Bissell SpotBot Pet 33N8 Portable Deep Cleaner: Remove tough stains and pet odors at the push of a button with this hands-free portable deep cleaner. Uniquely designed brushes reach further into the carpet where the deepest part of the stain resides for complete spot removal — no elbow grease needed. Take a product tour.
I read the reviews before purchasing and was a bit concerned about some of the comments I saw, i.e. it makes one round clean spot that more noticeable than the stain, it creates a tuft of carpet fiber in the center of the circle, going through the cleaner solution quickly, and reports of some leaks.
The reason I purchased anyway was because of another review that said that she could deal with any minor issues if it meant she didn't have to clean the carpet manually. I was sold.
And I agree... The value you get in this is not having to go through the whole blot, spray, blot thing that takes forever (not to mention a TON of paper towel). All of the comments at put at the top from other reviews? Yep, I experienced the same things (except about one round clean spot - it's noticeable until it dries and once you vaccuum the area as per normal, it's completely gone). But my cat went through some major GI issues that resulted in regular vomitting from January until end of April. That's a LOT of blot, blot, blot, spray... etc. Plus that method isn't always completely effective.
Being able to put this thing on the area to take care of it for me is competely worth the price in my mind. So you have to buy cleaner. So there are a few drips once in a while when you pick it up. So the spot takes a while to dry. At least it's clean (thoroughly) and I didn't have to do it.
***As another reviewer stated, definitely use the manual hose attachment to suck up more of the liquid once the SpotBot does it's thing. It dramatically shortens the drying time***
What's great about it: SO much better than using paper towel to blot, blot, blot, spray, wait to process, blot, blot, blot, repeat till clean
What's not so great: Usually have to run it, move it, run it, move it to get to the entire area needing cleaning since my cat vomits in motio