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Our Top Choice
Bissell SpotClean Pro Cleaner
Bissell has great experience in home cleaning and has been making products with superior quality and exciting innovation to make cleaning easier and less tedious.
It has a powerful vacuum suction, brushing action, and cleans carpet, upholstery, stairs, and hard to reach areas. It has a carrier handle and is lightweight.
It is a bit loud.
Corded
3/4 gallon
17.2lbs
Brush-clean technology
5 flex hose, 6" and 3" brush tools
Best Value
Hoover Spotless Portable Cleaner
For over a century, Hoover has been designing and making powerful and high-performance carpet cleaners for keeping your home squeaky clean from inside-out.
Deep-cleans your carpets and upholstery with powerful suction. Long hose allows you to reach into corners. Its compact design makes it easy to use and store.
Cannot hold much water.
Corded
51 oz
13.5 × 15 × 8 inches; 9lbs
Self-clean technology
Antimicrobial multipurpose tool
Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner
Rug Doctor is known to make well-engineered and high-performance carpet cleaners that give you the type of “clean” you only get from professionals.
The motorized brush scrubs into the surface to remove tough spots, and it retracts to help you reach into corners. Its small footprint makes it convenient to use with easy storage.
It is quite loud, but using ear plugs easily alleviates this issue.
Corded and handheld
64oz
15lbs
Handheld, oscillating & motorized
Retractable handheld brush
Steamfast Canister Steam Cleaner
Since 1999, Steamfast has been helping its users stay away from chemical cleaning by providing them with easy-to-use spot cleaners that use pressurized steam.
Hot water naturally deep-cleans and neutralizes odors, and since it’s just water, you can use this cleaner to clean practically anything. The wheels make it easy to move around.
It is very loud when used in an enclosed area.
Steam cleaner
48oz
12.99×17.32 ×11.1 inches;10.06lbs
Pressurized-steam technology
Steam mop attachment
Dirt Devil Bagged Handheld Vacuum
Dirt Devil is known for making innovative, long-lasting, and easy-to-use hand-held vacuum cleaners that help you get rid of dirt.
Its motorized brush with 2-speed keeps moving to dislodge dirt and then vacuums it. It has a long power cord that allows you clean large areas without unplugging it.
The suction is not strong.
Ultra corded handheld
Info not provided
4.45lbs
Microfresh filtration technology
Crevice and stretch host tools