A Fantastic Carpet Cleaner...
We used the Vax V-124 Dual V carpet cleaner as soon as we received it and were very surprised by the results. Having a beige carpet we always find it is mucky – it is constantly used by us, our toddler and the dog! After our initial test we found instantly that the carpet was a lot cleaner and set about cleaning the stairs carpet and upstairs. Again we were pleasantly surprised that the carpets did appear a lot cleaner.
In the past we have used other carpet cleaners and feel that they did not work so were very skeptical over whether this particular carpet cleaner would work. One thing we noticed was although it is a fabulous carpet cleaner it is certainly not a stain remover!!
The technical bits…. The machine is a beast! It is quite heavy (even the UPS delivery person struggled to carry the huge box) and large so make sure you do have suitable space to keep this when not in use.
It was very easy to setup – but do read the instructions before you start! The clean water (3.7l capacity) and solution are in separate containers and the dirty water fills in another separate tank (3.3l capacity). We found this handy as we were not wasting any of the solution when were no longer cleaning! We were shocked by how quickly the dirty water tank filled with dirty water, but it also proved the cleaner was doing its job!
This particular Vax has heated cleaning which I feel helps clean the carpets better than other cleaners, I certainly felt the heat when I was pulling the cleaner back towards myself.
Alongside heated cleaning the Dual V-124 Dual V has 5 brushes that gently scrub your carpets ensuring to get get deeper into the grain and giving it a thorough clean. The cleaner has an Automix system for mixing the clean water with the Vax Ultra Plus solution, we probably used around a third of the bottle just on our downstairs carpet, but for this it was certainly much much cleaner.
Neatly attached to the main section of the cleaner is a separate powered ‘SpinScrub’ hand tool (has 3 brushes), this is easily attached via the long hose (2.3m) to the clean and dirty water tanks in order to easily clean the stairs or upholstery. We found using this on slight spills seemed very effective as it was easy to control cleaning a small surface area.
The main On/Off Controls and also Wash/Rinse are on the main handle just lower than where you place your hand to grip the cleaner.
All in all a very easy to use and very sturdy carpet cleaner that does actually work. It is an aesthetically pleasing cleaner and when using because it is quite bulky you do feel it sticks to the floor ensuring it cleans everything in its path.
My own personal opinion is that the heated element of this cleaner and the brush technology ensures the Vax V-124A Dual V works better than any other cleaner and I will certainly be using it again and will recommend to friends. The price tag is a little hefty (RRP £329.99) but with a little shopping around a cheaper price can be found. Definitely worth the money and definitely worth trying!!