For the best wet and dry vacuum cleaner, today we consider the brand new Hoover Elite Carpet Cleaner. It offers plenty of great quality of life features, aside from excellent cleaning performance. For example, it can dry as you operate the machine—and even takes the guesswork out of mixing solutions by doing it for you. Find more great household cleaners with our best vacuum cleaner reviews.
Why We Like It – Hoover Elite Carpet Cleaner
The Hoover Elite Carpet Cleaner is a high-performing wet and dry vac, capable of scrubbing deeply in your carpets for dirt and pet hair alike.
- Will mix the right amount of detergent
- As low as 45 minute drying time
- Applies hot air for faster drying
- Lacks any kind of auto dry modes
- A bit heavy
Power
Producing 10 amps from its motor, the Hoover Elite Carpet Cleaner works great at cleaning pet hair and crusty, questionable debris from your carpets. Of course, the other half of the equation is having the correct solution; the Hoover just provides the deep clean mode and suction power you need. These are features that you’ll also find in our Hoover PowerDash carpet cleaner FH50700 review.
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Speed & Efficiency
The Hoover Power Scrub Elite Pet Cleaner takes the guesswork out and mixes the right amount of water and solution from the solution tank for you. In fact, its rinse mode removes any residue left behind its 12-inch cleaning path. It even has a quick clean mode that warms the carpet as you clean, helping along the drying process down to 45 minutes.
Bin Capacity & Maintenance
We aren’t surprised the Hoover Scrub Elite Pet Carpet Cleaner has a relatively large 1.25-gallon water tank. More importantly, it has a separate tank for dirty water, so that you’ll always clean your carpets with clean water. And for maintenance, you simply dump the water, rinse, and you’re good to go. However, it’s only a fraction of the 5.88-gallon Prolux vacuum.
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Durability
The Hoover Elite Carpet Cleaner is one bulky piece of equipment, and kind of heavy. At nearly 20 lbs (18.5 lbs, specifically), the machine is well-built. It has to be, especially the water container. The wheels are smooth to prevent scratching on your hard flooring. The Ridgid Vacuum Cleaner is a bit more durable with its stainless steel chassis.
Value
We won’t argue with the performance of the Hoover Elite Carpet Cleaner: it works great, right down to its spinscrub brush. Considering it doesn’t require anything but cleaning solution to work, you get back value simply by having this machine stored in your closet and breaking it out when you need it. For something compact, pick up the Bissell Crosswave Cleaner.
Hoover Elite Carpet Cleaner Wrap Up
The Hoover Elite Carpet Cleaner is the ideal companion to have in any home, despite lacking any automatic drying modes. In quick clean, your carpet will dry in 45 minutes, and it dries as you operate it anyways. More importantly, it’s simple to operate: toss in a cleaning solution, add some water, and the vacuum does the rest.
