Hoover Carpet Cleaner Platinum Collection (Giveaway Closed)

About Hoover

Meet the Hoover Platinum Collection

Hoover engineers have used the knowledge of 100 years of innovation to develop the new Hoover Platinum Collection™, featuring six floor care products that deliver unmatched cleaning performance along with specially designed features to make cleaning faster and easier.

With products ranging from upright vacuums to carpet cleaners to cordless units, there is a Platinum Collection model for every home and every task.

Key Features

• MaxExtract Technology™ features the most advanced combination of multi-action agitation, carpet washing, dirt removal and direct heat drying.
• High intensity LED spotlight illuminates problem areas
• Wash with AutoRinse
• Includes SpinScrub powered hand tool, upholstery tool, and crevice tool for hard to reach areas

Mom Tested

Watch in as I go from assembly to rug cleaning in my living room.

Mom Approved

Getting the typical chores and cleanup done in our home is a chore in itself, so I often look to the newest technology to help with the tough jobs. Cleaning the carpets is in that category. Three kids and a husband running around the house with dirty feet, forgetting to take their shoes off, and a stead stream of guests really does a number on our area rugs and bedroom carpets.

One product we’ve never owned is a carpet cleaner. In fact, we’ve never even owned or used a Hoover product until last month.

From start to finish the assembly was much easier than I had expected and the cleaning process of the Hoover Carpet Cleaner has significantly simplified this particular chore. Washing, rinsing, drying, and spot cleaning was all taken care of by one product which not only saved me time but money. In a typical year we rent a carpet cleaner from the hardware store at least three times. So let’s add up the cost. $40 for 24 hours + $10 per bottle of cleaning solution + $7 anti-foam solution + cost of gas to and from the rental store all multiplied by 3 cleanings per year roughly puts the cost of renting a rug cleaner at around $200 per year. That’s half the cost of the Hoover Carpet Cleaner making it completely paid for within 2 years.

The end result? The Hoover Carpet Cleaner did the job just as well, if not better than any Rug Doctor I’ve ever rented.

Mom Improvements

All electronics come with a few faults but I have to say the Hoover Carpet Cleaner was quite impressive. The only problem area I had was with the trigger is very sensitive. At times I would let go of it not realizing I had and would have to go over areas again.

For those with small kids in the house you definitely won’t want to use this machine while they are napping because the noise level while in use is very loud.

Buy It

The Hoover Platinum Collection Carpet Cleaner is available at Hoover online for $399.99 and comes with a 6 year warranty.

Win It

Hoover is offering one (1) lucky reader a Hoover Platinum Collection Carpet Cleaner of their own.

Giveaway Entry

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FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation.