Amazon slashes £150 off Vax cleaning machine that 'leaves the carpet like new'

Pet owners have been rushing to snap up a carpet cleaning machine that's had £150 slashed off its price at Amazon. The Vax Smartwash Pet-Design Carpet Cleaner has been cut from £350 to £200 for a limited time only and it's already impressed thousands of homeowners and renters.

The machine is ideal for households with pets thanks to its SmartWash Pet-Design that washes as users push forward and dries as it's pulled back. For dog and cat parents, the handy gadget also features a new Stubborn Stain Pre-Treatment Wand which loosens embedded dirt, making it ideal for those pesky paw prints.

It isn't only pet owners who love the Vax Smartwash Pet-Design Carpet Cleaner, as it kills over 99% of odour-causing bacteria and is seven times more effective than vacuuming alone. The nifty gadget also boasts a function that leaves carpets dry in as little as an hour.

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Other carpet cleaning machines on the market include the Bissell SpotClean StainLift Portable Spot Carpet Cleaner which has been reduced from £100 to £84 at Argos. One shopper said: "I spilt coffee on a cream coloured carpet. This sorted it out. Recommended."

Also at Amazon is Bissell'sProHeat 2 X Revolution Pet Pro Carpet Cleaner which usually retails for £300 but is now on sale for £249. It dries carpets in around 30 minutes after cleaning and also features a 3-in-1 upholstery tool which is ideal for cleaning sofas and chairs.

Amazon shoppers have been raving about Vax Smartwash Pet-Design Carpet Cleaner ability to keep their carpets looking fresh. One said: "If you're wondering whether or not to by this, just do it, we've had carpets for 20 years and never been properly cleaned and we're thinking about new carpets. Decided to buy the Vax just to see if it made a difference, to say I was surprised is putting it mildly. Excellent machine and brought the carpets up like new, we bought the ultimate+ pet cleaner and it's 10/10. Easy to operate, just fantastic."

With £150 off, now is a good time to invest in the Vax Smartwash Pet-Design Carpet Cleaner. Although the initial outlay of £200 is an investment, for shoppers who regularly rent carpet cleaning machines it could end up saving money in the long run. For example, at B&Q it costs £32.99 to rent a standard Rug Doctor Machine for 48 hours. This increases to £36.99 for the Widetrack option. To rent the standard machine just six times would cost £198 alone.

Whilst many shoppers were impressed with the Vax Carpet Cleaner, one was not pleased with the suction, writing: "This is a great machine, and definitely leaves much cleaner carpets. However, the suction function is very temperamental and only works when it feels like it."

Another took issue with how long their floors took to dry after use, saying: "Impressed with wash but takes too long for the carpets to dry."

It's also worth noting that shoppers will need to purchase the cleaning solution separately. As someone who owns a carpet cleaning machine, I'd say if the carpets have particularly stubborn stains they often use a fair amount of the fluid whilst in use.

Plenty of shoppers left the machine five star reviews however (78% of the total ratings were full marks), with one saying: "A brilliant easy to use machine. Mixes the water and solution automatically and leaves the carpet like new. As easy to use as a vacuum cleaner. Highly recommended, 5 stars."

Another remarked: "Bought for my partner who is a clean freak at the best of times and had been hounding me about washing our carpets and wanted to hire a local guy who was charging £100 per room which sounded insane. We went for this machine and it's fantastic. Build quality is very high as expected with such a large well known brand.

They continued: "It is very easy to set up and before you know it you are washing and cleaning your carpets. Not sure if it is just me but I found it very therapeutic and really enjoyed cleaning. It is really quite amazing at the colour of the water that is removed from the carpet, it's black almost and we didn't think they were that bad. The wash/dry function works perfectly and it really does take quite a lot of water out meaning your carpets take a lot less time to fully dry out. Really happy with the results that we have had from this."

You can shop the Vax Smartwash Pet-Design Carpet Cleaner at Amazon.