HooverSmartwash Automatic Carpet Cleaner Machine, FH52000, Turquoise

Ask even people in Boulder City, they will tell you that this Hoover really is a dam good machine! It really sucks! The only thing in life that should!No, seriously, this is a great household carpet cleaner, especially for those of us who have kids, pets, or have accidents. Don’t be a dairy farmer and cry over spilt milk – just suck it up! - but use this Hoover SmartWash Vacuum carpet cleaner wisely.I got the best results by first using an ordinary vacuum cleaner – a Hoover or “any other dam machine” with a rotating carpet brush or so to pick up leaves, twigs, mud, and/or any other form of loose dirt.Then run this carpet cleaner with the correct dosage of carpet cleaning solution in the water supply tank and do that for a few 5 passes or so. Proceed to press the dry run button – press long and firmly – the button is on the left side of the cleaner at the top, and it turns green when you run the cleaner on the dry setting with the dry run dirty water vacuum return pickup button activated - which you will know is on when a green light shines in the on/of-button. When shing green - only the dry vacuum function is working, sucking back up any remaining water in your carpet, with both your forward and backward movements of the carpet cleaner.This vacuum cleaner picks up water from your carpet in the full width of the clear (double-sided clear plastic and removable) front cover. You can observe the recycled water as it mixes with air, showing in the front cover as a whitish, slightly tiny bubbles fluid racing through the removable front cover, moving up from the carpet & floor and being focused in the center of the cover.You can observe this return water both when you use the dry-vacuum-only function and when you use the default combined wet & dry function on movement back and forward until all removable water is gone from your carpet.So, when no more water can be extracted from your cleaning area, you are either done, or if some dirt and discoloration remain, then run the carpet cleaner on the wet-&-dry function and the only-dry cycles again.The default wet-cycle function is really a combined wet-&-dry cycle as you dispense water with cleaning solution on the forward motions of the carpet cleaner and do suck most of it back up on the backward motions of the carpet cleaner.If the carpet cleaner rises in revolutions, so an obviously higher rate of engine revolutions and accompanying sound can be heard, that is your clue to know, that the front cover has been dislodged and an air leak is present in the vacuuming up of recycled cleaning water from the floor or carpet, which will prevents most of the water vacuum recycling from happening.If this happens, stop and turn off your carpet cleaner – use the red foot pedal-button on the left side of the carpet cleaner to turn off (and on) and reset the front cover, as your carpet cleaner now has lost most of its water vacuuming capability and needs the front cover reset fully straight and perfectly lodged in flush in both sides and in both in the front and the back - to be in full operating order of maximum vacuum.I actually placed two pieces of clear shipping tape over the edges of the front end of the front cover over to the carpet cleaner's main body sides to prevent this dislodging of the front cover with a resulting leak in the vacuum function.This clear tape-fix seemingly works well, does not show much, and really is a cheap fix on a design flaw that keeps your carpet cleaner working as intended at all the times with its maximum capacity to water vacuum.When you need to remove the front cover, just remove the tape and proceed as per the rest of the manufacturer's directions.This Hoover should be the only thing in your life that really sucks! Dirt, water, and anything dissolved in it – but do not use on flammables liquids, acids, or similar chemical fluids!Don't leave dirty water in the recycling tank! Unlike wine, it does not improve with time!End of rhyme.

I was worried after reading the reviews, but this came the same day I ordered it and it was heaven sent. I train service animals, and I recently got a puppy that has been the biggest training challenge I have ever faced. She has a habit of finding food and things to chew that makes her vomit or have bad diarrhea, and while I have most of my carpet covered by washable rugs, she chooses to do her business and throw up on the carpet. I make sure all food and chewables are out of reach, but her breed is very smart at finding things and hoarding them (golden doodle).I had a bissel spot carpet cleaner that was on its last legs, and went over a stain 7 times with no luck. This cleaner came in and I got it out with one pass. It was an ugly yellow goldfish throw up stain, but now you’d never know it was there. I’ve used it now multiple times on her most recent diarrhea incidences and have been amazed at how quickly it comes up. I used to have to go over a spot 3-7 times with my large carpet cleaner or my spot cleaner, but this gets it in 2 passes at most.If you need it for pets, this is the one to go with.

I used to have a small upholstery cleaner that only worked for furniture. Since my home is partially carpeted and I have young kids who constantly make messes, I needed something more powerful. After lots of research, last year I decided to try the Hoover SmartWash, and it’s been a total game changer.What I love most is how easy it is to use. You just push it forward to wash and pull it back to dry — that’s it! Even my kids can help (and they love it). The separate clean water and solution tanks make refilling and cleaning much easier and more hygienic.The hose attachment is long and flexible, making it great for couches, corners, and stairs. It pulls up a lot of dirt — more than I expected!The only downside is that it’s pretty loud while running. But honestly, the results are worth it. My carpets look refreshed, smell better, and dry surprisingly fast.Highly recommend it for any busy household with carpets and kids!

This thing is awesome. My carpets were kind of gross—normal wear over 5+ years (we’ve been here for over 5 years and I’m not sure how old the carpet was before we moved in) and life with 4 pets. Nothing horrific. But this cleaner made them look like new! Well, other than still being flattened out. But that’s not the machine’s fault, lol. Definitely vacuum thoroughly before using. I did twice and it was still spitting out hairballs.It is easy to assemble and easy to clean. The water and solution tanks are good sizes. It’s not super heavy but feels durable. The dry option (especially dry-only) is super nice. Any section I washed over took maybe 45 minutes tops. I DID go over each spot in dry-only mode 2-3 times though.Really my only complaint is if you leave it sitting someplace while it’s not running with water in the water tank, it will leak. However, leaking seemed to be a problem no matter what cleaner I read reviews on.Overall I’m very happy with this machine.