Product DescriptionThe Hoover SteamVac Lite makes deep cleaning your carpet as easy as vacuuming. It's lightweight, maneuverable, and full of convenient features like a folding handle for easy storage, a removable tool caddy for your above the floor cleaning, and a powerful 12 amp motor to give you all the power needed. The machine's five Spinscrub brushes combined with direct heat to the carpet clean your carpet fibers on all sides very effectively. Also, the brushes conveniently pop out for easy cleaning. The SteamVac Lite is a great and easy way to clean.
Equipped with a powerful 12 amp motor, this lightweight, simple-to-maneuver machine makes deep cleaning carpets as easy as vacuuming. The unit works by applying, scrubbing, and removing hot tap water and cleaning solution from carpets. Its five rotating SpinScrub brushes, combined with direct heat to the carpet, work together to gently loosen dirt and effectively clean the fibers on all sides. Two brush speeds provide added flexibility, plus the brushes pop out for quick rinsing. Even more, side by side tanks ensure the clean solution stays separate from the extracted dirty solution, which means dirty water never gets put down on the carpet. To help with above-floor cleaning, the unit supplies a handy removable tool caddy that can hold a variety of cleaning tools. Other thoughtful details include a folding handle for compact storage, an 8-foot hose for cleaning more stairs and upholstery without having to move the unit, and a 24-foot power cord that allows for moving around freely with less time spent searching for an outlet. The carpet cleaner measures approximately 20 by 11-1/4 by 44 inches and carries a one-year warranty.
Customer Reviews
Very Pleased - Worth the Money for Sure!
I recently purchased this carpet cleaner, got a great deal and only paid $105 for it. I was initially confused because it is called "Lite" on this site but nowhere on the box or papers is the unit called "Lite". I compared the weight of this machine to the regular Hoover SteamVac and they were exactly the same. I liked the design of this one better so I purchased it.
I used it to clean several rooms of carpet so far that have not been cleaned (other than regular vacuuming) in 5 years. I thought it did a great job. Before we purchased this unit, we rented a Rug Doctor to do one of our rooms upstairs. This Hoover unit got the carpets just as clean as the Rug Doctor did. The water output looked pretty much the same level of dirtiness with both machines. The biggest difference was the carpet was left wetter with the Hoover. That was easily handled by setting up a few fans and within 4-6 hours the carpet was dry to the touch and was completely dry all the way down by 8-10 hours.
The Hoover was SO easy to use I almost couldn't believe it. The unit was ready to use right out of the box, all you had to do was fill the water tank. I loved that the motion was basically the same as vacuuming and it was no harder to move this machine then a regular upright vacuum. I used the water spray for the first pass and then usually made 2 more passes with just suction. I was able to finish my rooms very quickly. Based on the look of the water returned after cleaning, the Hoover did a great job of extracting the dirt from the carpets. To me that's the most important thing.
In doing my research to purchase a carpet cleaner, I found that there is no perfect product. The ones that get the carpet drier are usually large and bulky to use. The lighter-weight ones like the Hoover do a great job with the cleaning but don't extract as much of the water leaving the carpet wetter. I feel that for the price, you can't beat this Hoover. It's so easy to use in every way, from set-up to cleaning to clean-up, that having to set up a few fans to help the carpet dry faster is well worth it. For the price and the ease of using the machine, this is one of the best out there.
Light and effective
I got this while it was on sale, and was very pleased. It does a good job of cleaning both carpet and furniture. It is light and easy to move around, much easier than the vacuum.
It does have some drawbacks to the design. The intake and outake canisters are a little tricky to open at first but you get the hang of it. Also, to drop the handle back you have to press on the right hand foot pedal and it is a bit hard to get it to release.
As another poster pointed out, it does not suck up the water really great. This is only a problem when you have really tough stains that get overly wet. For normal use, simply pushing it over the spot a few imes without pressing the water release will dry it sufficiently. On the whole, I would say it is an excellent all purpose steam cleaner. However, if you want to clean up pet stains, you might need something that is more like a wet vac that can suck up a lot of water.
I did not have any problems with it cleaning all the stains on the carpet. The carpet looked like new afterwards, with a nice soft nap - and so did the furniture.
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