Hoover F7425-900 SteamVac Dual V with SpinScrub Hand Tool
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Product Details
Manufacturer: HooverBrand: Hoover
Edition: Kitchen
Release Date: 2002-09-01
Model: F7425-900
Color: Clear
Publisher: Hoover
Studio: Hoover
Music Label: Hoover
Product features:
- Exclusive auto-rinse feature rinses floors on the reverse motion
- Spinning 6-brush system for deep cleaning; removes for maintenance
- Dual-nozzle construction for edge-to-edge cleaning and speedy drying
- Includes SpinScrub powered hand tool and 8-foot hose
- Measures 13 by 18 by 43-1/4 inches
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Hoover F7425-900 SteamVac Dual V with SpinScrub Hand Tool
Customer Review: Slow, but works if used properly.
Summary: 4 Stars
My brother is a professional carpet cleaner, and owns his own business. He lives too far away to help me, and told me that the home shampooers were essentially worthless junk. I have helped him on occasion, so I have experience with professional equipment. His equipment and service far exceeds normal "wand" steam cleaners, and represents the best that the industry has. Consequently, I was not expecting much from a home shampooer.
Having said that, this product does work, but not exceptionally well and very slowly. I do not mean this as a negative, as I was surprised it was able to help at all. If you take your time, and do it properly it is an effective cleaning tool. It is far from excellent in quality, and is dreadfully slow if done properly (roughly 5 times longer than professional equipment), but I am very happy with it nonetheless since it noticeably does clean the carpet.
If you do decide to use this product, I strongly recommend at least three passes, per room, which is partially the reason it is so time consuming. This assumes a dirty room of course. The first two passes do with detergent. The third time, just use hot water and no detergent. You absolutely do not want to leave detergent residue on carpets as it attracts dirt and it will resoil very quickly. If you only make one pass, do not use detergent, but only water. The fourth pass I make is the next morning, and again only with water. The carpet can smell pretty foul then, and the fourth pass cleans whatever wicked upped, at least to an extent. It also gets out any additional detergent residue.
If you do make four passes, the quality of the job is not exceptional but certainly adequate. If you make one pass, you will be surprised at how much dirt remains. Just for a test, do it a second time and look at the water. Then remember that if you had not done it that second time, all that would remain in the carpet. The third time the water is still brown, although for me it was much lighter. The fourth time the water is again noticeably clearer, and considering that quite a bit of that wicked up, I think a fourth time the same day may be overkill.
Also remember to move it slowly. It is much better to take twice as long with one stroke than to go twice as fast and take two. It needs time to suck up the fluids, so the quality of the job is very related to how much time you give each stroke.
One last option is to buy better chemicals, rather than use the Hoover detergent. Professional carpet cleaners typically use a pre-spray and often times no detergent at all, the residue issue being the reason for this inclination.
This is an addendum I am writing in May of 2005. My machine died about a month ago, after a long illness. The engine was getting progressively louder and the "rattling" sound it makes when it is shut off got longer. Now the machine has no suction and it is difficult to find a place that does the warranty work. Maybe you will have better luck with yours, particularly since I did use mine quite a bit during the time I had it (probably 30 hours). Overall mine did a pretty good job cleaning but became very loud and unpleasant, and suffered from unreliability.
After this, I bought the Hoover Commercial cleaner, which seems inferior in cleaning capability to this one, but is a more pleasant machine. I was not happy with the cleaning, however, so I finally just bought a real commercial machine (the Hoover Commercial is really a home machine, and not a particularly good one at that) costing roughly 10x as much. The commercial machine is too heavy and requires too much setup time for quick cleanups, so it is nice having one of these little ones for that type of work. In a similar vein, if you need to transport a machine to work on a house that the machine is not in, these smaller machines are well-suited for that. So, even if you get a commercial machine, these smaller machines still have some use, and the reliability problems I ran into would not have occurred nearly so quickly.
Description of Hoover F7425-900 SteamVac Dual V with SpinScrub Hand Tool
Designed to clean a variety of surfaces in your home. Dual V nozzle technology provides equal suction across the full width of the nozzle. Heated cleaning directly applies heat to the floor. SpinScrub brushes for carpets and hard floors, scrubs carpet fibers on all sides to gently loosen dirt. Brush pops out for cleaning, automatically stops spinning in tool mode to protect your carpet. Automatic detergent mixing system provides the correct mix of detergent and water for optimal cleaning. Removable transparent nozzle for quick rinse cleaning. Includes hard floor package. Package includes hard floor squeegee, SpinScrub brushes for hard floors, and large, soft wheels, carry handle, 8' hose and removable tool caddy, and automatic detergent mixing system. Auto rinse feature rinses your carpet and hard floors, leaving less detergent residue behind. Edge cleaner. 20' power cord. Cleaning solutions included: Floor-to-Floor and Ultra detergents includes SpinScrub hand tool and 13" nozzle. Powerful 12-amp motor. Provides maximum suction and cleaning power. Desert Sand Color.Using hot tap water and cleaning solution, the 12-amp Hoover SteamVac V2 deep cleans carpet fibers, tough stains, and upholstery. It is also suitable for tile, ceramic, marble, and linoleum floors (though not appropriate for hardwoods). Named for its dual-nozzle construction, the cleaner provides efficient water removal and thorough edge-to-edge cleaning. The nozzle design forces hot air into the cleaning path and automatically rinses carpet clean on the backward pull. The SpinScrub brushes agitate ground-in dirt and can be turned off with a simple switch. Using a two-tank design that holds up to a gallon of water at a time, the cleaner automatically blends the cleaning solution, so you do not have to monitor it. Both tanks feature an enclosed design and convenient handles, making them easy to remove and transport. The recovery tank automatically shuts off suction when full and comes with a built-in lint screen. A removable view window on the nozzle lets you see dirty water returning to the machine.
For above-floor tasks, the cleaner comes with an 8-foot hose, a stair/upholstery tool, and a SpinScrub hand tool with rotating brushes. Conversion to tool cleaning is manual but quick, and you can remove the hose and tool caddy altogether for more streamlined use. The cleaner comes with a carrying handle, a 27-foot cord, quick-release cord hooks, and a foot pedal to release the handle. Fingertip switches and a trigger control the rinsing, washing, and Clean Surge functions. The removable brushes and a beltless design simplify maintenance. Hoover includes two 16-ounce bottles of detergent, one for carpet and one for bare floors, and backs up the machine with a full one-year warranty. --Emily Bedard
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