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Vax V-125 All Terrain Upright Carpet Washer | 
| Brand: Vax
Category: Kitchen
List Price: £329.99
Buy New: £161.48
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New (5) Refurbished (1) from £161.48
Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 7
Media: Kitchen & Home
Shipping Weight (lbs): 37.7
Dimensions (in): 46.1 x 20.2 x 15.4
EAN: 5012512125213
ASIN: B000Y7YIGG
Release Date: January 1, 2008
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Excellent, does what it says January 7, 2009
inspired (UK)
Our old vax ceased working a few months ago. I had been looking at cheaper vax models but this spec blows the others out of the water. I read the amazon reviews, thanks everyone, and 'HAD' to have one, especially as the machine is half price at the moment at Amazon.
I had it delivered yesterday and have already done the one room where 4 dogs sleep and the hallway. The carpet is old so I didn't expect miracles and is in fact due for replacement shortly. However, the machine did as it was bid, it cleaned it exceptionally well, brought the pile back up and was easy to use. I read the instructions thoroughly & by following them I had an almost dry carpet! Superb!
The machine is solid, a lot like my dyson. Even though it only involves moving the machine around, to & fro, the machine does all the agitating and washing etc ( great!!!) the machine being heavier still took a little energy to just move. Bear in mind to do a room in strips you do have to wash the same strip twice and then I chose to rinse twice so there is a fair bit of moving around. The wash & rinses are move forward = one wash & pull the machine back over same strip = second wash etc. The water needed refilling and emptying a fair bit especially as I chose to rinse too but if you had a bigger tank you'd be hampered by too much weight. All suited me fine and can't imagine it isn't as anyone else would expect either. I didn't feel overexerted at the end of it!
Looking forward to tackling the sofas next!
Summary: Efficient modern carpet ( & hard floor) washer.
Compared to old orange vax? Haha, it's a million percent improved!
superb machine and so easy to use January 4, 2009
J. Khan (essex, uk)
about the same size as a dyson upright, well made machine with quality plastics used. feels robust like our dyson. comes fully assembled and just needs the tools to be hug on the back of it. i recommend you read the instructions well before use.
to use it is very very simple. fill the top container with warm water and then fill the small container on its side with shampoo. reattach the container and you are ready. you clean the carpet in strips. turn on machine and move it in a straight line forward, as you do this squeeze the trigger on the handle and shampoo/water solution is released on to the carpet (the machine mixes them itself)
because the six spining brushes are scrubbing the carpet you dont have to do much other then move the machine backwards and forwards. you have to move the machine over the same strip of carpet about six times and you only spray shampoo in the first two runs. the rest of the runs are used to scrub the carpet and vacuum up the water. it does leave the carpet almost dry. this machine also has a rinse facility which releases just water onto the carpet. we used this as well to pick up any residue of shampoo which may be left in the carpet.
the results are just as good as a professional machine. milk,food and dried in stuff just disappeared. stubborn stains needed a bit more work.
which meant you leave the brushes over them a bit longer and watch the spin action attack them (not exactly hard work)
the carpet was left to dry overnight as we did this in the evening. but i would think the carpet wouldve dried in 3 to 4 hours and bone dry in 6 to 8.
it also left the carpet pile lifted and fluffy. just like it looked when it was new. it is an expensive carpet with a deep pile and has had a severe thrashing from our 2 toddlers but the machine has restored it to a previous state we thought would never be seen again.
we thoroughly recommend this Vax
The best carpet washer on the market!! January 3, 2009
M. leadbitter (england)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After reading all the excellent reviews, i decided to buy this product over the Bissell Proheat..........it's absolutely amazing!! Some of the dark stains in my carpet had been there for a few months so didn't really expect them to come out but to my amazement, they've disappeared.
The carpets were left nearly dry to the point that you can't feel any dampness when walking over the area when wearing just socks (so you don't have to clean the carpets just before going out for the day or before going to bed!)
Very easy to use- the Vax has a separate compartment for the detergent(which can stay in situ until the next time you use it) and all you have to do is fill the tank with warm water. The tank snaps back into place with one easy movment then all you have to do at the end, is emty the dirty water tank and empty the unused clean water tank (if any left).
Would recommend to everyone!!!!!
Very happy customer! December 30, 2008
S. Scard (Milton Keynes, England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bought from Amazon as the price was excellent (couldn't even buy a reconditioned one on ebay for this price)have previously hired a karcher carpet cleaner from our local hire shop as we have cream carpets, two dogs and young children, but I finally got one of these for christmas! It's probably very sad that I couldn't wait to get it out of the box, and it was surprsingly easy to assemble, following the instructions enclosed.
V easy to use & cleans much better than the fixed head karcher did - it is noisy, but so's our vax vaccuum cleaner, so am not finding it too bad. It's quite heavy, but certainly not unmanagable - am 8 months pregnant and apart from getting hubby to carry it up & downstairs for me, have had no difficulty in annoying the rest of the family by cleaning all our carpets this weekend (nesting?!) and then chasing them away from the damp carpets - was surprised by how dry it leaves the carpets - the karcher used to leave them very wet, but this leaves them only a little damp and with the heating on they dry out very quickly - which is just as well as my dogs seem to gravitate towards the freshly cleaed carpets... The only fiddly bit I have found is fitting the full clean water tank onto the machine, but you just have to be careful with it.
Highly recommended!
Excellent!!! December 30, 2008
Colin (Lincoln)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I used these reviews to help me make my decision to buy this cleaner so am adding to them to help others. I have now had it for a week and done 5 rooms. It is heavy but certainly not unmanageable, the rear wheels are quite sufficient for getting it around when not cleaning. The tool storage system could probably have done with a bit more thought as they are not secure really.And it could do with a retractable flex.
I did the hallway first as it is a high traffic area and needed doing, I needed to do it twice to get a very good result. (prior to clening it did not look too bad but afterwards.....!!!!!
It does require a particular technique to get best effect and this is described in the instructions. A full container of clean water (I filled up from hot tap to get a head start) and cleaner solution is more than sufficient to do a large room and dried within an hour. (the winter heating is on)
I am very pleased and Amazon were the cheapest by a big margin.
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