove stains. This bundle is great for setting you up with everything that you'll need for multiple clean ups. The flow indicator shows the flow of water and solution in the machine. When the indicator stops spinning, you will need to fill the tank with more water and BISSELL solution Also it comes complete with a sample bottle of BISSELL carpet cleaning solution so you’re ready to clean in minutes