Hoover Shampooer

You've had a rug shampooer for a number of years now but you're starting to wonder. Is it getting too old? Would a newer rug shampooer be a good idea? How do you know when it's time to replace it anyhow?

Sometimes it's obvious that you need to replace a machine. A complete breakdown where it's more expensive to repair than replace will send most of us out shopping. Other times it's not so obvious.

It may be working more or less, for example, but not really scrubbing out the dirt and stains anymore. If you aren't satisfied anymore that your carpets are really getting clean, maybe it's time to consider a new rug shampooer.

There may also be just some slight leakage or trailing of dirty water onto your carpets as you clean them. This makes the process of getting your carpets truly clean incredibly frustrating, as there's always that little bit coming back out. It may even result in streaks of dirt being left on your carpet after cleaning.

Sometimes these issues can be taken care of with minor repairs by a qualified technician. It may not hurt to find out what a tune up would cost for your rug shampooer. If it's reasonably priced and sounds like it will take care of the issues you've been dealing with, go try it. No point in replacing a perfectly good machine when minor repairs will make it work well again.

It's when you get beyond the minor repairs or the easily found parts that you definitely need to start thinking on buying a new rug shampooer.

Sadly, this can happen not too many years after a purchase. Most household appliances, electronics and so forth these days aren't really made to last or to be repaired.

They're made to be replaced. That's a big part of why they're so cheap and are made of cheap parts. You have to keep buying more if you want the convenience you've gotten used to.

That's not to say buying a brand new rug shampooer is all bad. You get a machine that cleans your carpets better than the old one did, most likely. You don't have whatever little annoyances you were dealing with from the old machine.

In replacing an old rug shampooer, you probably know better what you want, which can result in a better replacement being selected. You know which features you liked and disliked. You know how you really use the shampooer.

This means you know which features you don't need to concern yourself with as you shop, and which you might consider particularly valuable. You may want a rug shampooer that also rates well on cleaning upholstery. You may not care in the least about that feature.

You may want one that works on hard floors as well as carpets. Then again, you may have other ways you'd rather clean your hard floors.

You may love the idea of controlling how much shampoo is used on different areas of your carpet. Then again, you may be just fine with spraying extra shampoo manually, and not care for extra features that might break.

If you have to shop for a new rug shampooer because your old one isn't working so well anymore, you know a lot about what you need. Think it over as you shop for a new one.