A look into the mysterious realm of Carpet Vacuum Shampoo machines where prices vary a lot, and sales jargon supports a high price. After a lucky find at Bunnings Hardware I found a Vax Compact Power Carpet Washer for $173 AUD. I had already investigated the price of a Hoover PowerDash Pet on Amazon and it varied between $87 $100 USD with a huge $113 USD shipping fee. So I looked on Amazon Australia and the price was a whopping $550 AUD. This started to expose to me the mysterious price drift in the Carpet Shampoo Vacuum marketplace. I only became aware of the Hoover PowerDash Pet via a simple review on NewBeanMeister22 channel.

I thought my carpets were very clean, the Dyson V8 stick vacuum does a really good job. But once I put the Vax Compact Power Carpet Washer over our 3 carpets I was astonished how much filth it was able to remove from the carpets. The water collection tank had black gunk with pet & carpet lint.
This machine is a compact style model which holds 1lt of fluid. I had to do 3 resets of the machine to clean our carpets. It's a very easy machine to clean out and reset. The amount of cleaning fluid required is minimal. I have owned Vax Compact Power Carpet Washer for 8 months and each time I clean the carpets I notice the amount of gunk lifted from the carpet is less.

In the strangest way I did find a Bissell Redi Clean PowerBrush Pet thrown out as rubbish. This Carpet Shampooer looked to be in very good condition and isn't very old. I took it home and find that it stills works. I will investigate this at some point in the future.

Carpet Vacuum Shampoo machines are something you wouldn't use weekly. This smaller style of Vacuum is suited for high traffic areas and isolated stains. But doing a bigger job can be done if your prepared to keep refilling the water tank and emptying out the dirty water. There is a small filter that's easy to clean out and removing hair and carpet fibre from the roller is not difficult. And maybe the secret to keeping these styles of machines working is to keep on top of the dirt and hair that can get trapped around the roller.

I'm very happy with my Vax Compact Power Carpet Washer more so because I paid $173 for it and not the $550 that was being asked on Amazon for the Hoover Powerdash Pet which is an identical Carpet Shampooer.

Links to NewBeanMeister22 videos I grabbed stills from

Hoover PowerDash Pet Compact Carpet Cleaner In Action
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Hoover PowerDash Pet Compact Carpet Cleaner; Brush Removal and Cleaning    • Hoover PowerDash Pet Compact Carpet C...  

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