Bissell 1699N

Advantages: Easy to use, cleans well
Disadvantages: Doesn't get all the water up, large

...it's a pain to clean out. Overall this is the best steamer I have used and I love the cleaning solutions Bissell makes which you can find at wal-mart. It was a bit expensive but I feel like it was worth it because my carpets are always clean. ... Read review

Advantages: easy, simple, pretty fair job of cleaning
Disadvantages: does not completely get all the water back out of carpets

I have had one of these for over a year. There are many good qualities to it , 1.not very large 2.can take apart fairly easy and clean it 3.has a heat on or off option 4. has a small cord hook so that cord will pretty much stay out of the path you are working on 5. kids can operate it 6.has different levels, like-normal,high traffic,and waterproof 7. has handy little wand-so you can clean chairs, rugs, etc. 8. has handy water holder/dirty ...
...or dump out 9.plenty of brushes to provide better cleaning I would tell someone, If you can find it at a resonable price, like I found a refurbished one,then I would get it. Its not complicated and fairly lightweight. Sturdy front(God knows I have hit mine on just about everything) and it has never broken or cracked. ... Read review

Advantages: it gets the job done
Disadvantages: its heavy

I literally have to use this cleaner every week due to high traffic areas in my house. I found that this product is actually pretty handy. Its a bit heavy bit I workout so its no big deal. I have found that it doesn't pick all the water neither and I have to keep all the windows open to dry my carpet and I have to make sure to not turn the cleaner off while it is still parked on the rug so that I do not have one of those water tracks. I have really ... Read review

Advantages: cleans carpet ok
Disadvantages: takes some patience

This is a very nice little stem cleaner to have. It does alot of things when cleaning the carpet. It does not take long to stem clean the carpet either. It is very easy to push along the carpet and also very easy to put the cleaning stuff in it as well. It has lots od different kinds of features that you can use in cleaning the carpet too. It is not hard to empty out or any thing else. I have use a different kind in the past and it did not pick up ... Read review