Carpet & Rug Cleaning Tips and How-Tos

Learn my tips on how to clean dog hair out of carpet, especially on the stairs. I also recommend the best vacuum to remove dog hair.

What's the difference between the Neato Botvac 70e, 75, 80 and 85 robot vacuums?

We tested six top rated and top selling vacuums from Hoover, Shark, Dyson, Miele and Bissel and rated them according to durability and best overall value. The results surprised us and will you too.

Dyson DC44 Vs DC59, where do the differences between them lie? Which offers the best value for the money DC44 or DC59?

If you have dogs, dust, and dirt to contend with in your home or car, you're going to love the lightweight, easily adaptable Shark Lift-Around Canister vacuum. It's intuitive and intelligent!

Very few products that I've purchased in my lifetime have had the positive quality-of-life impact as has this amazing little floor cleaning robot.

A product review of the Shark Navigator NV22L. This includes: the pros, the cons, basic troubleshooting tips, the customer care number, and my personal experience with the Shark Navigator.

Upright vacuums today have many features that make them great for most households. People with pets and allergies will benefit from the new technologies included in these designs.

Tips on getting the best results when using a carpet shampoo machine.

Treat your carpet stains with simple and inexpensive homemade carpet cleaning solutions.

Save money by making your own carpet deodorizer at home. Using a few simple ingredients you already have in your kitchen, you can easily make a greener, fresher version of commercial carpet freshener.

When you do the “the big clean”, you really need to know what you’re doing and be prepared for a thorough job. My personal recommendation is to use The Rug Doctor. You can rent one of these in most supermarkets around the country. They’ll sell you all of the cleaning supplies you’ll need along with the machine. The machine itself will cost about $25 - $30 to rent for twenty-four hours.

Bleach spilled on your carpet? Need to know how to get it out or hide it? Here's some simple tricks that work, at least for the short term, if not long term.

This review compares an old Roomba 400 series against the least-expensive robotic vacuum I could find. Although normally unbranded, these low-priced Chinese vacuums are sometimes labeled with names such as Corile or Wohome.

A step by step home remedy for removing the odor of dog urine from carpets quickly without chemicals and how to find invisible stains with a UV black light!

What's the difference between the Dyson digital slim DC59 animal and the new DC59 motorhead version?