Hoover SmartWash+ Automatic Carpet Cleaner Machine | Deep Cleaning Carpet Shampooer Machine, Pair with a Hoover Carpet Cleaner Solution for a Bright, Refreshed Home

Finally, someone designed an easy to use carpet cleaner that works amazingly well! This makes quick work of shampooing carpets, is lightweight enough to handle easily, and extracts dirt like a carpet cleaner should. This moves easily, puts down the cleaning solution and extracts the water from the carpet very well. I have used carpet cleaners my entire adult life and this is the first one I have been happy to break out to use often.

I bought this as a last resort after my little green machine died, and I inherited a very elderly dog who is prone to accidents*. I truly did not think that this would be the answer to all of my problems, however, I figured it would be worth a shot and cheaper than hiring or renting a carpet cleaner every month.When I took it out of the box, it was exceptionally easy to put together. It was lightweight, but I was skeptical as to how heavy it would be when filled with fluid and water. Assembly was easy, but we all know how these carpet cleaning gadgets can be when it comes to emptying and cleaning out the actual machine after using it.Imagine my absolute amazement when I finally decided to tackle the upstairs hallway stains and was more than pleasantly surprised that the machine works beautifully. Not only is it lightweight and easy to maneuver, there is also a clear indicator on the bottom when it is washing and drying, and you can easily set it to dry only mode when you want to get up the excess moisture without having to put more cleaning solution on the carpet.I went over problem spots multiple times, and I was not under any impression that it would get rid of every old stain immediately even with multiple passes. However, I was shocked at how well a job it did considering.One session in half of the bedroom and the hallway (going over multiple problems spots multiple times) just about drained both the water tank and the cleaning solution tank, but honestly, with the amount of carpet I have in my house vs. the cost of renting a carpet cleaner for the weekend, this thing has already paid for itself in my mind.After I cleaned, here comes the bad part: disassembling and making sure that the machine Itself is not disgusting when I’m done. The dirty water tank snapped off super easily, and I was able to empty it in the bathtub with no fuss and no dirty hands. Because I have pets, the area around the scrub brushes was a bit caked with residual wet hair (not embedded in the brushes, mind you, which I was shocked about) but I was easily able to snap the plastic piece off to also clean it in the tub.I no longer go upstairs and feel like I am walking on a giant expensive used pee pad. This even feels like it will be good for small jobs because it is so crazy easy to fill and clean. Maybe even easier than my little green machine.Time will tell if this will continue working as it has from this first time, but for now I am sold. 10/10.*The pup is well, just very old. She has regular vet visits and is on medication, she’s just very blind, deaf, and gets confused as to where she is sometimes. We’ve tried LOTS of things to try to get her not to do this. It’s not her fault, and if I had to live in a giant expensive pee pad to make her last days amazing I totally would! But now I’m glad I don’t have to! :)

I am happy with the performance of this carpet cleaner machine. I like the fact the waste water tank top opens fully making it easy to clean. I like that you can easily remove the brushes and cover for the brushes for easy cleaning. I love that there is a separate soap dispenser rather than having to add soap to the water tank. This makes it easier to rinse the soap out of the carpet by simply removing the soap dispenser, no need to empty a water/soap mix tank and refill with plain water. There is a small learning curve with managing how much water/soap is put down on the carpet, the slower you move the machine forward the more water/soap is put into the carpet. I tested first on a couple long carpet runners to figure out the right speed. With the right speed laying down the water/soap, sucking it up, rinsing with clean water then drying didn't take long at all and the carpet cleaned up well (we have two dogs). I am happy with the suction power. I would recommend this machine to others.The clean water tank had a small crack in the top of it right out of the box, but customer service was great and I had no problem getting a replacement, which I received in a short amount of time. Kudos to Hoover customer service.

We got this device to replace our older modeled Hoover power scrub that we got cheap back in 2018. That device worked well and seemed to get dirt and stains out well including ones created by our dogs. Fast forward to 2025 and that device was starting to lose its mojo and leaking, and it was also a giant pain to clean. In hindsight, I’m not even sure how we made it all those years without realizing that the spinscrub brushes were ideal for trapping dog hair and probably didn’t do the best for our carpet type. And I only know this because of this new carpet cleaner.The Hoover SmartWash addresses all of the downsides we experienced from our previous one. Pros –1) It is super easy to clean. I can easily take apart and clean the entire device after each use or room that is cleaned. As for dog hair, it doesn’t stick in the rotating brushes, and the hair is easy to get out of other areas of the device meaning I don’t have to worry about clogs.2) There is no button to hold down for the washing or water cleaning function. The powerscrub unit required that I hold a button on the handle to have the device wash the carpet or to spit out water. The “smart” function for this cleaner means it just knows that forward is clean and back is meant to dry. If I just want to dry, there is a button to click (but not hold!) for the drying function only.3) The water isn’t always soapy. On the powerscrub device the soap dispenser was in the same unit as the water. There was a switch to make the water soapy, but it was pretty evident that this just made all of the water in the container soapy until you used it up. This seemed like a waste particularly if you were doing sections of a room and wanted to brief just use clean water and not soapy water. The SmartWash model keeps the soap separate from the water tank. No odd combo of soap with the water while cleaning.4) This thing just cleans better and is quicker than our powerscrub model. What rooms once took hours can be done in less than an hour and it takes less effort to get the carpet cleaner.There are also a couple of downsides or noticeable quirks that we experienced.1) It is a bit clunky to go from using soap to not using soap. It is nice that the soap is a separate dispenser from the water tank, but this means anytime I want to not use the soap that I have to remove the soap tank (and drip cleaning solution) to use just water.2) If the dirty water tank doesn’t click just right then the suction action doesn’t work. I don’t know what was going on halfway through a couple of cleaning sessions, but I could not get the tank to latch in just right for the suction to work. Not gonna lie – I lost it and was hollering the profanities of defeat when I called for backup to help troubleshoot why it wasn’t working. The tank had clicked in and seemed to be seated just right, but the suction wasn’t working. Apparently, the machine caught an attitude with me and worked for the person I called in for help.

I rarely review products, mainly because I just don’t have time. This carpet cleaner is the absolute best that I have ever used. I have had three other ones that basically just don’t do the job fully. This machine works like a dream. It’s simple to assemble and cleaning it up is the most simple process. All the parts come off, including the brushes so you can truly sanitize it after you’re done. It doesn’t weigh a lot, so it’s easy to lift and carry up stairs. The size is also not massive so it doesn’t take much space to store.I 100% recommend this carpet shampooer and will recommend to all my friends and family. It does not leak and the price is a complete bargain.If you’re on the fence, get off goofy, this is the one!

My house was built in 1991 and we’ve had 2-3 cats living in the house consistently all these years. When 1 passed away, we’d wind up adopting another, somehow.Cats shed during change of seasons from summer to winter coats, and just in general. But they also have pet dander, which creates allergens! So we’ve maintained our very high quality, high plush/low pile carpet every 6 - 12 months (for the last 22 years) with hiring of the same carpet cleaning/steamer company, and have spent thousands over the years in maintenance. But I’m glad to say it’s the same original carpet and still looks brand new!My carpets were just passed the full year mark and we’re overdue for cleaning when COVID shut everything down. There was NO WAY, I would let anyone in my house to clean my carpets! So I decided to go DIY and bought this cleaner to use until it’s safe to have people back in my house to clean my carpets again.But..........This carpet cleaner does such a phenomenal job, I’m NEVER paying someone else to professionally clean my carpets again! I can’t believe all the money wasted over the years!!This machine cost a few hundred dollars, but it’s already proven its worth ten fold. The amount of cat hair that comes up out of the carpet (AFTER I’ve vaccumed - per the instructions —prior to using the carpet cleaner) is unbelievable!I’m happy that my carpets still look brand new after 30 years and now, they’ll continue to look that way — because of this product, instead of expensive professional service.Pros:It doesn’t saturate the carpet, or put a lot of wet soapy product down and it sucks it right back up. The suction pulls up the water, pet hair and dirt up very well! But I do also LOVE the “dry only” button feature! I prefer to use it and pass slowly over the wet carpet several times, to be sure I’ve pulled up as much water as possible. The carpet is fully dry in 2-4 hours, with ceiling fans on full speed!The tanks are surprisingly easy to clean, refill and replace.The rollers and roller cover are a breeze to remove, clean and replace! I was very pleasantly surprised!Cons:Tanks are big, but could be bigger. My rooms are oversized, and I have to refill and clean tanks at least twice in bedrooms and three times in larger rooms.The unit feels heavy on my arm after 30-40 minutes of use and rest/breaks are sometimes required. I feel the machine could be lighter weight and still be as sturdy and durable as it is.This is a GREAT BUY! Don’t waste time reading more reviews! Buy it! You won’t regret it!

I purchased my Hoover Smartwash direct from Amazon on Black Friday last year. (For some reason Amazon hasn't tagged my review "verified purchaser"!)This Smartwash deep cleans fairly well but it did more harm than good insofar as it dispersed the odor associated with a pet stain. In addition, I have encountered more trouble using this "easy clean" model in comparison to an older Hoover Spinscrub.The main drawback is the various parts that come apart and are easily damaged or lost. The rubber gasket that keeps the cleaning solution from running out got separated from the outer plastic cap and, being that it was lodged in the neck of the cleaning solution bottle, it made it so I couldn't fill it. Trying to pry the gasket out and then figure out how it was supposed to integrate with the exterior cap was a nightmare that required a tremendous amount of hand strength. Today I went to use my Smartwash and, having just filled the clean water reservoir, I lifted it out of the sink the entire contents began emptying on my floor as I began moving toward the vacuum. I quickly flipped it over and found that a stopper-type piece was missing from the bottom pass-through. (As an aside, the exploded parts diagram in the manual is so badly illustrated that it is useless. I had to use Google to view images of this reservoir before I could confirm that a part had indeed gone missing.) Perhaps I will find it laying in my garage somewhere but my fear is that this stopper may have gone down the drain as I was filling the clean water reservoir (in which case I may have plumbing problems!). Until I find it, the machine is unusable. (This after I already sprayed more than one kind of pre-treatment on my carpet stains that have made my house smell like a chemical factory!)As to the drying feature, the heat application is questionable. In all honesty, I don't know if it is applying any heat at all. It still takes my carpets about 5-8 hours to dry depending on how much I go over the same area to get it clean. As best I can tell, even when switched to the "dry only" mode, the suction that removes the liquids from the carpet primarily operates when the machine is pulled backwards, which is consistent with how it works in cleaning mode (forward is wash, backward is dry). The water is not heated by this unit so if you want hot water you have to fill it with hot water yourself. (Advertising non-existent "heat" seems to be a common ploy among carpet shampooers.) On this unit there is no spray trigger and there is no rinse-only setting. If you don't want soap dispensed, it's necessary to remove the soap dispensing bottle.After adopting a new dog in May, I had occasion to use this with a fresh (not dried) pet stain that I pre-treated with pet stain remover. The urine smell ended up all over my bedroom carpet and two months later, despite two attempts to remove it, I still smell it. (Rather than pulling the odor up, it just distributed the still-wet urine around the room despite having attempted to spot clean it beforehand.) Perhaps this is unavoidable but no matter if I pre-treat or use the Hoover pet shampoo, pet urine stains eventually reappear on my carpets. (The few I have managed to permanently remove required multiple attempts with numerous combinations of products to spot treat the area.)This machine is certainly lighter weight and easier to clean than the old Spinscrub model but it also seems to be more finicky about how parts go back together. While using the machine, I have had occasions where I have emptied the dirty water reservoir and not had my suction restored. On one occasion it took me resetting the reservoirs about four times before the suction finally kicked in.Much of my home has wood-look laminate, which is the reason I went with this Smartwash upgrade — in the hope of having less puddling beneath the machine when I pause to empty out the dirty water or to refill the clean water reservoir. My hand-me-down Spinscrub had begun leaking quite badly on the floor whenever I "parked" it. This new one doesn't leak as badly but I was nonetheless frustrated to find that it still drips enough to create a hazard for my floor lifting. Every time I use this carpet shampooer on my area rugs I have to chase it with a old towel because it leaves the edges of my floor and the thresholds to my carpeted bedrooms far too wet.All in all, I think the Smartwash design is overrated. It takes twice as long to wash and dry the carpet because you're washing and drying simultaneously. My impression is that this unit puts down too much water too fast and that without the reverse "dry" function, it would be apparent just how badly it is saturating the carpets. It takes forever to dry the carpet given the lack of heating and the fact that the suction is only really effective when the unit is pulled backward — meaning only about 50 percent of your arm movements counts toward drying. On a positive note, I appear to have been spared catastrophic failure. (Reviews elsewhere have reported the rollers binding up, possibly due to corroded bearings, after which the non-replaceable belt burns up.)In conclusion, I think I would like this unit a lot more if the parts that attach to the plastic reservoirs would not separate improperly, fall off or get lost. Hoover never seems to have spare parts for this model stock so in damaging the rubber gasket on the cleaning bottle and losing the rubber stopper that keeps the clean water from running out of the bottom of the reservoir, I am forced to replace the entire receptacle, not just the part I need (and even used on a well-known auction site, the parts aren't cheap). Negatives aside, it does seem to deep clean the carpets rather well judging by how much blackened wastewater it pulls up.Update:I reduce my review from two stars to one based on this Smartwash nearly electrocuting my spouse today.I bought this on Black Friday 2019. It has been used about seven times to clean carpet in my home. I don't have wall-to-wall carpeting so I would say that the amount of use on this has been moderate, at best.. Today it began to throw sparks while I was standing on wet carpet in bare feet because the electric cord worked it's way out of the back of the unit and had become partially detached (the first symptom was that the motor was cutting out intermittently). I called in my spouse who immediately went to try to push the electric cord a quarter of an inch back into the unit while it was "off" due to the electricity cutting off the motor, only for it to roar back to life and begin sparking just in time for me to shout "STOP! It's plugged into the wall and the carpet is wet!" (electricity + arcing + water, probably not a good combination!).This product should not have become an "Amazon Choice"! When you look closely at the manufacturer ID plate affixed to the unit you will see it is not manufactured by Hoover but for Hoover by a Chinese conglomerate. I expected, based on other reviews, that there could be problems with the rollers binding, the bearings stripping out and the non-replaceable belt breaking — because that seems to be the main route of failure with this model per web reviews — but to have an electrical problem with the cord was completely unexpected (hadn't snagged the cord on anything either). The only thing I can speculate to for the cause of the cord working loose internally is because the cord mounts right next to the hook where you wind the cord for storage. Simply winding the cord around the hook was enough to put strain on the connection and work it loose over time. Winding the cord too tightly around the hook might be a case of "user error" but it should not be *easy* for a hardwired electric cord to detach internally and begin to dislodge, posing an electrical/fire hazard.Hoover needs to perform their own manufacturing, instead of allowing third party manufacturers to use their branding, and relocate production to the United States, Mexico or elsewhere in North America. This isn't the first time an Amazon-based purchase has posed a serious safety hazard. Last year, an egg cooker I purchased on Amazon without any warning arced all the way back to my electrical outlet where it fried a Belkin surge protector and the outlet itself, nearly sparking an electrical fire — after which I had to call an electrician and pay a hefty bill for an emergency call (to ensure no smoldering was going on elsewhere in my home wiring). I'd pay more to get a North American-built product. Is Hoover ever going to build one again?

I had renters who thrashed my carpet. This is the best carpet cleaner I've ever owned! I love the dual brushes and the self mixing containers. Complete time saver and my carpets look almost brand new. The pictures do not do justice. The fact that I do not have to hold a button down to disperse the cleaner is genius and my joints in my wrist thank the engineer of this machine. There was a lot of at hair that was pulled out from deep down in the carpet as well. They made a pull off panel for easy access to clean the brushes too. I definitely recommend!

BRILLIANT! My husband uses it as he enjoys using something new, hope he doesn't tire of it as I enjoy not having to do it. He says its the best carpet cleaner he has ever tried and so easy to use.The rooms smell so clean and fresh after he does them with this cleaner so I love it too.we have had carpets cleaned professionally and it takes a couple of days to dry and smells awful.The Hoover smart wash leaves the carpet clean and nearly dry, IT ALSO GETS ALL THE CATS HAIR UP. when you go forward it washes the carpet and when you pull back it dries. when finished you can put it on the dry cycle and dry it even more. HE SAYS ITS VERY EASY TO CLEAN AS WELL. As He says BRILLIANT! Lorraine Australia

Una muy buena máquina para lavar alfombras, Hoover es garantía, muy bien empacada, ya la usamos para lavar una sala y quedo muy bien, fácil de armar, buena potencia, use el shampo que viene en la caja y considero que para que quede bien la lavada hay que utilizarlo, no sabía que viene concentrado por lo que hay que diluirlo con un poco de agua, se me acabo rápido y le puse jabón de trastes, vinagra y un poco de bicarbonato pero no limpio del todo bien, así es que invertí un poco más y pedí el Galón de shampo del mismo que viene con la máquina, Recomendable.

120 volt not for UK

Horrible, nada más enchufarlo pegó petardazo y salieron chispas. Y el enchufe es americano!!! Ojo!!!

Good item and great follow up