Vax Rapide Spring Carpet Washer, Cleaning Width 25 cm, 500 W - Orange

As a dog breeder with lots of carpet and lots of dogs (I hate laminate!) I have to work hard to keep my carpets clean. I have the bigger Vax which is great, but it has to live in the garage and is cumbersome to use, so I wanted something that would fit in my under stairs cupboard and would be easy to use quickly. This is fantastic and ticks all my boxes! It's cleaned my carpets a treat without much effort. Yes, it's noisy but that doesn't bother me. The little filter underneath the tank blocks quite quickly, but it's seconds to clear it; glad I read other reviews though or I wouldn't have known where to find it. My only niggle is that the cord isn't as long as my big vax, but I can live with that! I found it didn't soak the carpets as other reviews have said - you just have to get the hang of using the trigger so you don't release too much liquid. I also found that one tank of water was enough to do my large 20ft lounge. Overall, easier to use and handle than my big vax, does the job well, and only paid £50! Excellent!

I used to have a Vax rapide match however various parts became damaged over the years and the cost of replacing them meant I may as well buy a new carpet cleaner. I wanted one with the upholstery tool but only the considerably more expensive models have this now.I'm very happy with this new Vax. Though It has its pros and cons in comparison with my old one.ProsMore lightweight, my old one was too heavy to use oftenEasier to clean overall and a lot less messy thanks to the little pouring hole on the dirty water tank. My old one was emptied by taking out the filter, turning upside down and hoping for the best.Static brush bar is more effective than rotating brush bar. Also the overall quality of the clean is superior.Looks wise it's quite attractive, matches my HenryEasy to storeThe consWire isn't as long and hot water tank doesn't hold as much, and because of this I can only clean one room at a time before having to unplug it and refill itThe click into place button for the hot water tank is very cheap and tacky and I do worry it would break easily.The pre motor filter is very flimsy and easily lost. However to be fair, at least it has one, my old model didn't have a pre motor filter and though it was said in the instructions that it wasn't needed there were occasions where water did leak into there.The Vax AAA solution didn't work well with this machine and somehow caused it to emit a high pitched shrieking noise. I find a drop of Dr Bronner's Sal Suds far more effective and no shrieking noise.Carpets are still left fairly damp at the end and take 5-6 hours to dry, to be fair though this is nowhere near as bad as a few years ago when carpet cleaners would leave the carpet so sodden that it would take up to 48 hours to dry with all the windows open.I don't think it would be great on stairs but as I currently live in a flat this Isn't a problem. For the price it's pretty good.

Received today and used today. Absolutely fantastic!! For the size and price of the machine fabulous results.You will be amazed how much dirt is lifted from carpets/rugs and what the filters pick up too. Tested on a medium sized very long pile rug (2"-3" pile) no problems whatsoever. Yes, the machine is loud but it does the job so quickly and efficiently I feel that I can put up with a short burst of noise to get such clean rugs. Easy assembly (just 3 screws) and easy to use I cannot fault this machine at all. I would highly recommend. I am totally amazed by the results I have seen and can't wait to get started on my other rugs. Best electrical product I have ever purchased. If you are hesitating over purchase - don't - go ahead and buy you will not be disappointed.

Does what it says on the tin, and a good little unit. However it would benefit from hand tools (which it doesn't purport to come with, to be fair) and disappointingly the catch for the water tank has broken so now need to work out how to get a replacement as the return window for the unit has passed 😕

Have had this 7 months and used about 4 times. The only downside is the extremely high pitch noise it gives off when in use. The noise is intermittent and can sometimes be stopped by putting the top tank on and off again a few times.I still think this is a 5* item though. Especially for what you pay. Extremely easy to use compared to the old cylindrical vax I had which weighed a tone and you had to spend ages setting it up as a carpet cleaner and then cleaning it again after use.With this one, I just leave the tanks on my draining board for 24 hours and they dry fully, no smells etc.It's not designed to to a thorough deep clean and I think nk if that's what you're looking for, you're better off hiring. It does however get an extremely satisfying amount of dirt out of my rugs (I have 2 dogs) . It leaves them slightly damp but they dry quickly. Everything smells lovely and fresh and you can do a rug in 10 minutes maximum.