Vacuum Cleaners - Customer reviews - Hoover F5912900 TurboPower 5200 SteamVac Carpet Cleaner with Clean Surge

Manufacturer: Hoover

List Price: $199.99
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Average Customer Rating: -

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Name: Shiane
Location: NY
Date: 2007-03-30
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Excellent
Comment: We owned the first Hoover SteamVac for 15 years and it was great. This one (after doing my research) is almost identical and works really well. Hopefully it will also last a long time!

Name: Jean Barngraff
Location: Mesa, AZ
Date: 2007-08-13
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Gets carpets cleaner
Comment: This SteamVac is amazing. I paid professional carpet cleaners to steam clean my carpet and was disappointed. I decided to invest in this carpet cleaner instead of paying to have the carpets done again. The carpet looked much better after I cleaned it with the Hoover F5912-900 TurboPower 5200. I used extra hot water (almost boiling) which I think gives better results. After doing the house one time, the machine has already paid for itself and I'm sure will do so over and over again in the future. I highly recommend this
steam cleaner.

Name: ProwlerRocks
Location: Pasadena, CA United States
Date: 2007-02-15
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Buy it NOW!
Comment: Wow..its amazing, almost as good if not just as good a professional cleaners! I rinsed it with hotwater after using the shampoo and everything's nice and fluffy. Dog stains came out easy!

Name: J. Cupp
Location: CA
Date: 2008-02-08
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great deal for the $$$
Comment: I was a little scared at first to try this product after reading all the negative reviews. But I really did my homework and it paid off!

I use the steamer on all my carpets in my house. My carpet is the typical household carpet thickness and slightly off-white in color.

Step 1. Buying

I would buy from [...] because if you get one of the defective models that I have read about you won't have any problems returning it through [...].

Step 2. Assembling

Each time the UPS truck drives by you will look out the window... until it arrives! Make sure you have plenty of light so you can see what you are doing! They give you an extra screw, which despite me being careful I lost anyway! DO NOT force any of the parts, they are plastic and I am sure would break easily.

Step 3. Vacuuming

Being an electrical engineering student I love to figure out how things work and maximize the efficiency of the product. I have found that it is EXTREMELY important to vacuum your floors THOROUGHLY first. I know it is hard because right when your new Hoover arrives, you can't wait to try it out! Remember, lint and dust in the Hoover steamer lowers its performance, as dust and water don't mix and causes the lint to clog the Hoover's suction and put more strain on the motor. It isn't too hard to clean but you might as well just vacuum first. I also recommend vacuuming the floorboards with an attachment but it is not necessary. I have an old 12A Fantom vacuum and it does the job perfectly. I just want to emphasize vacuuming first because if you are buying this Hoover your house is probably filthy anyway :) .

Step 4. Steaming

You can use pretty much any carpet chemical in the Hoover. I would spot treat any really tough stains, but it isn't necessary. The key to getting your carpets really clean is to go through a lot of hot steamy water on your carpets not chemical solution! This is the worst and yet most gratifying part of your Hoover experience, emptying the dirty water. Yuck! Your carpets are filthy! Often you will have to empty and refill your dirty water and refill your hot steamy water respectively. Keep doing this until you get black water... then brown water... then milky water...

Step 5. Cleaning your Hoover

After you are exhausted you MUST make sure to wash out all your buckets and accessories, otherwise that grime will stick in your vacuum.

Conclusions:

Cons:
Not good for tile, not that great for upholstery, doesn't heat the water, requires constant water changing.

Pros:
This product has exceeded my expectations. I would highly recommend to any other smart person who wants to save money by not paying for a professional carpet cleaning crew. After 1 use it has already paid for itself! Just give yourself plenty of time to use it and to let your carpet dry.

Name: review
Location: CA
Date: 2007-03-18
Customer Rating: -

Summary: great machine
Comment: I am really happy with this purchase. It came in about 4 days.

I used it yesterday for my really dirty and stained hallway carpet (pet stains) and it left it clean and fluffy - really was a pleasure to see it this morning all clean and new looking.

The clean and dirty water tanks were easy to take out and put in - I am not mechanical and I have hand/arm problems, so it was important to be able to manage the tanks without needing alot of strenght nor difficult manuveuring - it was definitely easy, no problems.

I had tried another steam vac from a different manufacture and that was a waste of money. It didn't even spray, yet it leaked water, lots, when just left standing.

This vac does also leak, some, when standing - I found that the best thing is just to plan to use the whole tank before stopping - or use only half a tank at a time if for time or health reasons, so that you don't leave the clean water tank still with water when you are finished for the day.

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