Used my PowerScrub Deluxe the other day and discovered that the brushes on the bottom wouldn't turn. Ah, I've been down that road before. Another broken turbine, the mechanism that drives the brushes in most Hoover carpet cleaners via the exhaust air from the suction motor. I've replaced it once before after the warranty ended. It's not that expensive ($35 on eBay) it's just that it's a little annoying for it to break (about eight months after Turbine #1 was replaced). A couple more of those and I would have spent what I paid for the Hoover (bought it on sale for around $120). It seems that moisture ends up into the casing of the turbine assembly and wrecks the bearings (seized by rust). I actually take the time to detach the brush unit from the bottom to clean/dry it after each use in addition to wiping down the bottom of the machine.
My other beef is that the extraction isn't that great. The carpets aren't left sopping wet but they are a little more than damp (I have the ubiquitous fluffy white carpet). The upholstery tool that you use on furniture or on your car's carpet or upholstery doesn't have the greatest suction and the sprayer makes a bit of a mess.
So, I've been thinking...I've never used or rented a Rug Doctor but I figured that those machines must be pretty rugged to be used in hundreds of people's homes year in and year out. From a quick glance, the Mighty Pro X3 seems like the exact same models of the red ones they rent out in the stores. The performance of these seem awesome based on some of the videos I've seen on YouTube. One guy used a Mighty Pro X3 to clean the thoroughly trashed carpets in one of his rentals (beige carpet turned black) and the results were very awesome. The carpet, which looked like a certain total loss before the cleaning, looked brand new.
I've been thinking about buying an X3 and setting my Hoover out to the curb, once and for all. The Hoover is not a bad-performing machine but it could be better and it certainly is not a sturdy machine able to last a decade, let alone past the warranty period. I'm just wondering what your opinions are on the Rug Doctor Mighty Pro X3? Is it really of the same caliber as the commercial-grade machines they rent in stores? Anyone on here own one? Does anyone think I could get a decade or more out of it, or at least more than five years (or past the typical pathetic "just outside of the one-year warranty"?
Is it a good unit? Should I buy one or am I better off saving my $400 and giving my Hoover one last chance?
My other beef is that the extraction isn't that great. The carpets aren't left sopping wet but they are a little more than damp (I have the ubiquitous fluffy white carpet). The upholstery tool that you use on furniture or on your car's carpet or upholstery doesn't have the greatest suction and the sprayer makes a bit of a mess.
So, I've been thinking...I've never used or rented a Rug Doctor but I figured that those machines must be pretty rugged to be used in hundreds of people's homes year in and year out. From a quick glance, the Mighty Pro X3 seems like the exact same models of the red ones they rent out in the stores. The performance of these seem awesome based on some of the videos I've seen on YouTube. One guy used a Mighty Pro X3 to clean the thoroughly trashed carpets in one of his rentals (beige carpet turned black) and the results were very awesome. The carpet, which looked like a certain total loss before the cleaning, looked brand new.
I've been thinking about buying an X3 and setting my Hoover out to the curb, once and for all. The Hoover is not a bad-performing machine but it could be better and it certainly is not a sturdy machine able to last a decade, let alone past the warranty period. I'm just wondering what your opinions are on the Rug Doctor Mighty Pro X3? Is it really of the same caliber as the commercial-grade machines they rent in stores? Anyone on here own one? Does anyone think I could get a decade or more out of it, or at least more than five years (or past the typical pathetic "just outside of the one-year warranty"?
Is it a good unit? Should I buy one or am I better off saving my $400 and giving my Hoover one last chance?
