Living in a place with carpeted floors for the first time. What kind of cleaning routine should I have to keep the carpet clean?

  • @[email protected]
    1•6 months ago

    If you have messy pets, you can buy the machines for pretty reasonable prices. I’ve got one for my parrot, and my carpets are in great condition.

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      3•6 months ago

      the not-comercial extractors don’t have the same kind of extraction power that the commercial machines do. They’re great for mitigating high traffic areas… but eventually you’ll want to rent a commercial system. (1-3 times a year,). the commercial extractors will make a huge difference for deep cleans. especially on thick-pile carpets.

      The pack-vacuum-like commercial extractors start at around 1500.

      • @[email protected]
        1•6 months ago

        Interesting, which commercial machines are you referring to?

        I did a little research when I bought mine, I think mostly vacuum wars testing, and I think they found similar results, with the commercial systems just having larger tanks. That said, I don’t expect their tests are super scientific or anything so I’m legitimately curious.

        My carpets aren’t thick at all though, and most of what I’m cleaning is exclusively surface level anyway.

        • FuglyDuckEnglish
          2•6 months ago

          We used tenant co for our machines, looking at it their website, the ex-sc1020

          Any of the medium-size commercial machines are going work better though. Nobody would pay the 2-5k for a medium sized extractor if it was simply tank size. And that’s really the entry level machines.

          Also? Another benefit is not having to store it. I’m… not saying the retail things don’t have their benefits, but they’re not really deep-cleaning like a professional service or comercial rental will.